Dales Radio

Cultura Trust has received a £2,500 grant from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Sustainable Development Fund to support its historic Gayle Mill, a nationally significant asset in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Engineers are installing solar panels, air source heat pumps and LED lighting in Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority buildings, while electric vehicle charging points have gone in at all ten of the Authority’s public car parks.

​​​​​​​The pandemic may have limited face to face contact throughout the Yorkshire Dales and surrounding areas but that hasn’t stopped Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust’s People and the DALES (Diversity, Access, Learning, Environment, Sustainability) project making a difference to people from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds.

Cogden South bridge, on the C106 near Grinton Moor, was one of two bridges destroyed by catastrophic flooding in 2019. Cogden North bridge, on the B6270 Richmond to Grinton road, reopened in November.

Schools in the Dales have plans in place to ensure all pupils can enjoy a safe return to school next month, including the testing of all secondary school aged students for coronavirus. Wensleydale School has been testing since January with all pupils who had to attend school having no problems with the lateral flow tests.

This weekNorth Yorkshire Rotters are on a mission to tackle food waste and its impact on climate change during Food Waste Action Week (March 1 to 7).