YORKSHIRE’S Favourite Pub 2019 has been revealed, and for the first time in the competition’s nine-year history, The Lister Arms, at Malham, has taken the crown. Presented on the Welcome to Yorkshire stand at the Great Yorkshire Show today by celebrity
TWO brothers have completed a gruelling cycling challenge in aid of the hospice which cared for their younger sibling. Ben and Dylan Wilson rode the length of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath, both ways. And their mammoth 254-mile journey
FOUR Skipton rotarians with a combined age of 260 years, are setting off this Sunday to cycle 425 miles around the Yorkshire boundary. David Goldie, 72, Ray Cryer, 71, Kevin Wharton, 65, and Rich Newall, 55, will set off from Skipton for the six-day
SETTLE fought their way back into contention for the Senior League title with two convincing wins over the weekend. They were ruthless with struggling Feniscowles as Eddy Read was once again in the wickets, taking 6-19 in 11 overs. Pro Ashen Silva
COUNCIL contractors came to the rescue when a woman’s wedding ring slipped off her finger and rolled into a drain. Linda Baines, of Langcliffe, near Settle, was chatting to her neighbour when the treasured nine carat gold faceted ring rolled down
TOM Stead put in one of the best performances in the Aire-Wharfe League on Saturday when he came up 20 runs shy of a double century in Steeton's win against Kirkstall Educational. Stead smashed 23 fours and seven sixes on his way to a score of 180
A BRIGHT and sunny day ensured Skipton’s annual Sheep Day festival drew the crowds on Sunday. Almost 18,000 people visited the town and enjoyed the warm weather and warm atmosphere on a traffic-free high street for the town’s heritage event.
THE EQUILIBRIUM Beauty Salon in Silsden has been chosen to deliver a new tummy-tucking treatment raved about by reality TV stars. Love Island’s Amber Gill and Geordie Shore’s Chloe Ferry are among celebrities said to have undergone the LipofirmPro
YOUTH definitely outstripped age and experience at the Silsden Murder Mile race. Known locally as the longest mile in Yorkshire, it is a lung-busting charge up the hill that takes in various twists and turns as it winds its way from start line by
CONONLEY Singers are holding a series of summer concerts on Friday, July 12, in Cononley Village Institute (£5.00) and Saturday, July13, in Christ Church Skipton (£7.00). "Woodstock, the Moon and Beyond”. Under 16s free. Tickets available from New
SUGGESTIONS for our curiosity in last week’s Craven Herald have ranged from a toilet to an inkwell. The toilet (and inkwell) suggestion from Anne Lindsay, of Steeton, did cause some humour, given its likeness to one, but splinters aside, any guess
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WHINNYGILL Reservoir is in top form at the moment with big carp beginning to turn up around the water. The best fish caught to date has been a common carp estimated to weigh between 3.6kg and 4.5kg whilst the same angler also caught a good mirror
ONE of Barnoldswick Town's new signings made a big impression in the club's first pre-season friendly against Chadderton on Saturday. Striker Ric Seaar, who joined Town from league rivals Squires Gate, scored a hat-trick in Barnoldswick's 4-3 loss
A LEGENDARY football chairman's life has been celebrated in a new book. Lord of Burnley charts the life of the Premier League club's often robust and straight-forward Bob Lord. The book, by Dave Thomas and Mike Smith, shows Burnley's rise under
THE Yorkshire Centre Team Trial at Tong was just about a Yeadon-Guiseley Motor Club clean sweep. The club fielded a top line Expert class in brothers Dan and Ben Hemingway, aided by Sam Yeadon, who returned a total score of 37 penalties. Those
