As the Pennine Way reaches its half-century on 24th April, celebrations are underway on Malham Moor to commemorate its opening ceremony in 1965.  The team at High Trenhouse are among those toasting the pioneers whose vision and determination brought the footpath into...

Often the run up to a holiday can be a busy time as there is always urgency to get everything to a ‘straight edge’ before you go. Though it’s natural to want to get all the loose ends tied up before you go away, this inevitably means working longer hours and getting...

After their first dance-out of the season in Skipton at Easter, the Flagcrackers of Craven will be donning their kit for a trip to Oxford to perform at the university town’s annual folk event.Travelling from their Yorkshire base, the colourful Border morris team with...

Wendy Clarkson  is scheduled to present the regular member spotlight at the next meeting of Enterprising Women on Thursday 2nd April at Utopia on the Broughton Hall estate.An independent green funeral director and celebrant, Wendy helps families to access an...

A funding campaign to establish a new volunteer gardening project at Airedale hospital has been launched by Those Plant People.  Professional horticulturalists, Andrew and Pippa Chapman of Steeton are working in partnership with Friends of Airedale to set up the...

One of the highlights of Spring for maternal women everywhere, Mothers Day has its roots as far back as the Greeks who honoured the maternal Goddess Rhea in a Spring festival.  The Romans dedicated their spring festival to another mother, Cybele, on the Ides of March,...

As the day fast approaches, florist Erica Berry suggests that Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be about red roses, and that actually you can ‘say it with flowers’ with far more pezzazz if you look beyond the stereotypical romantic gesture.Red roses will always be...

Completed ahead of schedule the new state-of-the-art kitchen at Grassington House hotel is up and running, transforming the working environment for the kitchen team and impressing the AA inspector on his anonymous visit just days after its re-opening.Masterchef and...

Relocation service firm, Yorkshire Move Manager, which specialises in helping elderly clients with downsizing to smaller properties, sheltered housing and retirement villages, is to roll out its service to aid property developers in the region.Michelle Park explains...