AREAS in Craven with no mobile phone coverage - ‘not spots’ - could be about to see an improvement after North Yorkshire County Council secured £1 million from the area’s local growth fund.

One of the areas which should recently have seen improvements, through a combination of new masts and upgrades to 4G, is Thornton-in-Lonsdale.

Now, in order to identify those areas in need, the council has commissioned an independent survey of the whole county, including Craven, to find those areas with no current coverage.

The findings will form the basis of a report which will allow the council to identify ‘not spots’ where it may be able to invest in new mobile phone infrastructure.