ST Andrew's Church, Skipton, is full of Christmas trees.It is busy staging its annual Christmas Tree Festival for which visitors come from near and far. The trees are designed and prepared by a variety of Skipton people and groups. Among this year's contributors
CHRIS Newman and Máire Ní Chathasaigh will bring the sound of Christmas to Settle's Victoria Hall on Saturday.They will perform Celtic Christmas Strings - a festive feast of harp and guitar.Individually famed for originality, innovation and virtuosity
A NEW work by photographic artist Daniel Shiel has gone on show at the Mill Bridge Gallery, Skipton.Skiptonia with Starlings is a photo-collage made from more than 300 images taken in and around the town of Skipton.Daniel said: “I gathered photos of many
POLICE are currently at the scene of a crash on the A65 between Skipton and Gargrave. It is believed that a Peugeot car has flipped onto its roof. However, a police spokesman said there were not thought to be any injuries, but the crash had closed one
IT'S Christmastime! And, to celebrate the festive season, Cononley Singers will give two concerts - at Cononley Village Institute tomorrow and at Christ Church, Skipton, on Saturday. Both start at 7.30pm.Friday tickets cost £5 and Saturday tickets £7
AWARD-WINNING guitarist Christian Saggese will give a concert at Skipton's Holy Trinity Church on Saturday.Mr Saggese, winner of competitions in Spain and Italy, plays both the classical and electric guitar as well as a 14-string harpguitar and mandolin.Spanish
CRAVEN-born jazz sensation Clare Teal will be back on home ground tomorrow.Described as the UK’s finest jazz singer, Clare will bring her Festive Fiesta to Settle's Victoria Hall.Now in its sixth year, the show includes a unique blend of seasonal swing
THE Craven-based Keighley Road Jolly Wassailers are back on the road. The group - which performed its first gig in 1999 - will present its unique selection of medieval carols, boisterous wassail songs and hearty West Gallery carols in pubs in the run-up
POCKET Panto will be bringing some pantomime fun to Craven.It is staging its show, Mother Goose, at various venues across the Christmas period.The rags to riches tale is full of fun and laughter, with loveable dames, villainous baddies and, of course,
SKIPTON'S Ian Taylor (Jedi Cycle Sport) was involved in the day's hard luck story in the National Trophy Series in Bradford on Sunday. He was leading Darren Atkins in the men's 40-49 years' race when his rear mech broke in the closing stages.
ROLLS Reserves have become the first team this season to hold Mastab'sCraven League Division One leaders Chatburn to a draw.Hosts Chatburn were leading 3-0 at half-time but Chris Gaskell (3), Matthew Coates (2) and Justin Wilson helped the second string
INDUSTRIAL workings which form part the unique landscape of the Yorkshire Dales have been saved for posterity.Experts and volunteers have completed restoration work at the fascinating complex of lead mine workings at Yarnbury, on Grassington Moor.The
FOR the second year, Skipton's Mart Theatre is staging its own in-house pantomime.It will present the ever-popular Cinderella, with the opening night tomorrow.The show - performed by professional actors - will be packed full of magic, a bit of cheekiness
WHARFEDALE, bidding to win three successive games for the first time this season, are hoping that last weekend's postponement hasn't derailed their momentum in SSE National League One.The Greens, who are at Darlington Mowden Park on Saturday, were victims
TEENAGE darts starlet Ryan “Boggo” Hoggarth has lifted the biggest title of his fledgling career.The 18-year-old from Skipton won the Redtooth darts National Finals in Sheffield which carries a first prize of £1,000.He also secured a place at Qualifying
Bridlington 28, North Ribblesdale 11 Ribb made the long journey to the East Coast knowing that any point or points would help their precarious position at the foot of the league table. As the final results suggest, Ribb were just not good enough
MARK Walton is happy with the progress his Skipton side have made this season after two successive relegations had plunged them into Yorkshire Four.The Reds are currently seven points adrift of second-placed Leeds Corinthians and Walton, who took over
