A STALWART of grassroots football has been rewarded with a certificate to commemorate 75 years’ service to the beautiful game played on many a hallowed turf around Craven. Herbert Spencer, from Silsden, is no stranger to receiving awards. He
CAVE Rescue Organisation volunteers were called out to find a group of walkers who had got lost. The group, two men and three women, had started their Three Peaks challenge in Horton-in-Ribblesdale at 4am on October 13 and reached Chapel le Dale
A HOSPICE support group has won a top regional award for an event in Craven. The eight-member Riddlesden and East Morton Support Group, which coins-in cash for Manorlands, was among the victors in the virtual Yorkshire and Humber Fundraising Awards
THE chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing board has called for more funding for unpaid carers whose role is seen as ‘crucial’. Responding to a Carers UK report on unpaid carers providing additional care for loved ones
YOU’VE probably seen make-up tutorials on social media, but none quite like this one. Here is your chance to take part in a free Halloween-themed online workshop to create your own spooky spectacle. Skipton High Street Heritage Action Zone has
A GRASSROOTS football club in Barnoldswick has had their season come to an abrupt halt this weekend. Skipton Body Repair Centre Craven & District League side Rolls FC were forced to postpone their trip to FC Sporting Keighley and will not play
THE LOCKDOWN experiences of sixth form students have been highlighted in a photography competition. The competition was set up for sixth form and further education students to reflect on their environment and surroundings and has shown how young
STEETON came from behind to claim an unlikely 2-2 draw at Cleator Moor Celtic, with goals from Kayle Price and Ben Wignall inside the last 15 minutes ensuring they left Cumbria with a point on Saturday afternoon. The Chevrons were back in North
HAREWOOD House has been given £700,000 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Cultural Recovery Fund. The trust which runs the estate has described the funding as a "vital lifeline" to help the charity recovery from the impact of covid-19. Harewood
SILSDEN made it three Toolstation Northern Counties East Premier Division away defeats in a row with a frustrating 1-0 defeat at Maltby Main. A visit to the old Yorkshire coalfield is never easy and it was a tale of two halves. Jonathan Hill's 16th-minute
THE Yorkshire Party is calling on schools to provide live internet lessons if a ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown proves unavoidable. They are also calling on the Government to provide urgent financial support for IT equipment. Yorkshire Party leader
CRAVEN residents are being given a chance to comment on the district council’s Draft Conservation Area Appraisals. The public consultation runs from Monday October 19 for an eight-week period until Monday December 14, 2020. The Craven Conservation
THREE new world record prices - £20,000 for a fully broken working sheep dog, £4,200 for an eight-month-old part-broken bitch and £3,700 for an unbroken five-month-old pup – have been established. They were set at a virtual online sale at Skipton
IT was certainly a weekend to forget for Barnoldswick Town as they suffered a crushing 10-2 defeat at the hands of early North West Counties Premier Division table toppers Winsford United. Sam Madeley was in fine form for the hosts, smashing an
LAST week’s place of worship was the Airton Quaker Meeting House, as identified by Anne Close and John Asher, who says perhaps we ought to disqualify all Quakers, like him, who know it and love it well! There is much to love about the building;
