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  • Plans lodged for barn conversion

    A PLANNING application has been lodged with the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority for permission to covert Middle Mearbeck Barn, Long Preston, into two residential dwellings for use as holiday lets/local occupancy. The application was lodged

  • Dragon boat racers needed for Rotary fundraiser

    SKIPTON Rotary Club is hoping to be able to stage its fundraising dragon boat race at the Coniston Hotel, Coniston Cold, later this year. The rotary club hopes the Government’s roadmap for recovery out of the coronavirus pandemic will stay on track

  • Latest bit of kit to join the police

    THIS is the newest bit of liveried kit to join North Yorkshire Police Roads Policing group and those who patrol on two motorised wheels are likely to be falling out over it. This police-marked Ducati has been loaned for the summer by BikeSafe, who

  • Barlick gym due to re-open next week

    WEST Craven Sports Centre in Barnoldswick will reopen next Monday after the Prime Minister approved the second step in the Government’s roadmap to recovery out of the coronavirus pandemic. The Pendle Leisure Trust, which operates the Barnoldswick

  • Zoom is preferred meeting option

    By Pip Pointon   THE decision not to extend the right for Local Authorities to continue holding virtual meetings after May 8 was described as horrendous by Craven District Cllr Carl Lis at a meeting of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

  • Lottery brings windfall for autism group

    AIREDALE and Wharfedale Autism Resource (AWARE) has received £420k from the National Lottery to support local families affected by autism. The group will use the money to run more activities for local children and young people and to provide further

  • Cracking Easter calf trade at mart

    REARING calves did better than ever at Skipton Auction Mart’s Easter Monday sale, with a full ringside of buyers from across the North competing for the 46 on offer. A cracking top call of £510, the highest price for some time, was made for a five-week-old

  • Police to make social media post changes

    NORTH Yorkshire Police are currently making some changes to its social media accounts across the county. It is being done in line with recommendations from the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) on the management of police social media accounts

  • Man, 31, helped after becoming 'cragfast' at Brimham Rocks

    A 31 YEAR old man was helped after suffering cramp and getting stuck while climbing at Brimham Rocks, near Summerbridge, over the Easter bank holiday weekend. The Grassington based Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) responded to a

  • Craven folk make lifestyle changes during lockdown

    HEALTHY Lifestyles sessions have been delivered online via Zoom during the pandemic, enabling residents to make lifestyle changes and lose weight. In 2020, despite exceptional circumstances, the council’s Healthy Lifestyles team has helped 74 people

  • Plea over disinfectants as chemical firm sees sales soar

    A CROSS Hills chemical company has seen sales of its disinfectants soar during the pandemic. Airedale Chemical says sales of peracetic acid, a highly effective biocide, have risen by 30 per cent in the past year. As more businesses prepare

  • Seven-up for Thomas Boothman

    SKIPTON Auction Mart’s annual Easter show and sale of ewes with lambs at foot produced another in a long line of successes for Thomas Boothman, who has so often dominated the early season highlights at his local mart and did so again when consigning

  • German prisoner with an English mum

    With over 900 prisoners of war held at Raikeswood Camp there would be several very interesting prisoners. Historian Alan Roberts takes a look ONE of the strangest captors was that of young U-boat officer Baron Otto von Recum. After his capture

  • Bovine bounty at midweek sale

    OVER 600 head of cattle, all but ten feeders, passed through the sales rings at Skipton Auction Mart’s latest fortnightly Wednesday midweek sale (March 31) The 35 beef feeding cows and bulls produced the best trade of the year to date for the former

  • New nature recovery plan for the Dales

    A GROUP knows as the Yorkshire Dales Biodiversity Forum, which includes Natural England and Environment Agency staff, as well as people from charities such as the RSPB and National Trust, re-committed itself to a goal it set itself some time ago.

  • Volunteers help with tree planting in Arncliffe

    Trees are being planted around Arncliffe as part of the district’s efforts to tackle climate change and ‘re-wild’ parts of the area which would once have been covered in forest but was adapted over the centuries to create farmland and grazing areas

  • GALLERY: Readers' photos from around Craven and the Dales

    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

  • Letter: Communities need effective speed management

    I WRITE in support of Cllr Chris Moorby (Craven Herald letters, March 25). Recent reports in the Craven Herald indicate that other areas of Craven also have genuine and serious concerns about speeding traffic. Cowling 4#30 is a residents’ lobbying