A GROUP of Barnoldswick youths spent a day repairing and cleaning up a run-down bus shelter in a pioneering project. And in return, the teenagers have been rewarded with their own room in a nearby pub where they can meet without annoying nearby residents
FANS of Barnoldswick's Cliff Stocker and his blues band Slack Alice have the rare opportunity to see them perform close to home when they headline a concert at Grassington Town Hall. The concert takes place next Saturday (March 17) and will raise funds
THE thought of having more than 200 five-year-olds in a sports hall would be a daunting prospect for many - but not for the Craven Schools Sports Partnership. Sport co-ordinators Caroline Moorhouse and Chris Meehan organised an activity afternoon for
SRI Lankan school pupils whose education was thrown into disarray by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami have received a boost from their counterparts in South Craven. The 300 year eight pupils of South Craven School, in Cross Hills, have raised £590 to help
THE music man of Bradley scaled new heights when he climbed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Frank Smith, the 72-year-old musical director of Keighley Vocal Union, reached a crescendo after trekking up the mountain to a height of 19,500 feet. He
THE company which provides Craven's dog control service has expressed surprise over criticisms made last week. Animal Wardens currently deals with the area's stray, lost and found dogs, fouling complaints, fixed penalty notices and distribution of dog
A NEW telecommunications mast could be installed in North Craven. T-Mobile wants to erect a 15-metre timber pole on land at Bend Gate Farm, between Hellifield and Long Preston. The proposed site is 500 metres from any residential development. The application
pupils from Ingleton Primary School helped to restore a local woodland on Tuesday. They helped out with the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust's restoration work at Thornbrook Woodland, Thornton-in-Lonsdale. The youngsters planted native broadleaved trees
SETTLE should look even prettier this summer as the Cultivating Settle group took a step closer to its goal of seeing Settle in Bloom success with the opening of its new gardening headquarters, writes Gill O'Donnell. A poly-tunnel has been erected at
A MAN who completed a mind-boggling round-the-world bike ride in four years is to take on another epic challenge. Alastair Humphreys, 30, who comes from Airton, is to take on one of the toughest tests of endurance on the planet. But this time he will
STAFF at Barclays Bank, in Grassington, have been celebrating after they scooped the West Yorkshire Branch of the Year Award. And customers have been singing the praises of the branch, which provides vital services in a rural location. Residents praised
CASTLE Acoustics will find out next week whether its third attempt to knock down its base and sell off the land for homes and offices will be permitted. Two past attempts by the Skipton loudspeaker company to relocate from Park Mill, on Shortbank Road
SKIPTON Town Council will not cut down trees to appease residents who say they are blocking their light. The council has agreed to keep pruning the trees in Skipton's Shortbank Gulley, but says it will not remove them. Homeowners living on nearby Moorview
A GROUP of year five pupils from Austwick School visited London - and paid a visit to Downing Street. Laura Muckersie, Robert Ogden, George Ross and Adam Middleton explored the capital for the day, accompanied by headteacher Lesley Crutchley and her
