SCORES of people went along the first ever food fair at Country Harvest, near Ingleton. The four day event took place in a marquee and featured a master class with television’s MasterChef winner Irini Tzortzoglou, a fun bake off with Great British
A GROUP of international leaders have vowed to return to Craven after the ‘visit of a lifetime’ which saw them drifting along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and visiting Skipton Castle and Malham Cove. Members of the Network for Transformational
A SKIPTON optician who started out as a Saturday girl has been named Young Contact Lens Optician of the Year. 21 year old Eleanor Hill, who works at Benjamin Opticians in Newmarket Street, picked up her award at the British Contact Lens Association
SILSDEN’s newest major community event celebrates its fifth birthday on Saturday July 6. Silsden Park Day began on the first anniversary of the weekend the Tour de France went through the town. The event has been held every year since, and this
THE KVU Singers are changing direction after performing two serious and thought-provoking concerts. On Sunday June 30 the Sutton-based choir will team up with the Pendle Youth and Childrens’ Choirs to help them celebrate their 70th birthday in Skipton
FANTASTIC renditions of classic songs are promised in the High On Harmony Show at Silsden Town Hall. The building’s Friends group are hosting the show on June 22 as the latest presentation in their new programme of regular live music. High On
A TEAM of six swimmers are in Dover today as they prepare to swim the Channel. Some of the team, including captain, Leslie Emilie Tuck, from Embsay, are attempting the relay swim for the second time, after poor weather last year meant them missing
A SILSDEN man was supported by his dad when he swam across Windermere to complete the Great North Swim. Andrew Davy successfully made the one-mile crossing of the Cumbrian lake in 39 minutes and 20 seconds. He was sponsored by his father Derek
THE Devonshire Arms at Cracoe, and the Lister’s Arms, Malham, have made it into a shortlist of ten to be named Yorkshire’s favourite pub. Now in its ninth year, the annual contest was first launched by Welcome to Yorkshire in 2011 to help promote
A SUNNY evening at Skipton Castle provided the perfect setting for the inaugural Craven College Apprenticeship Awards. After a fizz and canapé reception, award winning apprentices, their employers and guests took part in the ceremony where winners
