CRAVEN College welcomed MP Julian Smith to its Aireville Campus in Skipton to lend a hand in planting a tree for a project to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The Queen’s Green Canopy project - a unique tree planting initiative created to mark
MEMBERS of the Skipton’s Fairtrade group along with a representative of Embsay with Eastby Fairtrade Village group and participants from two of the three Fairtrade businesses based in Skipton took part in a breakfast at Elsworth Kitchen, in the town
A POLICY requiring all new homes in the Yorkshire Dales to be for 'permanent residence' only is being considered by the national park authority. The policy - a first for the national park - is aimed at stopping communities in the Dales from becoming
BROUGHTON-based environmental consultancy, Comply Direct, is to host a free climate event for small businesses looking to start their sustainability journey. The event at Avalon, on the Broughton Hall Estate, is on July 14. This will be the consultancy
ARTIST Vincent Cartman is preparing to take part in July's 50th Gargrave Art Exhibition - at the grand age of 89. The 50th golden anniversary exhibition, which has always taken place in Gargrave Village Hall, should have taken place in 2020, but
THREE friends from Kildwick Primary School have been on their bikes as part of a Save the Children fundraiser in aid of Ukrainian children. The two-wheeling trio of Ralph Gillard, Seth Musgrove and Rex Musgrove, all aged nine set off on June 18
Austwick Church news: The churches of Austwick, Eldroth, Clapham and Keasden offer a range of regular Sunday services. For up to date details please see church noticeboards and websites:bit.ly/austwick-church and bit.ly/eldroth-church, or our Churches
THERE was a lot of interest in the work of Skipton Civic Society when its members ran an awareness stall outside the town hall. Held as part of National Civic Day, it was a chance for society members to discuss issues affecting the town. There
SOUTH Craven Walking 4 Health (SCW4H) group was welcomed for a special morning of walks by Bolton Abbey Estates. Arranged by Andrea Dalton, SCW4H walk programme organiser, and Moira Smith, Bolton Abbey Estates visitor manager, over 40 walkers walked
A WORLD record sign language signathon attempt is due to start in Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, led by profoundly deaf retired Skipton church minister, Rev Michael Sabell. The attempt begins on June 27 and is due to end on July 11, the 80th birthday
PHILIP Winstanley photographed this loco as it made its way along the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway earlier this week. 'Beatrice' - 0-6-0ST (Saddle Tank) No. 7 was working on Tuesday, the day of the first rail strikes. Philip points
ENTHUSIASTIC backing has been given to Craven becoming a 'district of sanctuary'. Councillors have supported Craven applying to join a long list of cities and towns across the UK committed to showing their support for refugees and asylum seekers
AN adult accompanying a school visit to Long Churn Cave, near Settle, this week needed help after she developed breathing difficulties. The group had just arrived at the entrance to the cave at Selside at about 10.30am on Tuesday when the woman
I WOULD like, through your letters page, to say what a fantastic job the lads are doing re-laying the cobbles and flags in Victoria Street and Square by the shops. They are all pleasant lads and have caused very little disruption to the residents and
I READ the article about parking charges to be introduced for reservoir car parks with despair (Free parking could end at popular reservoir sites, June 8). I then saw the letter from John Shaw (Craven Herald letters, June 23) and I agree with his words
THE Rev Peter Thomas spent a morning recently at Lothersdale Primary School talking to a group of year six, 10 and 11 year olds. With the end of term fast approaching and the long summer holidays ahead, Rev Thomas, from Grassington, talked to the
A LAMB which had fallen down a pothole at Newby Moss, Ingleborough, was hauled back to safety by cave rescue volunteers. A Cave Rescue Organisation team responded after a member of the public reported seeing the animal stuck in Fluted Hole at just
It is difficult to compare Raikeswood Camp in Skipton with the notorious Colditz Castle in eastern Germany. Historian Alan Roberts share the link. THE two camps of Raikeswood and Colditz housed captured enemy officers, but in two different world
MPs voted for paying themselves a rise of £2,000. If an average of £2,000 rise were paid to 40,000 rail workers , this would be approximately seven per cent and cost £ 80 million. I suggest losses to economy including tourism this week will
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WE are familiar with Liz Truss as foreign secretary since 2021 but her Wikipedia entry tells me that since 2019 she has been minister for women and equalities too. It seems to me that there are numerous things going on in the world that might require
