The Westmorland Gazette | Dales

Business is booming at Ingleton

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:40:00 +0000

ENTREPRENEURS say a focus on niche markets has led to the expansion of several businesses in a Dales town.

Farmer, 83, found dead after house fire

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:10:00 +0000

A NEIGHBOUR has paid tribute to a ‘cheerful’ Dales farmer who died following a fire at his remote farmhouse.

Ideas sought on new use for Ingleton former school site

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:43:53 +0000

INGLETON residents are being asked to come up with ‘viable’ new uses for the village’s middle school site.

£20,000 cheque joy for Ingleton Community Centre

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:10:00 +0000

A KIND-hearted anonymous donor has given £20,000 to to Ingleborough Community Centre, at Ingleton.

Good progress over Wainwright's Pennines walk

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:10:16 +0000

GOOD progress is being made on a long distance footpath to commemorate Alfred Wainwright’s Settle to Hadrian’s Wall walk.

Dales volunteer gritter calls it a day

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:30:00 +0000

A dedicated gritter who braved all weathers to keep the roads through remote Dales communities free of snow and ice has decided to call it a day.

£2m Lottery cash bid to boost Yorkshire Dales

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:30:00 +0000

A BID has been launched to secure up to £2 million in funding for a major landscape and heritage conservation project in the Yorkshire Dales.

New secondary school plan for Ingleton

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:56:05 +0000

PLANS for a new state secondary school at Ingleton to ‘save a dying community’ are gathering mom-entum.

Engineers abseil at Ribblehead Viaduct

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:40:00 +0000

SPECIALIST engineers have been abseiling down the side and underneath the 24 arches of the iconic Ribblehead Viaduct carrying out routine checks of every nook and cranny of the structure.

Settle Dugdales store to close after a century

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:23:04 +0000

A BUSINESS that has been at the hub of a town’s commercial life for more than a century is to close.

Dog climbs 60 Lake District and Dales summits

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

A DOG with a wanderlust for the fells has put his owner through his paces as he em-‘barks’ on a summit scaling mission.

Ingleborough seventh-century building discovered by amateur archaeologists

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:50:00 +0000

A TEAM of amateur archaeologists has made a ‘significant’ historical find at a remote site on the flanks of Ingleborough.

Dent church organ gets protected status

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:07:32 +0000

A DALES church organ has hit the right note with historians, who have graded it as an instrument of national significance.

Great North Air Ambulance Service launches festive fundraiser

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:22:16 +0000

RESIDENTS of the region are being asked to help save 12 lives over 12 days in the run up to Christmas.

New Little Red Bus service from Clitheroe to the Dales

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:36:52 +0000

A NEW bus service has started operating between Ribble Valley and Yorkshire.

Hundreds at funeral of Settle soldier Matthew Haseldin

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:25:14 +0000

THE haunting melody of the Last Post echoed round a Dales village today as Union Jack flags fluttered at half mast for the military funeral of a local hero.

Awards created for pupils

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:34:48 +0000

NORTH Yorkshire’s Giggleswick School is celebrating its 500-year anniversary by creating two special scholarship awards.

Dame Judi Dench to star in Dales school musical

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:00:00 +0000

DAME Judi Dench has amazed school pupils by agreeing to star in their school play.

Audio guide promotes Settle-Carlisle Railway

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:30:00 +0000

Passengers on the Settle-Carlisle Railway are set to benefit from cutting-edge technology to enhance their enjoyment of England’s most scenic line.