Wednesday 17 March
LONDON-based officials at the environment department Defra have struck a major blow against North Yorkshire’s important game-shooting industry by introducing new cage sizes for the rearing of baby pheasants and other birds.
Wednesday 17 March
OVER 500 people have already signed up for this year’s Skipton Triathlon and Craven District Council is inviting more to jump on board. The event is only 5 weeks away and there is still time for people to sign up. It is hoped that last year’s record entry of 600 will be reached and surpassed.
Tuesday 16 March
HILL farmers in the Yorkshire Dales and some more militant ramblers have often failed to see eye to eye – but a mass walk is to be staged in Upper Wharfedale to raise funds and publicise the threat to upland agriculture.
Tuesday 16 March
THE Woodland Trust, the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity has highlighted evidence that spring flowering is lagging behind by several weeks this year, as seen in parks gardens and woodland across the UK.
Monday 15 March
VISITORS to the Yorkshire Dales National Park are being urged to start nature spotting and get involved in a national drive to increase awareness of their natural surroundings.
Monday 15 March
CRAVEN looks forward to welcoming Fred Trueman statue to Skipton. A little piece of cricketing history is up for grabs at a gala dinner celebrating the life of iconic Yorkshire and England fast bowler Fred Trueman – ahead of the unveiling of a statue dedicated to his memory.
Friday 12 March
THE dream of the Yorkshire Dales National Park’s first community hydro is becoming a reality thanks to the hard work and dedication of people who are passionate about the environment in Bainbridge.
Friday 12 March
THE NSPCC is calling on people in Yorkshire to dust off their walking boots and sign up for the NSPCC’s HACK – ‘Hike Against Cruelty to Kids’ – a 24 mile hiking challenge through some of the most stunning countryside in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, around Ingleborough.
Thursday 11 March
SOME of the rarest birds on Britain’s wild uplands are under threat from predators like foxes and crows, according to one of the longest scientific surveys ever undertaken into avian problems.
Thursday 11 March
MANY of North Yorkshire’s most vulnerable precious woods designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) are on the road to recovery after a major push to improve their condition.
Wednesday 10 March
CHANGES to the farm letting system have failed to allow tenant farmers the long-term planning required to make proper investments in their rented land, claims the Tenant Farmers’ Association.
Wednesday 10 March
THE Yorkshire-born actor Sean Bean, famous for his toughguy roles like Sharpe on television and bad guys in Hollywood movies, has joined another battle – in attempts to double the woodland coverage of the UK
Tuesday 9 March
HUNDREDS of Yorkshire Dales residents in the Gargrave area were celebrating today over the decision by a Government planning inspector to reject plans for a major windfarm which would have dominated the scenery for some 40 miles around.
Tuesday 9 March
THE Government today approved the release of an imported bug which, it is hope, will attack on the biggest scourges affecting Britain’s waterways: the massively invasive Japanese knotweed.
Monday 8 March
THE Government continues to fail to lead by example on buying British and supporting British farmers. A new report shows a fall in the amount of UK-produced food being procured by the Government and its departments.
Monday 8 March
THE Government has announced that a new body ‘Broadband Delivery UK’ is to be responsible for rolling-out next generation broadband across the UK. At the same time a major report forecasting the future reach of next generation broadband across the UK has been published by the Government.
Friday 5 March
THE Government was told yesterday that the long-term future of the countryside is in jeopardy because so many young people are being forced out of rural areas to find homes, jobs and support.
Friday 5 March
WHAT is Britain’s least favourite bird? That was the question the British Trust for Ornithology thought they might be able to answer after auctioning off the remaining 97 species for Bird Atlas 2007-11. Which bird would be left on the shelf unloved and worthy of the title?
Thursday 4 March
THE Woodland Trust, a charity which manages over 1,000 woods in the UK, will today demand that all three main political parties make the future of our forests a key issue in the forth coming election
Thursday 4 March
WITH two weeks to go to the end of the consultation on proposals to extend the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, Natural England is encouraging people from across the country to air their views.
Wednesday 3 March
THIS year’s bitter winter means confusion amongst early spring plants, with snowdrops still flowering a month or more later than usual in parts of the Yorkshire Dales where in others, snowdrops, crocuses and daffodils are all appearing at the same time.
Wednesday 3 March
BRADFORD hosts National Renewable Energy Conference – this major event on 15 March is aimed at outlining groundbreaking new Government proposals to expand the use of renewable energy sources like woodfuel.
Tuesday 2 March
HAVING run the Wine Cave as a retail outlet, selling wine for 6 years the Management team at the Angel Inn at Hetton changed tack last year by utilising the Cave as a venue for both intimate, bijou wedding ceremonies, and as a very particular venue for a quite unique, themed, private dining experience.
Tuesday 2 March
A NATIONWIDE project to bring back the English elm using volunteers from hundreds of schools will begin this week with the first distribution of disease-free saplings.
Monday 1 March
YORKSHIRE rhubarb has been added to the list of unique regional foods whose source of production is protected by law, allowing it to join the elite club which includes champagne and Parma ham.
Monday 1 March
AS Gayle Mill, near Hawes gears up for the start of the season, starting on March 30th, there are opportunities for volunteers to join the team.
Friday 26 Febuary
SEVEN tourism attractions and businesses in Yorkshire are finalists in the most prestigious tourism awards in the country.
Friday 26 Febuary
THE British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) collection of bird records in its databank hit 100 million this week, making this the most important bird resource in the country. The record-breaking submission was submitted to the BirdTrack survey.
Thursday 25 Febuary
WORK of leading Arts and Crafts designers from the turn of 20th Century restored to former glory for the 21st Century.
Thursday 25 Febuary
THE CLA has welcomed the announcement by Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, of a new labelling code of practice.
Wednesday 24 Febuary
GARDENERS with ornamental ponds and tropical fish hobbyists are being asked to join a Government backed scheme launched today to prevent invasive plant species spreading into the wild and clogging up our rivers and lakes.
Wednesday 24 Febuary
CONSULTATION has begun on a review of conservation area status for the famous Settle/Carlisle Railway.
Tuesday 23 Febuary
ENGLISH farmers will have to produce more food in the next half century than they have in the past 10,000 years, the president of the National Farmer’s Union Peter Kendall will tell a major conference in Birmingham today.
Tuesday 23 Febuary
A NEW exhibition featuring the beauty of Swaledale is being staged for visitors to the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes later this month.
Monday 22 Febuary
IT is time once again to celebrate Yorkshire’s rural heroes. The 2010 Yorkshire Rural Awards organised by Dalesman and backed by leading business people and community groups across the county, will be presented in May to honour the men and women who have made their mark on the Yorkshire countryside over the last twelve months.
Monday 22 Febuary
THANKS to Heritage Lottery Fund support the Yorkshire Film Archive have been working with Rural Arts and other partners across the region to develop YFA Online - an interactive moving image website that everyone can enjoy, learn from and contribute to.
Friday 19 Febuary
THOUSANDS of British bird watchers are to be recruited to launch a six year investigation into the nation’s biodiversity to help Government scientists track any changes in the natural environment.
Friday 19 Febuary
THE recent trend towards earlier UK springs and summers has been accelerating, according to a study published in the scientific journal Global Change Biology.
Wednesday 17 Febuary
A BRAND new funding programme is now open and ready for applications across York and North Yorkshire. With £692,000 available over the next two years the Rural Access to Opportunities Fund has been set up to provide investment in access to services in rural areas.
Wednesday 17 Febuary
JUST over a week after the nation spent an hour counting the birds in their gardens, over a quarter of a million people have already sent in their results to the RSPB.
