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4:10pm Thursday 21st May 2009
Yorkshire has seen a slight increase in farmland birds – but nationally numbers have declined.
4:10pm Thursday 21st May 2009
More help is on its way to upland farmers in the Yorkshire Dales National Park who want to apply for extra Government and European cash.
10:21am Thursday 23rd April 2009
The RSPB is asking Craven folk to report any sightings of one of England’s rarest birds of prey, the hen harrier.
10:23am Thursday 23rd April 2009
Woodlands, countryside and parks have become out of bounds to a generation of “cotton wool children” with fewer than ten per cent playing in such places, according to new research by Natural England.
10:24am Thursday 23rd April 2009
Farmers and growers across Craven are being urged to gear up for the forthcoming European elections due to take place on June 4.
10:25am Thursday 23rd April 2009
Confidence in the rural economy is dramatically higher than confidence in the general economy – and increasingly so, according to the second quarterly results of the Rural Economy Index, published by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA).
10:19am Thursday 23rd April 2009
It is hard to believe that the popular Dales Way walk, tackled each year in its 82-mile entirety by more than 4,000 serious long-distance walkers, is 40-years-old next month.
11:00am Thursday 12th March 2009
Restoration of meadows throughout the Yorkshire Dales looks set to continue for at least three more years, thanks to further funding for the Hay Time project.
2:10pm Saturday 28th February 2009
Rural businesses in Craven which cannot yet access British Telecom’s standard ADSL broadband service are being asked to get in touch with the Country Land and Business Association (CLA).
3:13pm Thursday 8th January 2009
Prime lambs were first to enter the competition fold as Skipton Auction Mart staged its opening show of 2009 on Monday – with sheep prices well up on the final sale of last year.
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