AN outline planning application for a housing development has been lodged with the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. The site is on land at Grosvenor Farm, off Main Street, Long Preston, and is located within the Long Preston Conservation Area
MY friend Bruce McLeod has I fear misinterpreted my self deprecatory comment about life making us all hypocrites. (Our responsibility to monitor government, Craven Herald letters, May 9). I was in fact acknowledging my own hypocrisy. In my defence
A PLANNING application for an existing 2x2-metre timber kiosk to be used to sell snacks to walkers on Ingleborough has been approved by Members of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Planning Committee. Chairman of the Yorkshire Dales National
PEOPLE are being asked to comment on dog walking in public spaces, memorial gardens and children's play areas in West Craven. Pendle Borough Council is currently consulting on a protection order concerning dog fouling and smoking in public areas
A PROPOSAL to erect a dual-use replacement building for agricultural purposes and ancillary campsite facilities for individuals taking part in Duke of Edinburgh expeditions, and lawfully camping in a field adjacent to the building on land at Kettlewell
WE feature a letter on our letter’s page this week from a Craven resident who was astounded to see so many ‘filled’ and discarded dog poo bags within a short distance while walking on Whernside; 15 to be precise within a half-mile stretch. And
NOMINATIONS are being invited for the 28th annual Yorkshire Young Achievers Awards. The awards mark the achievements of outstanding young people under 35 years old. The awards dinner, held at the Leeds United Elland Road ground on November 17,
THE title of Honorary Freeman of Skipton has been bestowed upon Skipton stalwart Harry Dowson by the town’s mayor, Cllr Karen McIntyre. The presentation was made at an evening civic reception at the town hall where guests including Deputy Lieutenant
YOUNG teenager William Wood-Robertson of Kildwick walked the Yorkshire Three Peaks and raised £923 for the neonatal unit of Airedale Hospital. William, 12, completed the 24 mile challenge in less than 10 hours and was joined by his dad, and his
A MAYOR for Skipton is due to be elected on Thursday - but it will not be as planned, after this year's deputy was voted off the council. Councillor Darren Shaw was due to replace Cllr Karen McIntyre as mayor for the coming year at the annual meeting
A REDUNDANT youth and community centre is to be given a new lease of life thanks to a grant award. The funding, totalling £150,000, from Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme has been awarded to Craven District Council to see the
A MAN was airlifted to hospital after falling down a river bank when tending a tree. Cave Rescue Organisation members were called to the banks of the River Wenning, at Wennington, on Sunday May 15 at 1.39pm to assist the fire and rescue service
CRAVEN District Council is to have its biggest power stripped away next week, some 11 months before being dissolved and a unitary council being formed. In a move by the government which political commentators have claimed is aimed at preventing
OPPOSITION parties have pledged to offer a greater challenge to North Yorkshire’s ruling Conservative administration ahead of the authority’s first full meeting tomorrow (Wednesday). With some 43 seats between them, newly-appointed leaders of the
A BEACON will be lit at the summit of Ingleborough - the second highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks - on Thursday, June 2 as part of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. A second beacon will be lit on Ingleton sports fields during the evening
POLICE are warning people in Craven to be extra vigilant after reports of an increase in ‘courier frauds’ where victims have been called on the telephone by someone claiming to be an officer from the Metropolitan Police in London. It comes after
PLANS for three static holiday caravans and three camping pods to be placed in a paddock have been granted. The application at Ben Lane Stables, in Ben Lane, Barnoldswick, was approved by Pendle Borough Council which stated there were 'no material
THERE will be thrills and spills of a distinctly ghostly type in Skipton this month as stroke survivor Malcolm Hanson conducts his once-famous ghost walks around the town’s supernatural hot spots on Friday evenings. Malcolm, a former musician and
SKIPTON Town Hall will be celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee by inviting children and families to get crafty, with magical puppets and by playing host to community choir, the Voices of Craven. 'Get crafty' on Wednesday, June 1 will be a special
IN their quest for a fourth successive Ribblesdale Senior League title, Settle knocked Brinscall off the top spot on Saturday and remain the only unbeaten side in the table. The Lancastrians elected to bat and looked steady if rather tied down
