FOLLOWING this week’s Annual General Meeting, Wharfedale RUFC’s General Committee elected David Baker as the new Club Chair. Baker, a long standing committee member is not unfamiliar to the role, having served as Club Chair from 2013 – 2018.
I sent the following letter to Barclays Bank Skipton. I thought that your readers would be interested. I drove into Skipton on Friday, October 15 in order to obtain some cash from Barclays Bank. After parking with some difficulty I went to the
HOW can I become a better, more confident speaker?. A good answer is to attend Craven Speakers’ Club (first Monday of the month). The Club reopened for physical meetings on October 3. The next meeting is Monday, November 1. at 7.15pm for 7.30pm
A MAN has died after an incident at Stocks Reservoir, near Slaidburn. Emergency services were called to the reservoir on the evening of Wednesday, October 13, where a man was believed to have entered the water and had died. A spokesman for
A GROUP of emergency department doctors and nurses from Airedale General Hospital who formed a group called Hearts In Little Hands held a RestartHeart Day at the bandstand in Ilkley to reach basic life support to the public. Team colleague Amina
FORMER Settle policeman Graham Wilson who moved to Harrogate and retired from the force in 2019 is completing 120 marathons to raise £50,000 for local and national good causes including medical and caring charities and art projects. When he wasn
AS Craven District Council moves into its last months before being replaced with a new single unitary authority there could be an issue with members missing meetings, said the authority’s leader. Cllr Richard Foster said he could not support a
MID-Wales freelance shepherd John Griffiths was top dog on price with a 9,000gns (£9,450) sale at Skipton Auction Mart’s autumn sale of working sheep dogs. (Friday, Oct 15) Mr Griffiths, of Garthbrengy, near Brecon in Powys, headed the field by
LAST week’s church with its splendid spire was All saints, Burton-in- Lonsdale, and was correctly identified by a number of people, Edward Scott, Eileen Briggs, George Parker, and Mary Myers. Margaret Pickup was also correct, adding that “mam and
I DON'T live on a holiday site and I don't necessarily disagree with Craven District Council's Licensing Committee about people living on caravan sites for a part of the year and 'holidaying' elsewhere for the rest of the year to avoid paying council
SODDEN cardboard and paper are amongst the most common ‘wrong type’ of waste put in blue re-cycling bins in Craven. Along with plastic bags and bin liners, wet paper and cardboard are not accepted by recycling companies, and can lead to the whole
I WRITE as a member of Christians on the Left, a faith group affiliated with the Labour Party, as are similar groups with Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, to extend my prayers and expression of concern to the family and friends of Sir David Amess
HERE is another old photo taken at Sutton-in-Craven primary school which was been sent in by Alison Mellin, daughter-in-law of the late Grace Mellin who was a teacher there in the early 60s and late 70s. The children are: Back row: Michael
AROUND the canal at Farnhill there are frequent sightings of mink and American Signal Crayfish (Craven Diary, September 30). My girlfriend’s dog greedily crunches up any leftovers of crayfish on the canal towpath. So plentiful are the crayfish,
THIS old photo was taken at Sutton-in-Craven primary school during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was sent in by Alison Mellin, who’s late mother-in-law , Grace Mellin, was a teacher at the time. The children are: Back row: Martin Nelson, Julie
I HAVE just read the article relating to caravan owners and council tax, and have picked up on the fact that Craven District Council has an ongoing review of holiday caravan site regulations being undertaken by environmental health, planning and legal
LIFE saving equipment has been installed at two popular river beauty spots where a Bradford teenager and a Glusburn teenager died last year. Mohammed Bilal Zeb, a newly married and expectant father, was just 18 when he got into difficulties at
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