Knaresborough 0 Skipton 65SKIPTON bounced back from their defeat by leaders Wetherby to register a nine-try demolition of Knaresborough.With the semi-frozen pitch resembling the hard ground of July, the Skipton boys reverted to their 15-man open style
EMBSAY professional Pete Williams has been signed up by the new cycling team that is part owned by England cricketer Matt Prior. ONE Pro Cycling, who will be competing at UCI Continental level in 2015, two levels below the likes of Team Sky
Congleton Town 3 Barnoldswick Town 1BARNOLDSWICK Town's player-manager Stewart Airdrie is becoming increasingly familiar with the role of substitute goalkeeper.He had to pull the gloves on for the second time in recent weeks when Chris Taylor was sent
THE Skipton Academy students are celebrating after winning the Bradford Secondary Schools Sports Association - Emerging League Central Venue Under-15 Netball competition.The girls beat The Hanson School 9-2 in the semi-final and then went on to beat Queensbury
CRAVEN Accordion Orchestra will perform at Cross Hills Social Club tomorrow.Guest musicians will also perform during the concert, which starts at 7.30pm.Proceeds will help pay the club’s costs hosting next year’s North Central Area Accordion Championships
POLICE have made an urgent appeal for teenagers who were rushed to hospital after taking what they believed was the "party drug" ketamine to come forward - and potentially save lives.Six young people were taken to Airedale Hospital with nausea
Craven District Council is delivering its Christmas greetings by flat capped robin this year, with help from Skipton based animator-director Virpi Kettu. While the council has been sending charity Christmas e-cards for the past few years, this year's
A MAN who suffered a heart attack on the cliff top at Malham Cove plunged over the edge and was found dead at the bottom, an inquest has been told. David Longbottom, 72, of Ossett, had been walking on his own at the famous beauty spot on November
WHILE Christmas is fast approaching, this week's nostalgia picture takes us back to Bonfire Night.It shows a group of children in Hebden collecting wood for the village bonfire in November 1967.It has been loaned by local resident and former Craven Herald
ONE of Skipton's most important auditoriums is set to close this weekend until the spring.The closure is due to the major refurbishment Skipton Town Hall, which Craven District Council said remained on schedule. The main hall is due to close for events
TWENTY five years ago, the newly-extended Child Development Centre at Steeton's Airedale Hospital welcomed a special visitor - the Princess of Wales. Lindsey Moore looks back on the visit.THE £74,000 extension at the Child Development Centre had been
BOSSES at Airedale Hospital say the initial public response to its new state-of-the-art £6.3 million Emergency Department has been fantastic. Dr Meg Crossley, consultant in emergency medicine, said: "We have had great feedback from both patients
OFFICIALS were expecting 'Utopia' if they believed the library service could survive just on volunteers, they were told.Parish councillor Hazel Chatwin, who three years ago helped set up in Embsay one of the first communal libraries in Craven, said: &
A CROSS Hills based car trader has been appointed as a Which? Trusted Trader, a scheme which recognises the good reputation of businesses.PR Automotive Ltd, who trade as PR Autos, had to pass a rigorous assessment process including a credit check, customer
HEARTS were heavy as volunteers served their last meal to 25 elderly residents at Glusburn Luncheon Club last Wednesday."It's very sad because the club has been going for about 35 years," said club treasurer Margaret Golightly.Glennis Attwood
A BUMPER celebration of food and wine brought some of the country's most acclaimed chefs to Craven.The Devonshire Arms at Bolton Abbey played host to a week-long fine dining event at which chefs from across the north converged on the hotel to showcase
A SILSDEN hydraulic engineering firm is taking part in one of the UK's biggest graduate recruitment schemes.Advanced Actuators has joined with Bradford University in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), to employ a graduate on a two-year part-funded
AROUND 25 guests enjoyed the final meal, a three-course Christmas lunch, at Glusburn Luncheon Club last Wednesday. The club, which met at Glusburn Community and Arts Centre, is closing after 35 years.