Tuesday 16 Febuary
THE hunt is on for historic dovecotes in the Yorkshire Dales.
Tuesday 16 Febuary
THIS year’s General Election is a critical moment for England’s countryside. The promises politicians make now will determine whether the countryside becomes a better, more beautiful and more inspirational place, or is condemned to death by a thousand cuts.
Monday 15 Febuary
THE Peoples’ Postcode Lottery, which gives 40% of every ticket bought to local charities, has donated a magnificent £79,708 to the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust which will help it – amongst other plans – to plant its one millionth tree this year.
Monday 15 Febuary
TWO schemes that promote cycling for health are looking for keen bikers to sign up as volunteer guides.
Friday 12 Febuary
A COLLECTION of exquisite Valentine letters and cards sent to one of the most sought-after women in Victorian high society has been unearthed in the North Yorkshire County Records Office. The Valentines were sent by would-be suitors to Catherine Worsley, daughter of Sir William Worsley of Hovingham, in the 1850s.
Friday 12 Febuary
THE Open Spaces Society is working with TruGreen Professional Lawn Care and the Sunday Telegraph in promoting the first-ever ‘Liveliest Village Green’ competition.
Thursday 11 Febuary
A SERIES of threatened British mammals are to star on new stamps to be issued by the Royal Mail next month – and stamp collectors are being offered the chance to buy first day issues at reduced price.
Thursday 11 Febuary
NATURE fans are being invited to sample the delights of Dalby Forest for free during half-term holidays on Wednesday 17 February 2010.
Wednesday 10 Febuary
NEW grants announced yesterday (Feb 9) to benefit hill farmers for their environmental conservation work were received with both praise and criticism from different farming bodies.
Wednesday 10 Febuary
FARMERS are being offered free advice and support for action to help reduce the risk of water pollution in two areas of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Tuesday 9 Febuary
THREE murder mystery books, all set in the Yorkshire Dales have now been published by Susan Parry an expert in the fields of forensic and environmental science.
Tuesday 9 Febuary
A NEW initiative to give Richmondshire residents the chance to walk their way to health has been launched.
Monday 8 Febuary
THE controversial Equality Bill being pushed through Parliament by Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman represents a serious threat to the funding of local services in rural areas, one of Britain’s leading academics claimed yesterday.
Monday 8 Febuary
LOCAL people are joining forces to dig out new ways of promoting locally grown food.
Friday 5 Febuary
A GROUND-breaking scheme to give people in rural areas a "face-to-face" link with public services miles away from their homes is being piloted in Upper Wensleydale.
Friday 5 Febuary
GAYLE Mill and the early days of the cotton industry is the title of a lecture by John McCallum on Saturday 27th Febuary.
Thursday 4 Febuary
A NORTH Yorkshire charity and the Forestry Commission are proving that going green is good for business and the environment.
Thursday 4 Febuary
HUNDREDS of small businesses in the Yorkshire Dales – pubs, restaurants, B&Bs and many more – will have to file their tax returns on-line from April, a challenge which will worry scores of more elderly proprietors not fully tuned in to e-commerce.
Wednesday 3 Febuary
PLANS to enhance the special local character of parts of Sedbergh and Dent have been published online for public consultation.
Wednesday 3 Febuary
A FORESTRY Commission project to help barn owls in Cumbria’s Grizedale Forest and the Rusland Valley, between Coniston and Newby Bridge, has been hailed as a success, after a reported increase in the number of birds nesting in the area.
Tuesday 2 Febuary
THE environment department Defra has issued a serious warning to pregnant women to avoid sheep during lambing time because of the danger of disease which can cause them to miscarry their babies.
Tuesday 2 Febuary
THE CLA has welcomed the Conservative’s pledge to introduce superfast broadband for all by 2017 - but said the UK needs an “adequate and effective” broadband speed to every home much sooner.
Monday 1 Febuary
SOME of the most successful small scale community projects lunched in the Yorkshire Dales in recent years is to be celebrated with a public open day later this month.
Monday 1 Febuary
THIS year marks the centenary of the Finance Act 1910, a landmark law which has proved valuable in claiming routes as public paths for the definitive (official) map of rights of way in England and Wales.
Friday 29 January
SINCE September 2007, the British Trust for Ornithology has been looking for companies, wildlife groups and people to sponsor Britain’s birds. They have already found 121 species champions, and interest has been expressed in 47 more but that still leaves fifty species including the royal icon – the Mute Swan.
Friday 29 January
SKIPTON Library and Customer Services Centre celebrates its centenary in February and a month of celebrations begins on Tuesday February 2 with a Local Studies and Family History Fair.
Thursday 28 January
ENGLISH Heritage aerial surveyors capture full view of prehistoric stone enclosure for first time.
Thursday 28 January
DALES Railcard holders will benefit from an additional two weeks of the great Winter Offer.
Wednesday 27 January
TWO powerful countryside organisations which, in the past, have been on opposite sides of the land management argument join together today in an effort to push reforms to the infamous Common Agricultural Policy.
Wednesday 27 January
FARMERS looking to diversify their business opportunities are being encouraged to consider the woodfuel market by the Forestry Commission.
Tuesday 26 January
A HUGE collection of historic maps showing how North Yorkshire has changed over the decades has been catalogued and repaired by staff and volunteer helpers at the County Record Office in Northallerton.
Tuesday 26 January
THE environment department Defra yesterday revealed sweeping new plans for the prevention of veterinary disease which will be regarded by many farmers and landowners as yet another stealth tax.
Monday 25 January
OPPONENTS of plans to build a giant windfarm in the Yorkshire Dales face an anxious wait until the man who advises the Government walks a grid some two kilometres square around the proposed site near Gargrave.
Monday 25 January
A PROJECT to help protect the beautiful Three Peaks of the Yorkshire Dales has received a huge boost from a major national clothing retailer.
Friday 22 January
TWO workshops to help local businesses get ready for the new Way of the Roses Cycle Route are being hosted by Craven District Council.
Friday 22 January
THE World of James Herriot re-opened on Tuesday after an early spring clean - and with a new exhibition.
Thursday 21 January
THE Government has done a U-turn on its long term refusal to appoint a supermarket Ombudsman to ensure that farmers and growers get a fair price for their produce.
Thursday 21 January
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity and people all over the world are being encouraged to look at ways to safeguard the variety of plants and animals on their doorstep.
Wednesday 20 January
MEMBERS of a Northallerton group committed to ‘greener’ living are sowing the seeds for a future without oil.
Wednesday 20 January
A VIRULENT disease which can kill horses has been discovered in a group of animals imported to Britain from Romania.
Tuesday 19 January
ONE of the ancient trades of the Yorkshire Dales, the parish lengthsman, is to be partially resurrected long after the job disappeared, thanks to grants from the LEADER programme organised by the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust.
Tuesday 19 January
RIGHTS of way campaigning and research has just been made easier, with the addition of an all-new search function to 'Blue Book Extra’ (BBE); the on-line companion to “Rights of Way: A Guide to Law and Practice”.
Monday 18 January
IF you are stuck for new year resolutions that (a) you will keep and (b) will make a real difference to you, your family and the planet, look no further than these three simple steps you can take with the Woodland Trust to a better world for 2010 and for impact well beyond it.
Monday 18 January
YORKSHIRE and the Humber is leading the way in using home-grown bio-energy according to new figures from Forestry Commission England.
Friday 15 January
WADING birds are being given a helping hand by farmers in the Yorkshire Dales.
Friday 15 January
COMMUNITY safety experts are urging motorists to take extra care when driving in the wintry conditions.
Thursday 14 January
BUSINESSES are being given the chance to learn how they can become environmentally friendly – and save cash at the same time.
