Local Stories

A group which aims to stop the River Ure being polluted has received a donation of £500 from the Wensleydale and Swaledale Quaker Trust to purchase testing equipment and reagents.

Council chiefs have agreed a record investment of almost £2.5m in North Yorkshire’s car parks.

Sunday DalesBus services into and around the Yorkshire Dales National Park will be increased for the summer season, starting this weekend.

A Yorkshire Dales pub owner has lost her challenge to enforcement action after she turned the premises into a house and tearoom without permission.

Singer-songwriter Ben Avison has collaborated with his father, Jon Avison, former ranger and deputy CEO at the Yorkshire Dales National Park, to release a heartfelt song and video to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Pennine Way on 24th April 2025.

Gallery on the Green in upper Settle has now re-opened after a winter break with an exhibition of pressed grasses and flowers by local artist Shelley Woolley.

The day Peter Crouch turned up in a Wensleydale village for a game of football will live long in the memory of locals.

Councillors have rejected controversial plans for 27 houses which would be visible from Richmond’s historic castle.

The awards ceremony brought together 150 people from Skipton’s business community for an unforgettable evening of celebration and recognition.

The Folly in Settle, which is home to the Museum of North Craven Life, will soon launch a new exhibition that examines the role of the artist’s model.