VETERAN broadcaster Harry Gration has become a UK brand ambassador for Steeton-based Acorn Stairlifts. And the retired BBC Look North presenter has been given a socially-distanced tour of the factory and head offices at the Millennium Business
A LONE walker who began to suffer chest pains while on Ingleborough, was rescued by the Cave Rescue Organisation using a 'phone find' application. The callout came at 3.18pm on Saturday, June 5. The 55-year-old male phoned for help saying he
TWO new enforcement officers to tackle littering and dog fouling in the district have been employed by Craven District Council. The officers will be carrying out a six-month pilot which will focus on areas of the district which attract large numbers
THE closure of a well-used pedestrian rail crossing in Cononley has been extended to over a year, because there’s a slim chance people using it might not hear the horn of one early-morning train per day, a resident has said. In late 2020, the much-used
Your report on the work being done by North Yorkshire County Council on repairing historic unsealed routes (‘Future of historic lanes is positive’, Craven Herald, June 3) says that “off-road driving enthusiasts” have “perhaps unfairly” taken most of
I share Joan Nicholson’s lack of confidence in Grant Shapps’ recent policy announcement (Craven Herald letters, June 3) but question her conclusion. Her letter also contains several inaccuracies. “All bus companies were privatised (except London
THOUGH not yet a decade old, Christopher Hampton’s play, Le Père, enjoys the release of its second film adaptation this week. The first - Philippe Le Guay’s Floride - was fine, but the second is a triumph. It helps, of course, when you have a superb
THE ever popular Franks Music Night Quiz returned to the Oddfellows Three Links Club, in Skipton, on Saturday night albeit in a Covid-restricted manner. Nevertheless it was enjoyed by all particularly as it is was not only a celebratory night for
A CONSULTATION launched this week on the North of England Decarbonisation Strategy, setting out ambitious targets for near-zero surface transport carbon by 2045. The Strategy for the North of England went out to public consultation on Monday, June
SKIPTON’S Vera Widdup was thrilled to receive a card from The Queen in celebration of her 100th birthday recently. Vera was born in Castle Street, Skipton, to parents Bertha and Benjamin Hardaker. Her paternal grandfather was Ben Kirk founder of
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