Thursday 14 January
THE excitement of Christmas has passed and the bills have started to roll in, with 20 January predicted to be the most miserable day of the year. In response to this, and the financial crisis in the UK, a national charity has today announced that it will be offering local residents in Skipton the chance to get their finances back on track with their free money management course, CAP Money.
Wednesday 13 January
FARMERS who want to join agri-environmental schemes and benefit from special Government grants are being offered a new set of advice leaflets to make the task easier to understand.
Wednesday 13 January
THE latest results from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) show Britain’s birds are flooding into gardens, as food in the countryside becomes harder to find under the blanket of snow and ice.
Tuesday 12 January
IF you enjoyed the hugely popular BBC2 programme ‘Who Do You think You Are?’ why not have fun tracing your own family tree?
Tuesday 12 January
RESPONDING to Lord Mandelson's announcement that Government is to provide £1 billion of investment into next generation access broadband, Douglas Chalmers, Director CLA North, said:
Monday 11 January
THE savage wintry weather is pushing Britain’s wildlife to the brink of a crisis, says the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Monday 11 January
MID Life Crisis, Grassington’s infamous rock legends reveal their exciting new line-up and show, “The Crisis Continues” on Saturday 16 January from 7.30pm, at Grassington Town Hall. There will be music and dancing all night with support from top local DJ Graham Bower.
Friday 8 January
SNOW that is sweeping the country is not only causing havoc for humans…it could be impacting birds too! A blanket of snow and ice is making it hard for birds to find natural foods.
Friday 8 January
DOUGLAS Chalmers, Director CLA North has praised rural communities for working together in the adverse weather conditions currently throwing the countryside into chaos.
Thursday 7 January
THE most wide-ranging change of policy for Britain’s food production since World War 11, announced at the Oxford Farming Conference on Tuesday, has received a mixed reaction from various farming bodies.
Thursday 7 January
AS the bad weather persits follow the latest news on the closures that are effecting the region.
Wednesday 6 January
THE CLA is urging people who live and work in the area covered by the proposed extension to the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Park Boundaries, to be sure of how the changes could affect them before responding to the consultation being undertaken by Natural England.
Wednesday 6 January
ONE of the most important planning enquiries held in the Yorkshire Dales for many years opens next Tuesday (January 12) to decide whether some of the finest landscape in the north of England will be dominated by five huge wind turbines the height of Big Ben.
Monday 4 January
RARE upland bird species like the curlew – the bird in the Daelnet logo and one of the most distinctive creatures of Britain’s wilder countryside – are being driven from their traditional nesting sites by wind farms, according to research in Scotland.
Thursday 31 December
THERE are not many unchanged items in use today that can trace their origin as far back as baskets. Archaeological evidence suggests they were in use by Neanderthal man, several thousand years earlier.
Thursday 31 December
AN exhibition of original paintings in oils, watercolour, acrylic, pastel, ink and wax is to be held at Bentham Gallery during February 2010.
Wednesday 30 December
PEOPLE looking fir a New Year’s resolution which they can keep – and one which will give them pleasure for years to come – are being advised: plant a native tree.
Wednesday 30 December
WHETHER you are looking to start, grow or improve a business in rural Yorkshire you could be eligible for funding from the Rural Development Programme for England.
Tuesday 29 December
ENGLAND’S tenant farmers are demanding that the Government brings back a Minister of Agriculture with a seat in the cabinet as the world faces growing food shortages.
Tuesday 29 December
A PHOTOGRAPHER from Masham will be the first to stage an exhibition at the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s Yoredale offices in Bainbridge.
Wednesday 23 December
RAMBLERS on a classic long-distance footpath devised by the legendary fell walker Alfred Wainwright will find the going easier underfoot, thanks to a package of improvements by North Yorkshire County Council's Countryside Service.
Wednesday 23 December
STAFF at Ripon Races will be celebrating more than just Christmas as they scoop Best Small Racecourse in the North in the sport’s most prestigious awards.
Tuesday 22 December
AS the Copenhagen global warming conference was ending in chaos at the weekend, British tax campaigners released figures which claim that the British taxpayer in paying £21.8 billion more in so-called “green taxes” than the nation’s carbon emissions justify.
Tuesday 22 December
RADICAL new plans were announced today to improve water quality in ten of the most important river basins in England and Wales, including the Humber and the North West regions which are fed by rivers flowing out of the Yorkshire Dales.
Thursday 17 December
ONE of the most historic milestones in the opening up of the British countryside was celebrated yesterday: the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Assent being given to the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act.
Thursday 17 December
THE Campaign for National Parks (CNP) is delighted at this week’s planned launch by Natural England of proposals to expand the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, on the 60th anniversary of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 which created them.
Tuesday 15 December
WITH the world anti-global warming conference underway in Copenhagen, the NFU yesterday issued an angry press statement claiming that the Government was planning cuts to farmers and market gardeners who had introduced new technology.
Tuesday 15 December
THE CLA presented a key paper in conjunction with the European Landowners’ Organisation (ELO) at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference on Friday 11 December.
Monday 14 December
GOVERNMENT officials suppressed a damning report on the noise caused by wind turbines in order to push ahead with the building of hundreds of on-line windfarms in England, a report in the Sunday Times alleged yesterday (December 13).
Monday 14 December
A PUB dog that frequently escapes from his home to walk the Yorkshire Dales Three Peaks has been given a special honour.
Friday 11 December
THE Woodland Trust has produced a management guide for landowners to help them look after our most precious natural heirlooms.
Friday 11 December
AN innovative project to make all new housing in Bedale ‘eco-friendly’ won top marks in a recent school competition.
Thursday 10 December
COUNTRY folk are being urged to use local shops and buy locally produced food this Christmas rather than spend there money are the major supermarkets or city centre stores.
Thursday 10 December
NEW cycle trails and the Go-Ape high wire course have helped boost visitor numbers to Dalby Forest, according to new figures from the Forestry Commission.
Wednesday 9 December
EVEN experienced bird watchers can sometimes mistake the identities of the three different species of wagtails that might visit their gardens.
Wednesday 9 December
GREEN fingered children who have transformed an overgrown field into a nature reserve have received national recognition.
Tuesday 8 December
OFFICIALS from the environment department Defra and its countryside quango Natural England, often criticised for their lack of understanding of the hardships of hill farming, have been given a face-the-farmers tour in some of the remotest areas of Northern England.
Tuesday 8 December
SMALL-scale renewable electricity schemes could generate more than twice the output of Sizewell B nuclear power station by 2020 if Ministers improve the proposed Clean Energy Cash-back scheme.
Monday 7 December
A NEW interactive microsite has been launched to help school children understand the importance of hedgerows as a vital habitat for wildlife.
Monday 7 December
THE CLA last week (Wednesday, 2 December) hosted the launch of the Deer Initiative’s Best Practice Guidance at its headquarters in London.
Friday 4 December
SHOPPERS offered one hour free parking in Council pay & display car parks.
Friday 4 December
A STRIKING art exhibition on the Forestry Commission estate at Grizedale Forest in the Lake District has proved so popular that it has now been extended until Sunday 17 January.
Thursday 3 December
A CHRISTMAS tree is the focal point of every family’s Christmas, filling the house with scent and providing a place to gather your presents. So how do you ensure that you buy the perfect tree, one that is going to last the whole festive period?
Thursday 3 December
AGAINST a background of increasing legislation that requires people to complete tax returns online, the CLA says that some of the huge savings enjoyed by government should be reinvested into providing a broadband network fit for purpose.
Thursday 3 December
JOHN and Sue Rudden with their team at 5 Grassington House Hotel have achieved a coveted Five Star Gold Award from the authority body Quality in Tourism.
