Lesley Tate

VERA (Ve) Walker has been helping people learn to swim for almost 50 years. She is an original and last remaining, member of the committee behind the building of the new Settle and District Swimming Pool, which opened in 1974, and was an open water swimmer, many, many years before it became fashionable. In 2022 she was named Citizen of the Year in the last Craven District Council Community Champion Awards for her work with the pool and helping thousands of people to learn how to swim.

THERE will be two chances to see the panto The Wizard of Oz at Skipton Little Theatre on Friday December 22.

COMMUNITY singers the All Together Now choir have been spreading Christmas cheer by singing at a care home and a school in Skipton.

MORE than 100,000 trees have been planted near Settle in a project which will produce sustainable timber, help with flood prevention, and provide a habitat for raptors, otters and red squirrels.

BARNOLDSWICK Brass Band has a busy weekend ahead, entertaining the shoppers in Barlick on Saturday (December 9) and at Skipton's Christmas Market on Sunday.

THE Skipton Choir is to release a festive song for peace this weekend.

RESIDENTS of Hebden and visitors will in future years be able to enjoy the fruits of a community orchard.

LIGHTS have gone up in Skipton's Aireville Park in a bid to make walkers and cyclists feel safer during the dark evenings.