BARDEN’S Wesleyan Chapel stands alone on the outskirts of the hamlet, unused yet retaining all its original glory. A planning application is currently being progressed to turn the building into a home when the unique structure can be preserved.
NATIONAL treasure, and queen of the kitchen, Mary Berry, will be demonstrating her culinary skills at this summer’s Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival held in Skipton. The fourth annual festival will be held over two days in July at Funkirk
A SKIPTON man has been jailed after being convicted of rape and indecent assault against a young girl. The offences took place in the 80s and early 90s, in the North Yorkshire area and elsewhere, when the victim was aged between 12 and 14 years
STEETON-with-Eastburn Parish Council plans to spend more cash on local projects without demanding extra cash from villagers. Councillors have been able to fix their council tax precept at the same level as last year due to the high number of new
NORTH Ribblesdale under-15's poor start to the New Year continued as they slumped to a 26-12 defeat at Grove Park against Kendal. The game started well enough for North Ribb as Will Garnet collected a clever ground kick to score in the left corner
CRAVEN Court Shopping Centre has been put on the market with a price tag of in excess of £6,665,000. The sale has been announced through London-based agents Fawcett Mead who describe the centre as an 'attractive prime shopping centre investment
THERE was a constant flow of visitors to Ingleborough Community Centre when members and supporters of the Ingleton Theatre Group held their annual coffee morning in advance of their latest production, Aladdin. Tickets for the forthcoming pantomime
THE Skipton high street branch of Santander is one of the 140 branches announced as closing in the UK, following a slump in the number of transactions it handles. The move puts 1,200 jobs at risk nationally. The bank said it is consulting with
SKIPTON Town Council has set its precept figure for the coming financial year. The town council’s element of the council tax is going to increase this year by two per cent. It will mean that those living in a Band D property will have to pay
Craven College is a staunch supporter of Skipton Business Improvement District. Its principal and executive officer Andrew Cropley is a board member. Here, with the help of the president of Craven College Students’ Union, Lucy Goodfellow, he tells
ST Andrew's Playgroup for children aged two years and over is holding a series of open mornings next week. There will be a series of drop-in sessions between 9.30am and 11.30 to enjoy a 'stay and play' session, chat and refreshments. The opening
MORE than 800 outstanding entries were received from people across the country for the third biennial Ingleton Waterfalls Trail Photographic Competition. The contest was organised through David Hill Chartered Surveyors, Skipton, and ran from March
A NEW science project crossed the start line at a primary school. The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) project is under way at Grassington Primary. The ‘Primary F1 Wharfedale’ project is an exciting way of introducing pupils
YORKSHIRE TWO North Ribblesdale 18 Wath Upon Dearne 18 ALTHOUGH North Ribblesdale were hoping to reverse recent form and get back to winning ways, an 18-18 draw meant they had to share the spoils with promotion seeking Wath on Saturday.
THE district council has declared an estimated council tax surplus to March 31, 2019 of £750,000. The surplus is on the council’s collection fund which records the amount of income collected from council tax, together with precept payments to the
BARNOLDSWICK Town beat the weather and 1874 Victoria to remain fourth in the Hallmark Security League Premier Division. Town grabbed a 3-2 victory at the Silentnight Stadium, as their Tuesday night clash was the only one of three of the division's
CAMPAIGNERS for the protection of Silsden’s countryside have erected an eye-catching banner in one of the fields under threat. Local politicians joined residents as the Campaign for the Countryside group unveiled the banner and launched their latest
SKIPTON Auction Mart’s weekly Monday prime sheep fixture attracted a total entry of 2,585 head, a similar turnout to the previous sale, despite most marts reporting lower entry levels this week. While there were less of the quality Beltex lambs
LAST week’s Craven Curiosity, below, was one which - judging by the lack of opinions expressed - was one which could have been just about anything! Regular contributor Stephen Lodge, of Threshfield, said: “It looks very much like a Hindia or Devonian