Wednesday 2 December
GOVERNMENT proposals to make livestock farmers pay for new veterinary health measures is more about money than animal welfare, the Tenant Farmers’ Association claims.
Wednesday 2 December
MOTORISTS visiting Hambleton’s market towns are getting an early xmas present as parking charges are lifted for three weeks.
Tuesday 1 December
A RARE chance to own your own piece of historic Settle - Carlisle history is about to be made available, when the Friends of the Settle Carlisle Line auction genuine station name signs on eBay.
Tuesday 1 December
A CHRISTMAS weekend has been planned at the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes that includes a special birthday milestone.
Monday 30 November
MANY of us want to do something to help tackle climate change, whether it’s recycling, using our cars less or ensuring the house is insulated properly to stop heat escaping. But residents of one North Yorkshire town have taken it one step further and will be producing their own electricity in a matter of weeks.
Monday 30 November
CRAVEN District Council is offering local talented athletes free membership of its facilities at Craven Swimming Pool and Fitness Centre. The extended health and fitness centre offers athletes a high quality facility that could complement their current training programme.
Friday 27 November
SPRING might seem a long way off but some birds will soon be prospecting for nest sites. The British Trust for Ornithology is urging people to put up a new nest box now and, by doing so, increase the chances of it being used come the spring.
Thursday 26 November
BRITAIN’S carbon emissions could be cut by an impressive 10 per cent if a massive tree planting campaign is undertaken in the next 40 years, says a review led by Professor Sir David Read, recently Vice-President of the Royal Society and currently Emeritus Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield.
Thursday 26 November
RED squirrels in a woodland plantation near Hawes have proved to be a popular day trip for wildlife enthusiasts.
Wednesday 25 November
WALKING is the main reason people visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park, according to the results of a new survey.
Wednesday 25 November
THE beautiful scenery of the Yorkshire Dales National Park is set to be seen by millions of people all over the world – in the new Harry Potter film.
Tuesday 24 November
FARMERS are calling on the European Parliament to give UK consumers want they want - clear country of origin food labelling so they can be sure where in the world their food comes from.
Tuesday 24 November
AN ancient North Yorkshire landscape is going back to its watery roots in a bid to explore more eco-friendly ways of alleviating severe flooding.
Monday 23 November
THE Yorkshire Dales seem to have escaped the horrendous flooding which hit parts of the Lake District at the weekend – but there were still flood watch warnings in force early today (Monday) for the upper catchment areas of the River Aire and, further south, the River Calder.
Friday 20 November
COMMISSION for Rural Communities have updated their 10 Big Numbers which continues their State of the Countryside work by bringing together a set of statistics covering a range of factors affecting fundamental aspects of living and working in rural areas.
Friday 20 November
DOUGLAS Chalmers, Director CLA North comments on aspects of Wednesday Queen's Speech.
Thursday 19 November
AS heavy rain storms lashed northern England – and are expected to last at least for today and perhaps longer - the Environment Agency issued flood warnings on several rivers in the northern Yorkshire Dales.
Thursday 19 November
THE first edition of the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Residents e-Newsletter is now available to download from the AONB website.
Wednesday 18 November
THE most ambitious project ever launched in Britain to meld together the often opposing demands of modern farming and the latest environmental protection measures will take its first steps next week with two “brain-storming” sessions between farmers, farm advisers, and managers, and two leading conservation bodies.
Wednesday 18 November
THE extraordinary Dales landscape that has inspired writers and artists is being celebrated in a new photographic exhibition commemorating 60 years since the Act that created the UK’s national parks.
Tuesday 17 November
HARD-PRESSED Yorkshire Dales farmers have been given a £25,000 grant to help them improve their businesses and make their case better heard by the public.
Tuesday 17 November
PUPILS at a Wensleydale primary school are becoming history detectives as part of a campaign to save one of the region’s most distinctive features, the hay meadows.
Tuesday 17 November
BUSINESS Link are holding an evening seminar at Aysgarth Falls tomorrow Wednesday 18th November.
Monday 16 November
FREE one hour parking announced for Settle, Skipton and Ingleton over the Christmas period.
Monday 16 November
A FRESH call for possible sites on which to build affordable housing has gone out to landowners and organisations in four areas of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Friday 13 November
A MAJOR new report has revealed that the privately run Wensleydale Railway is bringing £700,000 into the local economy every year.
Friday 13 November
USE of England’s rural community-owned buildings has trebled since 1988, according to the research undertaken in ACRE’s 2009 national survey of rural community buildings. The key findings celebrate the success of volunteers and the buildings they manage in supporting local action and service delivery.
Thursday 12 November
IN ONE of the most outspoken criticisms ever of Government countryside policies, the Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA) today attacked Natural England’s future vision for areas like the Yorkshire Dales as a “fairy tale.”
Thursday 12 November
WILLIAM Worsley was today elected President of the Country Land & Business Association (CLA).
Wednesday 11 November
CRAVEN District Council will be reviewing the district’s 73 parishes in the coming months to examine issues such as their boundaries and electoral arrangements.
Wednesday 11 November
NOT the rapping of the 21st century, of course, but that of 19th century rapper sword dancers.
Tuesday 10 November
BUSINESS people will have the chance later this month to learn how to cash in on a project unfolding in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Tuesday 10 November
SCHOOL children throughout England will this autumn plant 300,000 new tree saplings in the latest instalment of a plan which has given the nation 1.5million new trees and miles of hedgerow.
Monday 09 November
THE North Yorkshire countryside, from the famous Three Peaks in the Dales to the ruined abbeys of the North York Moors, have received a peon of praise in a book to be published by the former cabinet minister and author, Roy Hattersley.
Monday 09 November
THIS is the question that the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and the BBC Autumnwatch team are hoping to answer, by appealing to members of the public to listen out for Tawny Owls and report them to the Trust.
Friday 06 November
NESTS made by the formidable hairy northern wood ant – the UK’s biggest - have been given a unique GPS address and plotted on hi-tech maps to protect them during forestry operations.
Friday 06 November
A FLAVOUR of the Mediterranean is coming to Northallerton later this month as a world class guitarist and composer takes to the stage.
Thursday 05 November
RESIDENTS in Skipton, West Craven and the surrounding areas are invited to have their say about public services in their area.
Thursday 05 November
A NEW youth council aimed at allowing teenagers to get their voices heard in the corridors of power has been launched in North Yorkshire.
Wednesday 04 November
THE CLA says that Natural England's report, ‘Agri-Environment Schemes in England 2009’ published today (Wednesday 4 November), is proof that that farmers and land managers work hard to protect the environment.
Wednesday 04 November
THE new pandemic influenza (swine flu) vaccine is being made available to members of the public in ‘priority groups’ via GP surgeries across North Yorkshire and York.
Tuesday 03 November
THE Government is under renewed pressure to appoint a long-promised supermarket Ombudsman after a two pronged attack from farmers and EU bureaucrats.
Tuesday 03 November
A PRESTIGIOUS conference organised by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) is being held in London later this month (November) to look at the way the landscape is shaped by humans.
Monday 02 November
BRITAIN is facing yet another invasion of foreign wildlife invaders ... earth worms from Europe!
Monday 02 November
NORTHALLERTON becomes the venue for a cinema again this week.
Friday 30 October
FOLLOWING the sudden closure of the Craven Furniture Scheme, the owner of the Sawley Street premises rented by the charity has been left with a unit full of furniture.
Friday 30 October
RAG rugs will be the centre of attention at the latest display of artists’ work to go on show in the Bainbridge offices of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority next month.
