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Ingleton man charged over wife stab death

TRIBUTES: Tracy Dryden

3:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A DALES community has been left in a state of shock after a man was charged with the murder of his wife, a keen sportswoman and the mother of their two children.

Architect blamed for ‘too-high’ gable

Ingfield Mews at Settle

3:50pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

An architect was to blame for a terrace of homes in Settle being built not according to plan, Craven councillors heard.

Tyres slashed on Bentham car

10:12am Wednesday 17th March 2010

VANDALS have slashed two tyres on a Ford Connect parked in Bank’s Way, Bentham, some time between 10.30pm on Sunday, March 14, and 6.30am the following morning.

Independent councillor may change allegiance

Craven Council Leader Carl Lis

9:20am Sunday 14th March 2010

A former leader of Craven District Council is to consider his political allegiances ahead of May’s local elections.

Ingleton pupils gen up on Dales cave conservation project

Ingleton pupils gen up on Dales cave conservation project

5:51pm Monday 8th March 2010

Youngsters from Ingleton Middle School went deep underground in Ingleborough Cave to examine stalactites and stalagmites and the fossilised corals in the limestone.

Railway in focus at Bentham meeting

4:20pm Monday 8th March 2010

CHAIRMAN John Wilson welcomed speaker Mark Rand and members to the Ewecross Historical Society meeting in the town hall for an illustrated talk on the Settle Carlise Railway.

Intrepid Ladies discussed at Bentham talk

4:19pm Monday 8th March 2010

MEMBERS of Low Bentham WI met at the Victoria Hall, where speaker Peter Marshall gave an illustrated talk on Five Intrepid Ladies.

'Green' award for Settle chippy

Richard Stanwick with the bio boxes

12:14pm Friday 5th March 2010

Crispy batter is a positive reason for using bio-packaging, says Settle chippy owner Richard Stanwick.

Bentham's Graeme is a record breaker

Bentham's Graeme is a record breaker

12:10pm Friday 5th March 2010

THE efforts of a hard-working farmer paid off when he made a record-breaking comeback to showing cattle with his prized cow.

Craven man recalls moment the Chile quake struck

4:30pm Thursday 4th March 2010

Former Settle man Richard Nicholson, who now lives in the Chilean capital Santiago, has been speaking of the moment the country was hit by a powerful earthquake.

Could Dales park drop 'Yorkshire' from name?

Popular: the Yorkshire Dales

3:50pm Thursday 4th March 2010

The identity of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority could change if a proposed extension into parts of Cumbria and Lancashire goes ahead, claims a park authority member.

Women's institute calls for Settle public toilets to be reopened

Maisie Holmes and Helen Lupton with WI friends protest about toilets in Settle

10:30am Thursday 4th March 2010

Angry WI ladies are demanding that public toilets in Settle are reopened.

Firefighters tackle chimney blaze in Ingleton

9:43am Tuesday 2nd March 2010

FIREFIGHTERS are attending a fire at a home in Ingleton this morning.

Yorkshire Dales park seeks information on dovecotes

1:20pm Sunday 28th February 2010

Historians are on the hunt for historic Dales dovecotes to help in a conservation project.

North Yorkshire flood warning

1:59pm Saturday 27th February 2010

PARTS of North Yorkshire have been hit by flash floods and torrential rain is expected over the weekend.

‘Vital’ Yorkshire Dales tourist centre facing axe after cuts

TOUCH AND GO: Volunteers at the TIC in Ingleton who are upset to find out that funding for the centre has been cut by Craven District Council

12:00pm Saturday 27th February 2010

THE future of a Yorkshire Dales tourist information centre is in doubt after having its funding cut.

Gastric band helps High Bentham woman lose ten stones

BEFORE: The bigger Linda

4:50pm Wednesday 24th February 2010

A NORTH Yorkshire woman lost half her body weight in less than a year when she took drastic measures to fight obesity and had a gastric band fitted.

£10,000 theft at Ingleton commercial yard

11:13am Wednesday 24th February 2010

THIEVES have struck twice at a commercial yard in Ingleton where £10,000 worth of copper armoured electric cable was taken.

Retirement is given the brush-off by Settle College cleaner, 80

WORKING ON: Jack Annandale is still cleaning

10:10am Sunday 21st February 2010

Any other 80-year-old would have put his feet up 15 years ago and settled into a relaxed era of retirement.

Yorkshire Dales breeding programme boosts endangered species

1:30pm Friday 12th February 2010

A BREEDING programme in the Yorkshire Dales has helped a native species claw its way back from the brink of extinction.




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