After reading your letters page, January 28, I feel that I should support and agree with Alan Hickman and Allan Friswell's views on nurses' salaries. As far back as Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War, female nurses have been the underdogs of
LAST week’s building was the former Methodist Chapel, now the Beamsley Project, near Bolton Abbey. When the congregation dwindled in the 1990s, the Beamsley Project Charitable Trust was set up, with the aim to provide self-catering, accessible
SKIPTON Building Society announces the appointment of Philip Moore as non-executive director. Philip joins the non-executive team with more than 35 years’ experience in his international financial services career, comprising of almost 20 years as
A SKIPTON-based skin specialist and Ilkley based Nutritionist and Dietitian are teaming up for March’s National Nutrition Month and hosting a free Facebook Live, looking into the benefits of good nutrition and the impact this has on the skin
BARNOLDSWICK-based refrigerated vehicle specialist Coolvan has revealed a refrigerated version of the acclaimed Maxus eDeliver 3 electric van in anticipation of further restrictions on diesel delivery vehicles in city centres. Britain’s high streets
THIS old photo is dated around early 1800 and is a row of some of the three-storey houses in Union Square, Skipton. They were family homes, some of them large families, but were demolished as part of the remodernisation of Skipton. They were
AN anti-bloodsports campaign group is calling on Bolton Abbey to ban grouse shooting after a dead cat and fox were found near snares by a runner. The gruesome find was made last week on the estate which operates an extensive grouse moor alongside
PLANS to convert the grade two listed, former NatWest Bank in Settle into a café or restaurant on the ground floor with four apartments above have been deferred following a row over the giving of listed building consent by officers. The chairman
BACK in September 2020, whilst attempting to socially distance from a couple coming towards me, I caught my foot in a mooring ring on the canal towpath in Skipton, fell forwards spectacularly and knocked myself unconscious. I received excellent
I WRITE this as the TUC@ Heart Union week comes to a conclusion. A week in which the invaluable contribution that the trade union movement makes has been celebrated. Readers of the Craven Herald will need no reminding that it was through the
PEOPLE across two communities are being urged to have their say over Bradford Council’s newly-published Local Plan. Craven-ward district councillor Adrian Naylor is encouraging residents in Silsden and Steeton-with-Eastburn to examine the document
Jenny Dixon Wharfedale Naturalists Society Wharfedale-nats.org.uk IT happens every time. Whenever I’m stuck for a Nature Notes topic, a fellow naturalist – friend, family, WNS member – contacts me with an observation and a “perhaps you
I ATTENDED Skipton Hospital for my Covid vaccine on Tuesday February, 16, and I would like to thank everyone involved . The whole experience was so smooth and efficient from entering the grounds to leaving. The expert advice and after care was
HERE are more of your wonderful photographs taken around the region. We love to showcase your pictures. It could be a seasonal landscape or simply your favourite view of our beautiful surroundings. If you would like to submit a picture, email it