Thursday 29 October
BONFIRE builders preparing for November 5th are being warned that they could be burning Britain’s favourite mammal, the hedgehog, as well as Guy Fawkes next week.
Thursday 29 October
THE HUNT is on for the region’s most promising science and technology businesses to take part in Venturefest Yorkshire 2010 and potentially win prizes worth over £37,000.
Wednesday 28 October
THE Woodland Trust is urging people to go down to the woods today – not to see the Teddy Bears’ Picnic but to revel in the best display of autumn colours for many years.
Wednesday 28 October
PLANS are being drawn up to plant at least 80 hectares of new woodland in the Yorkshire Dales National Park after a huge response to an appeal for land.
Tuesday 27 October
AN IMPRESSIVE 222 local council now back the campaign to re-open a vital 11-mile rail link between North Yorkshire and North West England, the Skipton and East Lancs Railway Partnership (SELRAP) announced yesterday.
Tuesday 27 October
NIDDERDALE Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the RSPB have teamed up to help demonstrate to landowners how they can create new habitats for breeding wading birds.
Monday 26 October
LOVERS of the Yorkshire Dales now have the chance to help preserve its famous Three Peaks online.
Monday 26 October
VISITORS to the World of James Herriot could be in for some shocks this week!
Friday 23 October
THANKS to you Grassington Festival has been shortlisted for an award in UK Festivals Awards. So now they need your help in voting again...but this time to win!
Friday 23 October
FORTY five professional artists, all living or working in Craven, brought round their contemporary artwork to Craven District Council’s Craven Museum & Gallery this week, in preparation for the opening of Contemporary Craven Christmas – the annual selling exhibition of artwork organised by the Council’s Cultural Services team.
Thursday 22 October
SOME people are related to royalty, others to the convicts who landed at Botany Bay. Whoever you are, the stories of your ancestors are sure to be fascinating.
Thursday 22 October
VOLUNTEERS are needed to join the small team looking after Leyburn’s tourists throughout the year.
Wednesday 21 October
THE ENVIRONMENT secretary Hilary Benn will today (October 21) announce a new Government quango created to persuade people to grow and eat more fruit and vegetables.
Wednesday 21 October
FARMERS and landowners are being warned to take extra care of their property as the dark nights approach because of an anticipated surge in rural crime.
Tuesday 20 October
THE DRIVE by Natural England to persuade hill farmers to cut livestock numbers in favour of grant-aided environmental schemes threatens to destroy England’s uplands, claims the Tennant Farmers’ Association.
Tuesday 20 October
THE FORTHCOMING postal strike will cause chaos across the country, but the CLA believes that the damage done to rural businesses and communities will be greater.
Monday 19 October
PUPILS at Settlebeck High School in Sedbergh have been working hard to learn more about conservation – with a little help from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA).
Monday 19 October
ALMOST 5000 people checked out the facilities at Hambleton’s four leisure centres last weekend.
Friday 16 October
THE CHAOTIC Rural Payments Agency, described earlier in the week as a “test case in maladministration” by an official report, was attacked again yesterday (Thursday) by the Country Land and Business Association.
Friday 16 October
A NEW mountain area weather forecast for the Yorkshire Dales will provide hill walkers with clearer information to help keep them safer, whilst making the most of the spectacular countryside.
Thursday 15 October
A MAJOR advance in facilities is launched today for users of the new North Yorkshire Credit Union - the organisation set up earlier this year to help families beat the credit crunch and avoid loan sharks.
Thursday 15 October
THE ENERGY Saving Trust’s Energy Saving Week is taking place from 19-25 October and Craven District Council is asking residents for their support.
Tuesday 13 October
YOUNG people with a talent for music, dance, comedy, poetry or theatre have the chance to perform at a festival in Craven alongside established bands, dancers and DJs.
Tuesday 13 October
THERE are still some places left for a special, free day school being organised for owners and occupiers of historic buildings in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Monday 12 October
A TEAM of top British ornithologists is to fly to sub-Saharan Africa to investigate the mysterious decline in summer visitor numbers to the UK of popular birds like the cuckoo, the turtle dove and the nightingale.
Monday 12 October
AN UNPRECEDENTED coalition of organisations covering the social, economic and environmental needs of rural areas are calling for a new vision for rural communities in England.
Friday 9 October
A £50 MILLION project that will put Yorkshire at the forefront of research into climate change is to be created in the region.
Friday 9 October
A REPLICA name plaque of a special new train serving North Yorkshire was formally presented to The World of James Herriot this week.
Thursday 8 October
HERRIOT Hospice Homecare is organizing a Halloween themed activity days for children.
Thursday 8 October
FRIENDS of the Settle-Carlisle Line (FoSCL) new on-line shop http://www.foscl.co.uk is now fully open for business.
Wednesday 7 October
WALKERS will benefit from the first donation of materials to the new Three Peaks Project launched earlier this year by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA).
Wednesday 7 October
THE AUTUMN 2009 programme at the newly refurbished Courthouse in Thirsk has now started with a wide range of workshops, performances, exhibition and events and hopefully, something for everyone!
Tuesday 6 October
A CRUCIAL conference for railway supporters has been organised to take place in Skipton next month to press home claims for the re-opening of the 11.5 miles of track linking Yorkshire and Lancashire which was closed – allegedly by accident – in the 1960s.
Tuesday 6 October
CLAIMS by IT multinational Cisco that that the UK’s broadband quality is good enough for today's needs have been described as absurd by the CLA in the North.
Monday 5 October
A FURIOUS row broke out over the weekend after the environment department Defra issued as press release claiming a big decrease in the rural plague of fly-tipping – because it failed to take into account thousands of incidents of rubbish being dumped on private land.
Monday 5 October
PICTURESQUE views near one of the Yorkshire Dales' most famous peaks could soon look a powerful sight better.
Friday 2 October
THE NEW Autumn season of Rural Arts On Tour is now underway bringing theatre, music and comedy to village halls and other community venues throughout North Yorkshire.
Friday 2 October
A THREE piece band from Pateley Bridge retained their top slot at this month’s Battle of the Bands in Northallerton.
Thursday 1 October
LANDOWNERS, farmers and rural business leaders need a proper manifesto from politicians to plan a profitable future for the countryside, the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) demanded yesterday.
Thursday 1 October
COMPETITIVE youngsters are being invited to a games festival in Northallerton over the Halloween weekend.
Wednesday 30 September
SUGGESTIONS by Defra secretary Hilary Benn that parts of the countryside could be “re-wilded” by re-introducing species like lynx and elk have been attacked by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA).
Wednesday 30 September
YORKSHIRE folk are the most knowledgeable vegetable gardeners in mainland Britain, according to the Soil Association, the organic food body. Only the people of mainly agricultural Northern Ireland know more, according to the association’s latest survey.
Tuesday 29 September
A NEW project is being launched in Craven to help people reduce their impact on the environment – and cut their household bills.
Tuesday 29 September
ART LOVERS working for the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) have been given the chance to exhibit their own work or their favourite pieces by others.
Monday 28 September
THE GOVERNMENT’S new soil policy, which lays down strict new rules about the amount of fertiliser farmers can use on their land, fails to make the necessary link between environmental improvements and the need to secure Britain’s future food supply, says the Country Land and Business Association.
Monday 28 September
NORTH CRAVEN is eagerly awaiting the return of the Northern Chamber Orchestra to the Victoria Hall on Thursday 8th October with internationally renowned cellist, Raphael Wallfisch.
Friday 25 September
GRASSINGTON Festival has been nominated in two categories at this years UK Festival Awards.
Friday 25 September
DANCERS of all ages and abilities will take to the stage in Northallerton later this month.
