NOMINATIONS have opened for North Yorkshire County Council’s community awards, which pay homage to those who help communities flourish. The awards honour people and organisations that dedicate their time to help the county council deliver critical
ALL three candidates in the cancelled Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner election for North Yorkshire have called on people to follow Government advice on beating the coronavirus. In a joint statement, Philip Allott, Keith Tordoff, and Mark Christie
IN the light of the coronavirus pandemic, many of us will be getting used to working from home . If we are lucky, we might already have a home office, or at least a decent table and chair of suitable height. However, there are others of us who have
POLICE will be stopping motorists from today (Thursday) to make sure their journeys are entirely necessary. The vehicle checkpoints will be to insure motorists are complying with Government restrictions and only making essential journeys, says
SIR - I was delighted to see St Oswald's Horton-in-Ribblesdale in today's (March 19) featured church though Penyghent our famous mountain that looms behind it was hidden by a cloud worthy of Moses. Some historians claim that St Oswald's was built
A CROSS Hills chemical manufacturer’s latest recruit is not unfamiliar with the company. For Sam Blakeley, who has joined Airedale Chemical as a product development chemist, once carried out work experience at the firm. The 25-year-old has a
TUCKED away, next to the now closed and boarded up Cross Keys pub in Skipton is the original Ermysted's Grammar School, founded by Canon Ermysted more than 470 years ago, in 1548. A plaque over a boarded up door in the chapel part of the building
BOTH these pictures are of the canal basin in Skipton, although the older is looking towards Belmont Bridge, and the modern one, looking towards Coach Street. Seen in the older picture is the crane on the dockside, which along with its pivot, is
SIR - In difficult times one of the few saving graces is how clear it becomes that the vast majority of people value living in a supportive community. In my own village we quickly put a leaflet offering help through everyone’s door. We were inundated
CALLING all our talented photographer readers out there - now we are having to stay inside and can go out just once a day for exercise - why not send us a picture of the view from your window. Whether you live in the middle of the town, or out in
SKIPTON prisoner 18-year-old naval cadet Hans Sujata could perhaps imagine himself to be the unluckiest officer in the German Imperial Navy, writes historian Alan Roberts. Fresh out of naval college he had only been on board German destroyer S-
By Andrew Mitchell, Partner, Armstrong Watson, Skipton IN an unexpected but welcome move, the extension of the off-payroll working rules to the private sector has been postponed for 12 months as part of the government’s emergency response to the
SIR - I have had the pleasure of holidaying in Settle on many occasions over past 12 years. In common with most parts of the UK it has to contend with irresponsible littering but I have always found the area to be spared from the worst excesses.
SIR - with reference to 'MP issues rallying cry over coronavirus' (Craven Herald, March 19), Too late sir! And regarding our hard hit workforce and economy.....a few billion quid too late! Warning lights were already on full flow more than two months
SKIPTON residents are being urged to 'listen to what is being said' after Prime Minister Boris Johnson effectively locked down the country on Monday night. After hordes of people were seen flocking to coasts and beauty spots at the weekend - including
THE Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority is calling on farmers to make their voice heard on the future of farming. I was at Leyburn auction mart the other day and was told about a farmer in the national park who was giving up his beasts. He
SKIPTON’S Alexander’s Bar and Restaurant has launched a new takeaway and delivery menu which is hoped will appeal to people with transport difficulties or to those who are self-isolating in the community. From Thursday, March 19, the restaurant
WITH the RFU bringing the league season to an end due to Coronavirus pandemic, struggling Skipton RFC, could just manage to avoid the drop when the fate of clubs is decided by mid-April. Simon Smith, president of Skipton RFC, said: "There is a bit
