100 years ago PLANS for extending the railway from Grassington to Buckden were brought before the council. Coun Maude pointed out that it was necessary for the council to give its approval or disapproval. He felt the council should formally disapprove
SIR - Sometimes I despair of my adopted home town, Skipton. Is there a more lethargic, apathetic, uninspired town? A statue for Freddie Trueman is proposed. Great idea, good for the town and for tourism (ask the town of Morecambe what the statue of
A RECLAMATION business has finally complied with orders to move from a Salterforth quarry. Last May, owner Andrew Shorten was ordered to stop work at Park Close Quarry following more than a year of legal wrangling. Mr Shorten was given six months to
LOCAL folk duo Keepers Fold have recorded their second album in front of a live audience at Settle's Victoria Theatre. Jeff Wright and Iain Glover first teamed up in 2003 and since then have become popular on the Yorkshire folk circuit, appearing regularly
INGLETON golden couple Mark and Mary Kendall are throwing open their house tomorrow (Saturday) to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple, of Thacking Lane, have just returned from a family holiday to Spain as well as a trip to Silverstone
OFSTED inspectors paid an unannounced visit to the newly-opened Wharfedale Babies - and were impressed with what they found. Although the nursery unit of the Montessori School, at Bolton Abbey, was only set up in December, the inspectors said its quality
EMBSAY residents are once again counting the cost of the main road into the village being a "race course." Megson's Court residents, Jack and Anne Wilson, were at home when a van smashed through their front wall and into their garden on Tuesday morning
MANAGERS of Glusburn Institute have appealed to businesses for money. They are also urging residents to use the public venue and raise funds through lettings. In an effort to modernise the grade two listed building, they have drawn up a £1 million redevelopment
STEPS to stop an annual illegal rave of 200 people at Sutton Clough are to be taken by the parish council. Following complaints from nearby residents, Sutton Parish Council will look at temporarily closing the public right of way when it believes the
SUTTON Park's avenue of lime trees is to be cut down for health and safety reasons. All 36 of the 30-feet-tall trees - which were planted in 1912 when the park was opened - have been condemned after a consultant warned a falling branch could seriously
Book borrowers from libraries in the Craven district have collectively forked out more than £8,000 in overdue fines in the last year, writes Richard Marsden. Skipton Library made the biggest profit, collecting nearly £5,800 from 2,800 customers, the
ONE of the highlights of this year's Grassington Festival - a specially commissioned performance of Madam Butterfly - will feature Arncliffe twins Jadefox and Willow LeLeux. They will be doubling up in the role of Sorrow, Madam Butterfly's child. "How
SKIPTON could lose the chance of a £3.2 million children's centre if it is not located at Parish Church School, the Craven Area Committee was told. Bernadette Jones, of North Yorkshire County Council, said the planning application for the centre was
Big hitters with a town's cricket team have come under fire after raining balls on nearby homes. Now, Mavis Chapman, whose house borders Settle cricket club, has declared enough is enough after she was sent scuttling for extra cover on Saturday. And
BARNOLDSWICK'S pioneering Council Shop - and its dedicated trio of staff - celebrated a decade of service to the town last week. The office, which provides local residents with a contact point for every council-related service, was the first in the area
THE Craven Museum and Gallery, in Skipton, is appealing for help with an exhibition on the former Overdale prisoner of war camp. The camp, now a trailer and mobile home park, is located on the outskirts of Skipton, just off the Harrogate Road. It housed
A CHANCE meeting with a Russian accordion player led a Sutton teenager to win a place at one of the world's top music colleges. Tom Hardaker, 16, is due to fly out to St Petersburg, in Russia, at the end of the summer to start a one year course at the
ORGANISERS of Sutton Fun Day hope this year's event will be it's biggest and best yet. Due to be held on Father's Day, Sunday June 17, the event at Sutton Park will include a procession, fairground rides, live bands and donkey rides. There will also
NEARLY £28,000 has rolled in so far from Skipton's Race for Life. The 5km women-only fundraiser took place on May 13 at Broughton Hall. Race organiser, Nelson Laurencia, said £18,521 had been counted up from the morning race, which had 2,000 participants
PRIVATE individuals are trying to get their hands on 15 per cent of the shares of Craven Cattle Marts. Fyshe Horton Finney Limited is acting on behalf of clients who want to obtain 10,000 out of the company's ordinary 66,000 £1 shares. They are offering
A PROMINENT eyesore at the gateway to Barnoldswick could finally be redeveloped after housing plans were passed this week. The crumbling former county council depot on Skipton Road was described as a "complete and utter disgrace" to the town - particularly