Thursday 24 September
DESCENDANTS of the Walker family, who have farmed at Studfold Farm and the environs of Lofthouse since the 1600s, were named today as first prize winners in the Friends of Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Enterprising Farm Awards.
Thursday 24 September
MORE than 40 locations within the Yorkshire Dales National Park will go through to the next stage of investigation as potential sites for affordable housing.
Wednesday 23 September
THE Government quango Natural England will today (Wed) launch what it calls its “Natural Health Service” in Yorkshire, a bid to combat the growing obesity scandal by persuading thousands of people to get off their backsides and go for long walks.
Wednesday 23 September
HILL farmers and land managers who can secure substantial extra grants under new upland management schemes are being invited to a series of local meetings this autumn to meet officials from Natural England to discuss the benefits involved.
Tuesday 22 September
ACCORDING to an angry speech made at the Liberal-Democrats annual conference yesterday, the supermarket chains have once again reneged on agreements to pay dairy farmers a reasonable price for their milk.
Tuesday 22 September
THE CLA says that any new funding to help roll out broadband to rural areas should not be spent on further reports but on action - after a boost from the European Commission.
Monday 21 September
TV GLAMOUR boy Ben Fogle yesterday took part in the 13.1 mile Great North Run to demonstrate his support for Mr Prickles, the endangered British hedgehog.
Monday 21 September
RESIDENTS and visitors to Hawes still have a few weeks left to have their say about plans to revamp the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes.
Friday 18 September
THE CLA in the North says that this month's increase in fuel duty has again highlighted how much people and businesses in the countryside are dependent on vehicular transport, meaning they are hit disproportionately by the rise.
Friday 18 September
A GROUP of Craven poets are having a celebration of poetry at The Victoria Hall in Settle on Thursday 1st October.
Thursday 17 September
WORLD rock climbing prodigy and Lake District lad, Leo Houlding, is to unveil the new £6 million visitor facilities on the Forestry Commission estate at Grizedale Forest, near Ambleside in Cumbria on Friday 18 September.
Thursday 17 September
COURSE fish anglers in Yorkshire will be anxiously watching attempts to prevent the spread of a deadly carp disease which has hit a fishery near Grantham, Lincs.
Wednesday 16 September
THE SUMMER Nidderdale Rambler bus service has been extended this year and will now run every Sunday until the 18th October, providing the perfect opportunity to explore Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Wednesday 16 September
COMMUNITIES, businesses and individuals in the Yorkshire Dales National Park are being invited to apply for funding in a last call for projects in 2009.
Tuesday 15 September
NEW European Union laws restricting the amount of nitrogen-based fertilisers and slurry farmers can spread on their land are threatening Britain’s daily pinta, says the Tenant Farmers’ Association.
Tuesday 15 September
THE FORESTRY Commission is supporting a `back to nature’ plan in Weardale which will see thousands of native trees take root and new wildlife habitats created.
Monday 14 September
A NEW project to welcome walkers to country towns near famous rambler routes was celebrated at the weekend in the town which pioneered the move: Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, some 20 miles south of the Yorkshire Dales section of the Pennine Way.
Monday 14 September
JOURNALIST and author Bill Mitchell has been voted the Yorkshire Dales National Park’s greatest living cultural icon.
Monday 14 September
HERRIOT Hospice Homecare is holding a 5k Sponsored Fun Run taking place at Thirsk Racecource to raise money for the charity.
Friday 11 September
THREE Richmondshire teenagers are heading for the finals of a regional talent show.
Friday 11 September
OWNERS and occupiers of historic buildings in the Yorkshire Dales National Park will have the chance next month to pick up tips and advice on ways of keeping their properties in excellent condition.
Thursday 10 September
COUNTRYSIDE campaigners have launched a blistering attack on the Government for a policy which most people thought had been dismissed some fifty years ago: opencast coal mining.
Thursday 10 September
AN INNOVATIVE competition has revealed a wealth of places in Richmondshire that local people want to see protected.
Wednesday 9 September
A MAJOR survey of the benefits for bird populations on organic farms has proved a mixed bag for supporters of chemical free agriculture: some species thrive but “it does not hold all the answers” for others.
Wednesday 9 September
WHAT do you expect when you travel? Elegant holidays, sun, sand and sex? Or do you like roughing it?
Tuesday 8 September
SWAAG is a newly formed group of enthusiasts in the northernmost Yorkshire Dales who plan to contribute to the knowledge base of the history of our dales through the full range of archaeological activity.
Tuesday 8 September
GO DALES!, a three-year initiative launched last year by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA), has had the next two years’ investment confirmed to continue its work with young people in and around the National Park.
Tuesday 8 September
INITIATIVES from the Settle-Carlisle Railway feature in the short listed entries for the Community Rail Awards 2009, the winners of which will be announced on Friday, 25 September.
Monday 07 September
A NEW online game has been launched that aims to increase awareness of the effects of climate change in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Monday 07 September
PEOPLE applying for affordable housing across North Yorkshire could benefit from a new approach to letting council and housing association homes in the future.
Friday 04 September
THE FORESTRY Commission has pledged £153,000 for vital work to help safeguard the future of the Yorkshire Dale’s red squirrel population.
Friday 04 September
A NORTHALLERTON charity is aiming to raise money for a local hospice next week and is giving a final call for entrants to its first ever Midnight Walk.
Wednesday 02 September
YORKSHIRE'S landscape, seen through the eyes of children and young people from 50 North Yorkshire schools, is the focus of an innovative and prestigious exhibition at Ripon Cathedral.
Wednesday 02 September
JANUARY 2010 will be the ‘time’ for a fascinating new exhibition at Craven District Council’s Craven Museum and Gallery in Skipton.
Tuesday 01 September
WALKERS are being invited to join a hike along Alfred Wainwright’s famous Coast to Coast route as it cuts through the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Tuesday 01 September
VILLAGE schools are dying because young families can no longer afford to live in the countryside, accordion to official figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Acts. And the situation could get worse.
Friday 28 August
A NEW walking guide launched in Thirsk this week means each of Hambleton’s market towns is now covered by the innovative ‘walking to health’ scheme.
Friday 28 August
THERE will plenty of opportunities for food lovers to enjoy British game meat during National Taste of Game Week this November.
Thursday 27 August
YORKSHIRE Dales National Park Authority is on a quest to find the National Park’s greatest cultural icons and is calling a public vote to help decide.
Thursday 26 August
CALENDAR Girl Angela Baker has become the first person to join a new group aimed at helping to preserve Yorkshire’s beautiful Three Peaks.
Wednesday 26 August
FARMERS and landowners are worried that another town-v-country row is looming over new calls for access to rivers by canoeists, coastal paths through private land by ramblers, and demands that livestock grazing should be restricted in fields where people walk.
Wednesday 25 August
MEMBERS of Hambleton District Council and the Thirsk and Sowerby Swimming Baths Charity checked out the Thirsk Swimming Pool facility.
Tuesday 25 August
THE funniest joke voted at this years Edinburgh Festival Fringe has raised little more than a wry smile from one of Britain’s most active conservation bodies – because it is too close to the knuckle – or prickle in this case.
Tuesday 25 August
WORK is progressing on the latest phase of improvements to the Pennine Bridleway National Trail in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Monday 24 August
THE Calendar Girls are joining forces with Penny Plain Theatre Company for a Victorian Extravaganza to raise funds for Leukaemia Research on Sunday September 13th.
Monday 24 August
FESTIVALS and events organisers in Hambleton and Richmondshire are being invited to take part in a special networking event later this year.
Friday 21 August
THIRSK gym regular, Julian Norton, will this month attempt to break the British record for a 100,000 metre indoor row.
