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TV's Ant & Dec surprise Craven fundraisers with a free holiday
A GROUP of Craven footballers was amongst more than 400 people in the audience of a special anniversary show of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. 24 members of charity football club Craven For Change travelled down to London to Television
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Letter: Problems with Modality online form not just with elderly
MODALITY are so trumpetingly proud of their online “booking form” (Patients at GP practices let down by online booking system, Craven Herald online). You’ll hear all about it several times if you phone – and get through. So when is the best time
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Grants offered to Skipton students off to further education
A CHARITY set up by a former old boy of Ermysted's Grammar School in Skipton is inviting grant applications from students. The Sylvester Petyt's charity is offering small grants to students educated at the town's secondary schools to help with
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Dales national park delighted with dark skies meter readings
DOZENS of ‘sky quality’ metre readings have reinforced the Yorkshire Dales status as an International Dark Sky Reserve. During 2023 the national park authority tried out permanent light metres at locations including at Grassington, Long Preston
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COLUMN: Seek out unfettered chuckling of childhood to give yourself a boost
This month’s health and lifestyle column from Corinne Yeadon, of the Being Better private therapy practice in Skipton LAUGHTER definitely can be the best medicine, a good laugh has the power to lift us and untie our knots. Experts tell us,
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Partnership receives welcome funding for wellbeing programme
A £1,000 donation from a Dales grocery shop will help fund well-being workshops in schools. The Rev Peter Thomas, from the Craven Schools Partnership, was very pleased to receive the donation from Laura Robinson, manager of Dales Market Square
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Former Skipton Girls pupil runs a half marathon in every city in England
A WOMAN has completed a two-and-a-half-year-long challenge to run a half marathon in every city in England. Former Skipton Girls High School pupil, Alice Fortune ran 55 half marathons in 55 different cities to raise money for the mental health
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Gargrave Primary School proud of its Craven football champs
GARGRAVE Primary School's football champions of Craven sadly missed out in the North Yorkshire finals - after being the school's most successful team ever. In the first round in Skipton, Gargrave's year five and six team played six games, won all
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Ingleton Beavers off to jamboree with new kit thanks to donation
INGLEBOROUGH beaver scouts will be off to an international jamboree at Duncombe Park near York this summer with new equipment, thanks to a donation from the West Riding Masonic Community Fund. On behalf of Ingleton Scout Group, Gemma Tyrie, Beaver
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Rivers Trust given funding to help prevent pollution in Aire
A RIVER conservation trust, which has seen sewage and construction site spills devastate natural habitat along the River Aire, has been awarded £20,000 of National Lottery funding to help ensure such incidents never happen again. The Aire Rivers
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Police issue advice after spate of thefts from unattended vehicles
POLICE in Craven have issued advice to people on how to avoid being a victim of car crime following a 'marked increase' in thefts from unattended vehicles. They say a spate of thefts from vehicles in South Craven have included clothing taken from
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Pendle businesses urged to apply for innovation grants
BUSINESSES in West Craven are being urged to apply for innovation and productivity grants. The grants are being administered by Pendle Council and funded by the Department of Levelling Up and Communities and Housing, via the UK Shared Prosperity
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Film review - The bawdy Drive-Away Dolls, what's not to like
SO there we have it. Oppenheimer is, officially, the best film of the last 12 months. All in all, the Christopher Nolan biopic sailed home and dry with seven Oscar wins to its name and six more than its Barbenheimer compatriot. And yet, this time last
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Council’s one-year bus service improvement plan branded ‘pointless’
NORTH Yorkshire Council, which saw its £116m plan for a long-term overhaul of public transport entirely rejected by the Government has been criticised after setting out how it intends to spend a £3.5m Department of Transport grant to enhance services
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A celebration of the 70th anniversary of The Three Peaks Race
RUNNERS taking part in this year's Three Peaks Race - also known as the Marathon with Mountains - will be taking part in a tradition that began 70 years ago. The first race, in April, 1954 saw just six people taking part - it is now one of the
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The 'Connaughts' back in town for Skipton Music season finale
IT’S a welcome return this month to Skipton Town Hall for rising-star trumpeter Aaron Akugbo, who last performed alongside Matilda Lloyd and the Solus Trumpet Ensemble almost two years ago. He will be back in Skipton with the Connaught Brass ensemble
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Fury over two months of water cuts in Barnoldswick
THOUSANDS of people in Barnoldswick are being left without water because of repeated power failures at a Yorkshire Water pumping station. Intermittent cuts since the middle of January have meant toilets were going un-flushed, teeth un-cleaned,
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Village news from our correspondents in Craven and the Dales
Airton Quaker Services: Quakers in Airton have regular quiet meetings for worship every Sunday at 2pm in the Quaker Meeting House by the Green in Airton. Worship lasts for an hour. Refreshments in the Barn follow each meeting. Drop-in art and craft
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Readers' photographs 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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Letter: Healthy lifestyles key to bringing down cost of healthcare
RICHARD Lowe invites me to comment on the state of the Labour run NHS in Wales, which has longer waiting times than in England (Real debate should be about priorities, Craven Herald letters, March 7). A study by the Nuffield Trust in 2022 found
