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What a busy week for Glusburn school
26/06/2024

What a busy week for Glusburn school

GLOBAL Learning Awards, refugee week and a cricket tournament made for a busy but successful week at Glusburn Community Primary School.

This is a lovely thing for the choir to do
26/06/2024

This is a lovely thing for the choir to do

CHOIR members from several different branches of All Together Now, including Skipton, were delighted to visit Sutton Hall and Lodge Care Home in…

This has taken a while to get through
25/06/2024

This has taken a while to get through

FINAL approval to the building of 38 new homes in Settle has been given by North Yorkshire Council.

Check your luggage for any of these items!
25/06/2024

Check your luggage for any of these items!

There are several items which are banned from luggage which is carried in the hold of a plane from UK airports

Great pictures from Stephen
25/06/2024

Great pictures from Stephen

CRAVEN butchers Drake & Macefield spent a day at Thornton-in-Craven Primary School where Amy Teal and Emily Preston from the firm’s Cross…

Ingleton Gala - a great family day out
25/06/2024

Ingleton Gala - a great family day out

INGLETON Gala is preparing to crown its first ever Gala King.

News from Skipton auction mart
25/06/2024

News from Skipton auction mart

A SIZEABLE increase in Spring lamb numbers went through the ring at Skipton Auction Mart on Monday thanks in part to the reopening of the A59 at Kex…

Best of luck to Grassington in Bloom
25/06/2024

Best of luck to Grassington in Bloom

AFTER having a very successful open gardens event in early June, members of Grassington in Bloom are now working hard to get ready for Yorkshire in…

Just two homes now proposed for Skipton site
24/06/2024

Just two homes now proposed for Skipton site

A PROPOSAL to build two new houses on an edge of Skipton site recently rejected for the building of 26 houses has been lodged with North Yorkshire…

This is why there are traffic lights on the A65
24/06/2024

This is why there are traffic lights on the A65

TEMPORARY traffic lights on the A65 at Coniston Cold are likely to be in place for around three weeks.

Anyone seen Kurt Baxter?
24/06/2024

Anyone seen Kurt Baxter?

POLICE in Pendle are asking people to keep an eye out for wanted man Kurt Baxter.

Well done to the UWFRA team
24/06/2024

Well done to the UWFRA team

A VISITOR to Brimham Rocks had to be helped back to the ground by fell rescue volunteers after she became 'crag-fast' and unable to move.

More solar power for Settle Pool
24/06/2024

More solar power for Settle Pool

A SECOND bank of solar panels has been installed on Settle Swimming Pool roof, generating more electricity and so helping cut the pool’s fuel…

Computershare on the move again
24/06/2024

Computershare on the move again

FINANCIAL services company Computershare is planning to move from Gateway House at the entrance to Skipton to new offices in the centre of town.

Smashing event this in stunning countryside
24/06/2024

Smashing event this in stunning countryside

RUNNERS, walkers and families will be heading to Kettlewell at the weekend for Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue's main fundraising event of the year.

22/06/2024

Kex Gill open again after nearly five months. Fantastic.

Lovely church this
21/06/2024

Lovely church this

FRIENDS and parishioners of St Michael and All Angels Church in Linton-in-Craven gathered to welcome the Bishop of Ripon for the opening of new…

News from Skipton auction mart
21/06/2024

News from Skipton auction mart

A hugely anticipated dispersal sale at Skipton Auction Mart of pedigree Beef Shorthorn from the highly respected Dale herd owned by Chris Bellerby,…

Anyone see anything that could help police?
21/06/2024

Anyone see anything that could help police?

POLICE are appealing for information about an alleged burglary at a shop in Grassington that included the theft of charity boxes.

The wonderful Settle Flowerpot Festival
21/06/2024

The wonderful Settle Flowerpot Festival

COMEDIAN, broadcaster and writer Mike Harding, will be signing copies of his new book in Settle on Saturday inspired by the town's annual flowerpot…

Craven groups received a fraction of a council fund
21/06/2024

Craven groups received a fraction of a council fund

GROUPS in Craven received just £2,000 last year of a £130,000 council fund aimed at supporting grass-roots community projects in North Yorkshire.

Are paths properly maintained in the Dales?
21/06/2024

Are paths properly maintained in the Dales?

A ROW over the funding of rights of way maintenance in the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors national parks looks set to reignite with the…

There has been a spike in claim forms that could be scams
21/06/2024

There has been a spike in claim forms that could be scams

Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaigners warned of a “deeply concerning” spike in claim forms appearing online

Planning applications in West Craven
20/06/2024

Planning applications in West Craven

PLANS to replace an existing single storey extension at 27, Quernmore Drive in Kelbrook have been submitted to Pendle Council.

Fantastic for Stainforth
20/06/2024

Fantastic for Stainforth

A VILLAGE hall that has been at the heart of its Dales community for nearly 100 years has been given a new lease of life thanks to a generous…

Can anyone help the police with this?
20/06/2024

Can anyone help the police with this?

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist died yesterday (Wednesday) after being in collision with a car at Thruscross, between…

We're losing a few in the region! 😢
20/06/2024

We're losing a few in the region! 😢

The number of pubs in England and Wales has fallen from 39,401 at the end of 2023 to 39,162 by the end of March.

Great event this - and fingers crossed for a dry evening
20/06/2024

Great event this - and fingers crossed for a dry evening

TICKETS have gone on sale for this year’s Silsden Proms on the Farm, with organisers hoping for a drier occasion than last year's rain-soaked…

Can anyone help the police with this?
20/06/2024

Can anyone help the police with this?

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a horse rider suffered an injury when a vehicle allegedly passed too close on a road in…

Another call-out for CRO
20/06/2024

Another call-out for CRO

CAVE rescue has once again appealed to walkers in the Dales to make sure they are equipped with charged-up mobile phones and a whistle after a group…

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Kex Gill open again after nearly five months. Fantastic.

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Average speed cameras now live on the A682 Long Preston to Gisburn Road, but only from the Lancashire border.

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Frogs today, enjoying the spring sunshine at the summit of Whernside

Just a few walkers on Penyghent today, windy and very misty. Look out for next month's 70th anniversary of The Three Peaks Race.

Exciting plans have been revealed for the former Rackhams store in Skipton, this is what it currently looks like at the back. Read more on Craven Herald online cravenherald.co.uk

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Plenty of snow still high up in Upper Wharfedale today.

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Phew, Thruscross dam was quite the sight today.

Not been down this way for a while, this is where the new section of the A59 will come out to bypass the landslip prone bit at Kex Gill.

Not a huge number of people climbing Ingleborough today, although I was passed by a runner 😂

Clapham Falls today, looking very splendid.

Today's Remembrance Sunday parade in Skipton.

Watch this little wood mouse searching for food. Adorable.

This paraglider was having a marvelous time at the summit of Penyghent yesterday. Bit of a hot climb up to the top first though.

People occasionally get cragfast on Penyghent. Here's why, it's a bit of a scramble at the top. And it wasn't even windy today.

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