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  • The Winskill family and the skeleton in the lead mine

    Sarah Lister from Settle Graveyard Project has unearthed a fascinating graveyard tale linking MP Walter Morrison. Here is what she has found. Sarah has been working with the Folly in Settle and Malhamdale Local History Group as part of the Walter

  • Dales volunteer Jake offers his free time happily

    It’s a beautiful spring day at Ribblehead and, with lockdown easing, visitors are out in force. For many it’s a first chance in months to spend time away from within their own four walls and enjoy nature unrestricted. Dales volunteer Jake Katborg writes

  • Biannual art exhibition still to go ahead

    June is usually the month when North Yorkshire Open Studios (NYOS) invites the public into around 100 artist’s studios around North Yorkshire. This year the pandemic has curtailed many artists’ plans - but not for Bridget Tempest who has again

  • £15m in grants open to create woodlands

    A NEW multimillion tree planting grant scheme has been opened this week by the Forestry Commission – the England Woodland Creation Offer - to provide greater financial incentives for landowners and farmers to plant and manage trees. With £15.9

  • Cowling formidable once more in the Craven League

    COWLING’S early-season form is proving no blip. They remain second in Mewies Solicitors Craven League Division One after dismissing hosts Ingrow for 96. Aqib Hussain (3-18), Naqi Hussain (3-21) and Ajmal Choudhry (2-9) put the skids under the