Friday 21 August
THE Commision for Rural Communities are deeply disappointed that the government’s recently announced £3 million Town Centre Initiative Fund will fail to reach most rural areas.
Thursday 20 August
NORTH Yorkshire County Council's library at Crosshills is about to be extended to more than twice its size with hugely improved book lending facilities. The new library will also provide better access to face-to-face public services and facilities for local residents to hire for meetings and other community events.
Thursday 20 August
SOUTH Lakeland District Council is rolling out a raft of measures that it says will help people living in villages and hamlets get a better service from the authority.
Wednesday 19 August
NORTH Yorkshire misses out on flooding grants.
Wednesday 19 August
CHILDREN and parents in Hambleton are being asked to have their say on future activities held at the district’s leisure centres.
Tuesday 17 August
NORTH Yorkshire Police's Dog Section unveiled their newest and cuddliest recruits in the fight against crime last week.
Tuesday 17 August
A RARE opportunity for people to visit Richmondshire heritage venues not normally open to the public is on offer from 10 to 13 September.
Monday 17 August
YORKSHIRE Dales National Park Authority will be presenting plans for the future of the Dales Countryside Museum.
Monday 17 August
THE Yorkshire Dales fair particularly badly in a national survey of rural areas which have poor connections for high-speed broadband access – the so called broadband “not spots.”
Friday 14 August
YOUNGSTERS in Thirsk were treated to a special demonstration as part of the District Council's Hyper Holidays activity programme.
Friday 14 August
AROUND 2,000 people have so far responded to a survey about health services as part of NHS North Yorkshire and York’s summer road show.
Thursday 13 August
YOUNG people will be taking over Richmond Castle next week for a night of live music.
Thursday 13 August
BUDDING cyclists are being urged not to miss out on the last lot of free guided bike rides taking place in Pendle over the next couple of weeks.
Wednesday 12 August
THE red grouse shooting season opens today on the so-called “Glorious Twelfth” with a mixed bag or reports from grouse moors in the North of England – but the southern Yorkshire Dales is likely to fare better than other areas.
Wednesday 12 August
A NORTHALLERTON charity is calling for entrants to its first ever Midnight Walk next month (September).
Tuesday 11 August
THE Government’s “new” policy to guarantee the security of our food supplies is not new – and also disguises the real intention to slash future farm incomes, says the highly respected Country Land and Business Association.
Tuesday 11 August
THE beautiful Three Peaks of the Yorkshire Dales will be at the centre of a special event later this month.
Monday 10 August
THE environment and food department Defra will today (Monday) launch a campaign to shield the UK from growing worldwide food shortages. The advice: buy local, grow more and waste less.
Monday 10 August
CONSERVATION experts will be using horsepower to help control the growth of bracken around historical sites in the Yorkshire Dales.
Friday 07 August
COUNTRYSIDE organisation the CLA is throwing its weight behind the Competition Commission’s formal recommendation that the Government should establish a Supermarket Ombudsman.
Friday 07 August
HAMBLETON and Richmondshire have joined forces in their bid to tackle domestic abuse.
Thursday 06 August
RICHMOND Castle will host an event with a very modern twist later this month as young people take over for a night of live music.
Thursday 06 August
THOUSANDS of walkers will be making their way to Pendle this September, to join in the district’s annual Walking Festival.
Wednesday 05 August
OPPONENTS of plans to build a giant windfarm near Gargrave in the Yorkshire Dales are appealing for funds to mount a legal challenge, a fight which could cost “tens of thousands of pounds.”
Wednesday 05 August
WATERWHEELS could be turning again all over the Yorkshire Dales National Park if a scheme to generate electricity is backed by landowners and residents.
Tuesday 04 August
THE loss of hundreds of thousands of trees to Dutch elm disease was one of the biggest landscape disasters ever suffered in Britain – but plans are underway to mark the 30th anniversary of a nationwide campaign to fill the gap.
Tuesday 04 August
OVER 20 town criers from all across the UK will be making their way to Barnoldswick this weekend.
Monday 03 August
Anti-cancer campaigners are seeking competitors and sponsors wanting to take part in the world’s biggest fund raising event. It is open to anyone – particularly people who have survived cancer – who can run, walk, skip or even crawl round a short course in Skipton’s Aireville Park.
Monday 03 August
IMPRESSIVE new art panels are to be installed in Bedale’s Assembly Rooms – designed by local students.
Friday 31 July
IN THE six months to April 2009, Grassroots Grants worth £232,000 were allocated to 76 small voluntary and community groups in North Yorkshire, thanks to the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT).
Friday 31 July
The 2009 North HACK (Hike Against Cruelty to Kids) challenge walk will take place on Saturday 5 September in the stunning Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Thursday 30 July
RICHMONDSHIRE District Council’s Economic Development Unit is funding a further study into rural businesses in the northern Yorkshire Dales.
Thursday 30 July
CHILDREN and their families are being invited to take part in a day of fun activities on Saturday, 8 August 2009 at Quarry Moor Nature Reserve, Ripon.
Wednesday 29 July
SKIPTON Rugby Football Club will be starting the new season a month earlier than planned next Saturday (August 8) with a benefit match for a former player who was tragically crippled in a climbing accident.
Wednesday 29 July
THE sights and sounds of Victorian woodworking machinery will fill Gayle Mill, near Hawes, as several special demonstration days are staged for visitors.
Tuesday 28 July
PLANS to “re-wild” parts of Britain with once native animals such as beavers, wolves and sea eagles caused a clash of opinions at a debate staged at the Country Land and Business Association annual game fair yesterday.
Tuesday 28 July
TWO suspected drink-drivers were arrested during a recent road safety operation in the Yorkshire Dales.
Monday 27 July
SECRET trials of genetically modified crops have begun in secret in parts of England, a story in the Daily Telegraph claims today, and it suggest that one of the tests involves pest-resistant potatoes being grown near Tadcaster in North Yorkshire.
Monday 27 July
CHILDREN from eleven primary schools from the Thirsk area took to the water recently for the third annual swimming gala.
Friday 24 July
ENGLAND’S 1,600 market towns have been hard hit by the recession, with unemployment overall rising by a third more than in the nation as a whole, according to new research.
Friday 24 July
FORTY young people from Bradford will be stretching their muscles in a series of physical events in the Yorkshire Dales National Park next week.
Thursday 23 July
COUNTRY landowners have welcomed the call by MPs to double food production by 2050 – but say that more investment and research are needed if such an ambitious target is to be met.
Thursday 23 July
A NEW art exhibition is being staged in the Bainbridge offices of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.
Wednesday 22 July
BIRDS which live in towns and cities are lazier than their country cousins and enjoy a daily lie-in, according to the results of a survey by the British Trust for Ornithology .
Wednesday 22 July
THOUSANDS of walkers will be making their way to Pendle this September, to join in this year’s Pendle Walking Festival.
Tuesday 20 July
MOST people believe that Britain’s smallest bird is the Jenny Wren – but in fact the national featherweight champion is the miniscule goldcrest, which measures just over eight centimetres from beak to tail and is half the weight of a wren.
Tuesday 21 July
COMMUNITIES across the Richmondshire district of the Yorkshire Dales will unite in a day long festival next month – on National Play Day.
Monday 20 July
TWO days of fun and games have been organised this coming weekend (July 25 & 26) as the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) and the Bolton Abbey Estate join in a special national celebration.
Monday 20 July
DESPITE political uncertainty and the credit crunch, confidence in the rural economy continues to grow, according to the latest quarterly survey carried out by the Country Land and Business Association.
Friday 17 July
A SERIES of free, guided bike rides are taking place over the next few weeks across Pendle.
