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  • Judge's disgust at salesman's tactics

    A salesman who forged an the signature of an elderly woman from Skipton on documents for improvements to her home has walked from court despite a judge's wish to jail him for four years. Judge Roger Scott branded commission-only salesman Richard Parfitt

  • Missing violin recovered

    A MISSING early 18th century Italian violin has been found - in a church bin. The valuable instrument disappeared during a Last Night of the Proms concert at Christ Church, Skipton, on Saturday. The event was part of the 40th anniversary celebrations

  • Headteacher up for award

    THE headteacher of Lothersdale Community School has been shortlisted as primary headteacher of the year. Mary Hastings-Trew is one of three primary headteachers in the Yorkshire and Humber region to be nominated in The Teaching Awards. "It's very good

  • Pupils play vandals and victims

    SCHOOL pupils took on the roles of vandals and their victims as part of a police drive to reduce criminal damage. Local officers PC Brendan Wood and PCSO Sean Goddard visited St Joseph's Primary School, in Barnoldswick, last Thursday, to raise awareness

  • Workers cut through power cable

    WEST Craven was hit by a major power cut on Tuesday after workers cut through a mains cable. Most of Barnoldswick, Earby and an area stretching as far as Broughton Hall lost electricity shortly before noon, setting off alarms and putting traffic lights

  • Cadet receives top award

    A CRACK-shot cadet who saved a woman's life has received a special award from the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. Lancashire Army Cadet Force Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major Michael Worden, from Earby, was awarded the Lord Lieutenant's Certificate of

  • Police let would-be thief drive away

    POLICE have admitted a would-be building site thief got away after claiming he was waiting for a delivery of concrete - at half past four in the morning. Officers were called to a new housing development in Barnoldswick, at 4.25am, on Monday, after residents

  • Mystery over 'hate-filled' leaflets

    MYSTERY surrounds a "hate-filled" leaflet which has been dropping through letterboxes under the cover of darkness. In the run-up to Barnoldswick's by-election, the leaflet, headed: "Election News - Perverts in Politics" was delivered to homes across

  • Vicar bids farewell

    A FAREWELL service was held by Rev Nigel Thomas on Sunday after five years of looking after the flock at Low Bentham Parish Church. Extra chairs were brought in for the packed service, and the congregation included the mayor of Bentham, Coun Bernie Wills

  • M&S talks on 'home straight'

    A SKIPTON housing and retail complex - which will include Marks & Spencer - should be up and running by the autumn. Norman Simpson's project to turn his former bus depot in Albion Yard into nine maisonettes, three offices, garages and retail space is

  • Scouts scale the heights

    EIGHT Scouts from Settle were transformed into a brand new Explorer Scouts unit in a ceremony held at the top of Ingleborough. Altogether, 12 Scouts set off for Saturday's investiture ceremony, along with seven leaders and nine parents. The eight who

  • Pub wants to opt out of STAND

    A NORTH Craven pub is wanting to pull out of an initiative to stamp out trouble, because it claims it could damage trade. Tricia and Michael Johnson, who run the Golden Lion Hotel at Horton-in-Ribblesdale, have spent almost £400 on an application to

  • Waterways protest goes to Parliament

    SKIPTON has helped make a splash in the fight to get the Government to pump some more money into waterways. Save Our Waterways campaigners protested in the town's canal basin in November. The action group is unhappy that the Department for Environment

  • Costa hopes to overturn the rules

    HIGH street giant Costa Coffee is confident that it can manoeuvre planning policy to open a shop in the town. The company has applied to turn the former mobile phone shop at 14-16 Sheep Street into a coffee takeaway and café. Currently local planning

  • Masterpeace will go ahead, say organisers

    WHILE the organisers are gearing up for the best Masterpeace Festival of Love ever, the council says it will not be taking place. The brains behind the open air music event say they are all set to return to the Funkirk estate, on Heslaker Lane, Carleton

  • Bikers boost air ambulance funds

    A HUGE array of motorbikes was on display in an annual event at Steeton Hall. The bike night, staged by the Girder Fork and Classic Motorcycle Club, raised more than £500 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. And the club has agreed to make the total up

  • Council struggles to stop illegal rave

    ATTEMPTS to stop an illegal rave in Sutton-in-Craven have suffered a setback. Following complaints from people living close to the annual summer rave at Sutton Clough, the parish council made attempts to stop the event from taking place. But efforts

  • Vicar steps out for charity

    ADDINGHAM rector Andrew Tawn walked 42 miles in under 24 hours and raised £1,300 for charity. Mr Tawn, rector of St Peter's Church, walked the Lyke Wake Walk, which crosses the North York Moors, to raise money for the Prostate Research Campaign UK.

  • Friends reunited at school anniversary

    MORE than 400 former teachers and old friends met up to mark a school's 50th anniversary. South Craven School, in Cross Hills, was 50 years old on June 7, but put off its main celebrations until the end of exams. On Friday, hundreds of former teachers

  • Church centre take-over dropped

    A CHURCH centre could be sold off after the parish council dropped plans to take it over. Cononley Parish Council had been considering moving the village institute into the church centre. But after two years, the council has decided to drop the plans

  • Award for healthy school

    PUPILS and staff at Skipton Girls' High School are celebrating after achieving the Healthy Schools Status. The school was presented with its award by Katharine Bruce, general advisor and healthy schools leader for the North Yorkshire Children and Young

  • Chamber does not represent traders

    SIR - Re Booths' plan to lift restrictions is backed by traders' (Craven Herald, June 15). I feel that the headline is misleading, first because the Settle Chamber of Trade meeting at which it was decided to withdraw its objection to Booths' application

  • Village festival success

    BANDS, balloons and bouncy castles formed part of the Embsay-with-Eastby Festival on Saturday. The event was held at Manby Castle, where residents from the two villages enjoyed a family day out. Entertainment included four live bands, clowns, a barbecue

  • Spotlight on farming and food

    KILNSEY Show organisers are planning a one-off food and farming awareness event which will make the 110th show the biggest yet. Five additional marquees have been organised to house extra demonstrations and displays. Three chefs - one from the Devonshire

  • Sporting legends launch statue appeal

    Cricketing legends came together to commemorate the life of Fred Trueman, with the launch of the Fred Trueman Statue Appeal. The rain may have forced play to be abandoned at the Yorkshire v Lancashire Twenty20 match, but it didn't stop friends and family

  • Ambitious plans for rail station

    AMBITIOUS plans to create extra parking at Steeton and Silsden railway station have been revealed. And the plans, using land owned by Airedale Tree Surgeons (ATS) next to the station, would also see major improvements to one of the main entrances to

  • Balloons launched for Maddie

    FIFTY balloons were released over Skipton in a bid to get missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann back to her family safe and well. The balloon launch, at Water Street School on Friday, marked 50 days since the little girl was snatched during a family

  • Groups lose out as game show is rained off

    RESCUE organisations in Craven were dealt a bitter blow when continuing heavy rain forced the cancellation of Broughton Game Show on Sunday. It is only the second time in the event's 27-year history that the show has been cancelled, the last time being