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  • West Craven crime figures tumble

    CRIME in both West Craven and the wider Pendle area is continuing to fall, according to police figures. At a recent meeting of Pendle Borough Council's West Craven Committee, Sgt Andy Cartwright told councillors that his officers had continued to make

  • Chamber says lower speed limit is pointless exercise

    SKIPTON Chamber of Trade has branded a proposed 20mph speed limit in the town centre absurd. North Yorkshire County Council highways department wants to slow down traffic on the High Street and surrounding streets. Skipton Chamber of Trade is strongly

  • Mobile libraries offer a hand to Dales entrepreneurs

    GETTING help to start up a business is now as easy as popping out to the library. Business Link York and North Yorkshire has teamed up with the county council to make its start up services available via the mobile super-library. Geoff Letby, of Business

  • Dangerous dogs act cannot help little Paige

    THE parents of a Skipton toddler injured in a dog attack are calling for a change in the laws surrounding dangerous canines. Lee-Anne Harvey and Alan Foster's one-year-old daughter, Paige, required stitches after she was bitten on the face by a family

  • Welcome to Craven - fit, healthy and crime free

    THE latest health check on the state of Craven's population shows that the district is in comparatively fine fettle. Craven ranks as significantly better than the average for England in most categories and only below the national average in one - the