HUNDREDS of runners donned festive gear and took to the streets of Barnoldswick in aid of a cancer charity.The second Barnoldswick Santa Fun Run saw 281 runners in full Father Christmas costume tackle a 5km course to raise funds for Barnoldswick and Earby
THE search to find the finest farmers in the North is underway.The second Northern Farmer Awards are to be held in March 2015 at Harrogate.The awards, organised by The Northern Farmer magazine, published by the Newsquest Media Group, are designed to recognise
BRADFORD District Care Trust has said sorry to the "badly let down" family of a woman who choked to death.Shirley Clarke died after a meal of sliced creamed mushrooms on toast - despite previous warnings by her husband Alan to health staff that
KEY stage one children at High Bentham Primary School found all the vital ingredients for a perfect Christmas with their festive production.They staged The Christmas Recipe - which included a pinch of presents, a hint of angels, a few robins, several
A COMPANY has been ordered to pay £10,200 in fines and costs for felling trees in the grounds of Ingleton Youth Hostel.Howsons Ltd authorised the cutting down of 17 trees on the site in Ingleton Conservation Area before first applying to Craven District
SOUTH Craven School pupil Callum Spencer has been enjoying the limelight.He was one of 22 students chosen to perform in Matthew Bourne's Lord of the Flies ballet at the Alhambra, Bradford, earlier this month.A total of 6,000 young people auditioned for
A PLAN for a retail development on the outskirts of Skipton has been put on hold while planning chiefs get more information on its impact on town centre shops.Manufacturing firm Guyson International and development company Opus Land North have proposed
IS this the country's youngest bishop? Five year-old Rosie Wilson, of Selside, became a Bairn Bishop at the Evening Prayer service at Horton-in-Ribblesdale Church - and, last week, handed out gold coins to all the children in Horton School. Bairn,
A MAN, who has worked in the commercial and domestic floor covering trade for more than 15 years as a sub-contractor, has decided to branch out.With support from Airedale Enterprise Services (AES), Jonathan Reeves has set up an additional business – Reeves
MOST of the Christmas cards that we receive are adorned with pictures featuring snow. The grimmest winter in the memory of Craven folk began with a snowstorm. The first flakes fell on Sunday, February 2, 1947, and mercifully no one locally had knowledge
POLICE have said a woman who was injured in a collision with a car in the centre of Skipton was taken to hospital with a broken leg. The woman, who was in her 70s and from County Durham, was struck by a silver Volkswagen Golf while crossing Jerry Croft
CRAVEN district councillor Peter Madeley is calling for the £10,000 grant given to Skipton Food Bank to be preserved. His comments come after he visit the food bank, which is based at Skipton Baptist Church and delivers food parcels across
Talented students from The Skipton Academy - formerly Aireville School - paid a visit to the town's Tesco store to see for themselves their art display. The work of the year nine students has gone on show inside the supermarket reception - and the colourful
SKIPTON MP Julian Smith is backing the Social Mobility Foundation’s free programmes, which supports high-achieving year 12 students from less-privileged backgrounds to access top universities and professions. Ninety five per cent of past students
A BARNOLDSWICK primary school pupil finished runner-up in a Christmas card competition organised by Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson. Mr Stephenson said the standard of entries had been so high that he had had to hand out 21 prizes. A pupil from Laneshaw Bridge
