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Enjoy the Yorkshire Three Peaks as part of a Martin House event
ENJOY a ‘Day in the Dales’ this summer and raise money for Martin House Children’s Hospice with two exciting challenges. The hospice’s Day in the Dales includes its popular Yorkshire Three Peaks walk, along with a new family-friendly activity the
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Girls’ school passes Covid testing test
SKIPTON Girls’ High School has excelled at delivering mass asymptomatic testing of its students. Within the first two weeks of secondary school opening, schools have been taking part in testing among secondary school pupils on their return to school
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Mental health help in Craven
CRAVEN residents can now access counselling online as a one-stop-shop for mental health provision is launched. The new facility is allowing people in the district to book counselling at the click of a button and find the free mental health services
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Ruby’s rainbows bring joy in Bradley
AS part of Bradleys Both CP Primary School’s 100 challenge recently in honour of Captain Sir Tom Moore, Ruby Snelson, 6, set about making 100 rainbows which she posted through 100 letterboxes in the village. Ruby’s mum Michelle Clowes said: “When
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Parks’ Dark Skies Festival is a vision of virtual success
BOTH the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors national park authorities have announced a plan to include a virtual element in future Dark Skies Festivals after the lockdown event proved to be a big hit. Figures collated by both Parks show more
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LETTER: Thanks to health groups for ongoing Covid work
March 23 marked the anniversary of the first COVID-19 lockdown and your readers will be very aware of the huge and continuing efforts to tackle the pandemic by our colleagues in the NHS, our St John Ambulance volunteers and many other organisations
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Walkers land 8th champion coup
SKIPTON Auction Mart’s annual Craven Champions highlight for 2020-born store cattle with show potential produced yet another supreme championship coup for the Hodder Valley-based Walkers and a top call of £2,500 for the reserve supreme champion from
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Warning as railway trespassing in region soars
A NEW campaign has been launched to tackle trespassing on the railways following a huge surge in incidents across the region. Latest figures show that last year, the number of reports rocketed by 72 per cent following the easing of national lockdown
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Nature Notes
by Jenny Dixon Wharfedale Naturalists Society wharfedale-nats.org.uk AS a naturalist I try to appreciate all living things, but sometimes this isn’t easy. I have no trouble with the usual suspects: spiders – love them, rats and mice – no
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LETTER: Tree felling was 'half-baked, barefaced destruction'
It was a half-baked, lame excuse for the barefaced destruction of a row of magnificent trees in Knaresborough road Skipton, by developer Stonebridge Homes in last week’s edition (story: anger over the thoughtless irresponsible cull of trees) The felling
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LETTER: Local Government Reorganisation. Show how much you care about your future
Contrary to some of the recent viewpoints expressed, we write in strong support of the need for Craven residents to respond to the Government’s consultation on Local Government Reorganisation. Although the timing is wrong, coming as it does before,
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Solicitor joins Settle office
SOLICITOR Walker Foster has appointed licensed conveyancer Fraser Bell to the team in Settle. Fraser joins Walker Foster with a reputation for his outstanding ability in handling many specialist areas of residential conveyancing, most recently in
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LETTER: Readers 'dismissive' over experts' opinion of Malham barn
I was interested to read your article (Craven Herald, March 11) about the old barn in Malham and how the National Trust considered that it had collapsed due to soil shrinkage caused by changing levels of moisture in the soil as a result of climate
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Golf club ready to tee off with clubhouse upgrades
THE owners of Bentham Golf Course have taken the opportunity of lockdown closures to overhaul their clubhouse and offices to transform the experience for locals, members and visitors when it re-opens on Monday, March 29. The layout improvements
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GALLERY: Readers' photos from around Craven and the Dales
HERE are more of your wonderful photographs taken around the region. We love to showcase your pictures. It could be a seasonal landscape or simply your favourite view of our beautiful surroundings. If you would like to submit a picture, email
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Easter, with Tom & Jerry: The Movie
Just in time for the Easter holidays, and with younger families in mind, Tom & Jerry: The Movie - out this week on VOD - recalls Peter Hewitt’s 2004 reinvention of the Garfield comics. That and the likes of Roger Rabbit and Space Jam. Not that it holds