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  • Loyal friends who helped shape future of museum

    On April 21 1969, a public meeting was held in Skipton Town Hall with Dr Arthur Raistrick in the chair, at which The Friends of the Craven Museum was officially formed. The museum had been in existence since 1928 and volunteers had been enormously important

  • Warning after cow attacks Dales walker

    Eighty-six-year-old charity walker Ken Honeyman is recovering after being attacked by a cow as he walked in the Yorkshire Dales. The retired power station worker, who was raising funds for the disabled on the sponsored walk, suffered cuts and

  • Craven College students are ambassadors for sport

    Craven College sports development students Hayley Biancardo and Sarah Pate have been selected to be Craven’s Young Sports Ambassadors. They were scouted from a number of young people who do volunteer work and help out with sports at different primary

  • Readers' Letters

    Sir - I have recently collected another assortment of tablets, capsules and caplets from Long Preston Post Office. These are repeat medication prescribed by doctors at Settle surgeries. My wife and I have lived in Long Preston for over

  • Public ‘let down’ by housing application errors

    An apology has been extended to Craven District Council’s planning committee and the public following the bungled processing of an application for new homes on Green Lane, Glusburn, which is currently the subject of a High Court challenge. Members of

  • Double triumph for crown green bowler Robbie, 12

    Twelve-year-old Robbie Ellis is making a name for himself in the world of crown green bowling. The Aireville School pupil took up the sport at the grand age of four, following in the footsteps of his parents, Robert and Joanne Ellis, and his grandfather