For the fourth year, an hotel boss is asking readers of the Craven Herald to nominate anyone they know who will be spending the festive season on their own. Malcolm Weaving, of the Rendezvous Hotel in Skipton, is offering a Christmas Day treat to people
SKIPTON-based chartered surveyors Windle Beech Winthrop have sold 7.29 acres of grassland off Mitchell Lane, Upper Settle. The well-attended auction took place in the Craven Arms, Giggleswick, and competitive bidding between two local farmers
If you are thinking of making volunteering one of your New Year’s resolutions, Guide Dogs in Skipton would love to hear from you. The branch is keen to recruit more volunteers and, in particular, a trading secretary who would be responsible for the administration
A WELL-respected manager with an acute dependence on alcohol was more than three times over the drink-drive limit when he pulled into his driveway in Cross Hills, Skipton magistrates heard.Robert Mount, 38, had drunk a bottle of wine a short distance
SETTLE Library and Customer Services centre is on the move. It will close the doors of its current High Street base on Tuesday and will reopen in new premises at Lower Greenfoot at 2pm on Monday, January 12.The premises are situated in the new extra
HELLIFIELD residents will spring into action this weekend to raise money for a young villager who needs specialist surgery overseas.Seven-year-old Iuan Bolland-Jones has already undergone life-saving surgery at Leeds General Infirmary to remove a benign
Struggling to find the perfect Christmas present? Well, the charity Sustrans has come up with a gift with a difference. For just £30, you can sponsor any mile of the National Cycle Network, including the Way of the Roses which runs across Lancashire and
IT WAS a fitting gesture that the final meal served by the Glusburn Luncheon Club should be a Christmas meal, the treat provided thanks to the generosity of a local charity.However, this cannot disguise the sadness and concern surrounding the end of a
CAROLS will be sung outside the Traddock, Austwick, on Monday from 6.30pm.It will be followed by mulled wine and mince pies in the lounge and everyone is welcome.
WIGGLESWORTH Community Centre will host the village Christmas party on Sunday from 4pm. Everyone is welcome and the festivities will end with the singing of Christmas carols through the village, ending up at the Plough.
SKIPTON Gardeners’ Club will resume its meetings after the Christmas break on Wednesday, January 21.Margaret Wooler will present a talk, Colour Throughout the Year, at the Soroptimists Rooms, on Otley Street, Skipton, at 7.30pm.All are welcome.
PLETTS Fold at Grassington is to get a makeover. The communal space, just off the Main Street, is to be resurfaced with cobbles and landscaped. The scheme - spearheaded by Dr Andrew Jackson - has been approved by the Yorkshire Dales
POSSIBLE changes to the "broken" police complaints system have been welcomed by the area's police and crime commissioner."This is good news for both the public and the police," said Julia Mulligan, who is also chairman of the Association
A DRIVER collided with two other cars after swerving to avoid a rabbit, Skipton magistrates heard.Faisal Mahmood was taken to hospital, along with three others, following the incident on the A56 near Thornton-in-Craven on July 20, the court heard on Friday.Mahmood
TODAY'S Picture of Week comes from Skipton Camera Club member Tony Rostron.It shows the riverside walk at Hebden.Do you have any special pictures you would like to see featured in this column? It could be a rural landscape, a town scene or something a
EVERYONE is invited to join a community carol sing outside Ye Olde Naked Man Cafe, Settle, on Saturday at 11am. Traditional carols will be sung for about an hour.