Friday 17 July
PLAY areas in two Hambleton market towns have been given a £93,000 boost.
Thursday 16 July
A Decision on whether to site two wind turbines on land on Hambleton’s boundary with Teesside has been put on hold.
Thursday 16 July
HUNDREDS of amateur beekeepers are flocking to register their hobby with the environment and food department Defra as concern grows world-wide about sudden and unexplained declines in honey bee populations.
Wednesday 15 July
THE 2009 Northallerton Carnival has been hailed the ‘best ever’.
Wednesday 15 July
THE peace and quiet of Britain’s national parks is being threatened by the continual increase in overflights from ever-growing airports, says the respected Campaign for the Protection of Rural England.
Tuesday 14 July
THE German energy firm which wants to build a huge windfarm in the Yorkshire Dales has gone back on its promise not to appeal against planning permission refusal - but local residents are determined to fight on to have the project stopped.
Tuesday 14 July
DISABLED ramblers will be going off road to enjoy some of the sights and history of the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week.
Monday 13 July
WORK to establish the best way of repairing a vital road bridge in Bedale is set to be carried out this week.
Monday 13 July
RURAL businesses attending this year’s Great Yorkshire Show are being urged to visit the Yorkshire Forward stand to find out how they can get a share of the £63m available over a six year period through the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE).
Friday 10 July
PUBLIC health chiefs in North Yorkshire are urging people to find a ‘Flu Friend’ as part of their preparations should they get swine flu.
Friday 10 July
A MOTORCYCLIST who was clocked speeding at 84mph in the Craven area has been sent to prison for five months for perverting the course of justice.
Thursday 09 July
A new initiative to encourage graduates to work in Richmondshire is being launched later this month.
Thursday 09 July
The Conservative Party pledged yesterday that it would save rural post offices, which have been drastically culled by the Labour government under a formula which is based on cost rather than social need.
Tuesday 07 July
A party of rail enthusiasts was leaving Skipton by train today for a vital meeting with MPs in London to press the long-supported case for the re-opening of the 11-mile Skipton-Colne railway line.
Tuesday 07 July
Ian Middleton has a huge job on his hands – and the results of his work will been seen by hundreds of thousands of people.
Monday 06 July
An addition bus service is to be put in place during upcoming engineering works on the Settle-Carlisle railway line.
Monday 06 July
Bikers are to be given the chance to improve their bike-handling skills this week when North Yorkshire Police team up with the Institute of Advanced Motorists.
Friday 03 July
Two new walk packs will be launched in Hambleton district of the Yorkshire Dales this summer to guide people around Thirsk and Easingwold.
Friday 03 July
The regeneration of industrial towns and cities is being held back because of Government pressure to enforce more house building on green field sites, says a major survey published today by the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
Wednesday 01 July
ONE OF the most ridiculed directives ever issued by the European Union – that bent cucumbers and bananas could not be offered to sale – is scrapped today (July 1) following intense lobbying in Brussels by British MEPs.
Wednesday 01 July
THE regeneration of industrial towns and cities is being held back because of Government pressure to enforce more house building on green field sites, says a major survey published today by the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
Tuesday 30 June
ONLY 21% of England’s rivers, streams and lakes are in good condition, according to the EU, and yesterday the environment department Defra announced an extra £10 million grant for projects to make things better.
Tuesday 30 June
A FINAL call is going out for amateur and professional photographers to submit their images of the Yorkshire Dales by July 15 to the national ‘Take a View’ competition.
Monday 29 June
ONE of the most dramatic opportunities for building net-based businesses in rural areas in recent years has been the massive growth of the eBay sales network. And North Yorkshire business managers are now being advised how to join the gold rush.
Monday 29 June
CELEBRITY chef Jean-Christophe Novelli will be in Haworth this summer to launch the first Haworth Fine Food Festival.
Friday 26 June
A CAMPAIGN to clamp down on motorists driving at dangerous speeds through Richmondshire’s rural villages has been hailed a success.
Thursday 25 June
YORKSHIRE ladies were out in style and giving the Ascot crowd a run for their money at Ripon Racecourse on Thursday for the annual Ladies Day fixture, sponsored by James Brindley of Harrogate.
Thursday 25 June
THE National Trust has been awarded a £500,000 Government grant to continue its drive to persuade more people to buy and eat more locally-produced, in-season food.
Monday 22 June
THE Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) has expressed its disappointment at the outcome of a court case that quashed four Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) imposed to protect particularly sensitive ‘green lanes’ in the National Park from use by recreational motor vehicles.
Monday 22 June
YET another bird whose calls are one of the great sounds of the British summer is at risk, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reports today (June 22).
Friday 19 June
Mini Beast Hunting, Pond Dipping and Geocaching are just some of the family events that are taking place in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) over the coming months.
Thursday 18 June
THE CLA has criticised the recent Digital Britain report as evidence that the government is still failing to understand the urgent need of rural business for universal high-speed internet access.
Thursday 18 June
DEDICATION, hard work and a passion for bringing out the best in children has earned a Yorkshire Dales teaching assistant a place at the Teaching Awards finals.
Wednesday 17 June
A SPECIAL CONSTABLE from North Yorkshire will be honoured at a national awards ceremony in London today.
Wednesday 17 June
YORKSHIRE ladies will be donning their dresses and fancy hats tomorrow (18 June) as Ripon Racecourse hosts its annual Ladies Day fixture.
Tuesday 16 June
WILDFLOWERS will soon be blooming at Boyle &Petyt Primary School near Beamsley – thanks to the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA).
Tuesday 16 June
RICHMONDSHIRE District Council has formally handed over its contribution to a £20 million state-of-the-art sports and leisure centre.
Monday 15 June
STAFF at NHS North Yorkshire are promoting pedal power and urging commuters and families to be more active as part of Bike Week which runs until next Sunday (21 June).
Monday 15 June
A FLAG-RAISING ceremony will take place in Richmond to honour Britain's armed forces.
Friday 12 June
NOMINATIONS have opened for an annual awards scheme which recognises the best of Hambleton’s food and drink producers.
Friday 12 June
WALKERS will have the chance to explore new areas of the Yorkshire Dales National Park with the start of a series of free hikes on Open Access land.
Thursday 11 June
CRIMEFIGHTING projects designed to make Richmondshire an even safer place have been given a massive cash boost.
Thursday 11 June
AN innovative play scheme saw children and their parents take part in a mass family picnic and barbecue in the Yorkshire Dales recently – and there’ll be another chance to take part later in the summer.
Wednesday 10 June
NORTH Yorkshire Police are hoping to build on the success of the Country Watch scheme by encouraging more people to join the fight against rural crime.
Friday 05 June
VISITORS to Gayle Mill, near Hawes in Wensleydale, are in for a rare treat this summer. On Sunday (7th June), and on the first Sunday of each month until October, there are two special sessions when the Victorian machinery is to be brought back to life and used to make a variety of products such as would have been made at the Mill in its heyday.
Thursday 04 June
TWO years after it was abandoned, the benefits to wildlife of the EU’s controversial land set-aside scheme has finally been recognised – and three different English countryside organisations are asking that some sort of substitute scheme is put in place.
Tuesday 02 June
PEREGRINE falcons nesting in Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales National Park are a real crowd puller – and that’s official.
Tuesday 02 June
HUNDREDS of farmers throughout England will throw open their gates this Sunday (June 7) so that town’s folk – and children in particular – can see what actually happens down on the farm.
Monday 01 June
PEOPLE tempted by the fine weather to start outdoor DIY projects are being asked to hold back until September – to protect bird chicks which might till be in their nests in buildings or nearby trees and bushes.
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