A CROSS Hills man who was found dead at his home by his wife when she returned from work had a very high concentration of alcohol in his blood, an inquest was told.Shakeel Amar Pitteea, 28, of Main Street, had taken to drinking heavily when his wife,
MORE than 200,000 blood donors are needed to give a very special gift to hundreds of thousands of patients this Christmas.Last year, one in five blood donor appointments were missed over the festive period putting NHS Blood and Transplant’s critical operation
A HAIRDRESSER who stole from his Skipton employer has been ordered to pay £562 in a fine, costs and compensation. Bobby Thomas Colin Baker, 34, had been left in charge of Project Hair Design, Court Lane, for the day on August 12 and had left with £62
UNION leaders and an MP have spoken of their disappointment after it was confirmed that another 40 posts are set to be lost at an East Lancashire aerospace plant.Bosses at Rolls-Royce have announced that the positions will be lost at their Bankfield and
STUART Currie’s Beautry pedigree flock in Rathmell secured both championship and top price honours at the Northern Beltex Society’s third winter show and sale of pedigree in-lamb ewes at Skipton Auction Mart. Mr Currie’s February-born shearling ewe, Beautry
CRAVEN people are being urged to 'shop' suspected drink drivers.The message was issued as an annual campaign targeting those who drive while over the limit was launched in North Yorkshire.Behind the initiative is the 95 Alive Road Safety Partnership,
SALES of a new book spotlighting the history of an ancient boundary have raised £600 for Manorlands.All profits from the publication, Riding the Boundary of the Old Township of Sutton-in-Craven, went to the Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice.Friends Robin Longbottom
SKIPTON Building Society has been declared the best national building society by Your Mortgage.The prestigious accolade was revealed at the 25th anniversary ceremony of Your Mortgage Awards and comes after Skipton won What Mortgage’s best building society
RETIRED auctioneer-turned-poultry showman Trevor Addison headed the pecking order when presenting the supreme champion pair of Large White Wyandotte at the Craven Feather Auction Christmas show at Skipton Auction Mart.Mr Addison and his wife Rosie, of
A DRIVER who was killed in a head-on collision with a lorry on the A65 at Harden Bridge near Austwick had been allowing his car to drift into the opposite carriageway in the minutes before the crash, an inquest in Skipton was told.Jonathan Lea Emson,
PREVIOUS records were smashed not once but twice at Bentham Auction’s 2014 Christmas show and sale of rearing calves. A full to capacity ringside of old and new buyers resulted in an electric atmosphere. Some strong classes of calves, particularly in
WEST Craven residents are invited to give their views on a range of issues relating to dogs. From stray dogs to dogs perceived to be a danger, dog fouling to dog control orders, Pendle Council is carrying out a consultation to gauge public opinion. This
POLICE are appealing for information following a theft from a shop in Bentham. They say two men entered the Co-op on Main Street at around 7.10pm on November 9 and stole a quantity of meat which they hid in their clothes before leaving the store without
BARNOLDSWICK in Bloom gained a £170 boost from the proceeds of a quiz night at Barnoldswick’s new venue The Lounge.Quizmaster James Wilson donated proceeds from the inaugural quiz to Barnoldswick in Bloom and raised £170 for the group.Bloom secretary
A 47-YEAR-OLD Skipton man on a suspended prison sentence for benefit fraud has admitted falsely claiming disability living allowance.Ian Peacock was told by magistrates on Friday his sentence could have been enacted straight away, but he would instead
EMBSAY-with-Eastby Parish Council has approved its 2015-2016 draft budget and precept .It has set its budget at £19,900, with a precept of £19,860 - a 25 per cent increase over last year’s budget and precept.Chairman Cllr Gillian Quinn said: “The considerable
FIREFIGHTERS from five different stations tackled a blaze at a two-storey barn near Carleton on Friday. The alarm was raised at about 7pm and crews from Skipton, Grassington, Silsden and Harrogate went to the scene, along with an aerial ladder
CULL cows topped at £2,265.60 for a British Blue cow at Gisburn Auction Marts Christmas show on Thursday.Presented by Geoff and Margaret Walker, Dunsop Bridge, the seven-and-half-year-old cow, weighing 960gs was knocked down to Pickstock Ashby Ltd, of
SKIPTON-based Principle Healthcare International has won the UKTI Export Achievement Award at the Medilink Yorkshire and Humber Awards 2014.The awards, held in partnership with the Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), celebrate
SKIPTON-based HML, the UK and Ireland’s leading third-party mortgage administration company, has signed new five-year contracts with Amber Homeloans and North Yorkshire Mortgages.It has worked with Amber Homeloans and North Yorkshire Mortgages for several
