Yorkshire Dales News

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.

A man being investigated by counter terror police over a crossbow and firearm attack has died in hospital.

A performance by Belfast rap trio Kneecap at the Eden Project has been cancelled.

The biggest city in the Sahel has been ransacked and left in ruins.

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The government wants councils to crush more vans used to fly-tip rubbish, as it announces a crackdown on the illegal dumping of waste.

Mikel Arteta insisted Arsenal are capable of producing a special moment to overturn their first-leg defeat against Paris Saint-Germain and reach the Champions League final.

Arsenal's stage was set to deliver a famous night at the Emirates. The reality was far from it in the end, as Mikel Arteta's side came up short against Paris Saint-Germain with a deflating performance.

Fourteen-year-old prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit a jaw-dropping 35-ball century in the Indian Premier League on Monday, firing Rajasthan Royals to victory against Gujarat Titans.

Daniel Dubois' team confronted Oleksandr Usyk about the controversial low blow ruling in their first fight at the press conference to announce their rematch.

Chris Eubank Jr is "doing well" in hospital after his hard-fought points victory over Conor Benn at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night.

A performance by Belfast rap trio Kneecap at the Eden Project has been cancelled.

Irish band Kneecap have had a meteoric rise in the music industry, with tens of millions of streams on Spotify alone and widespread critical acclaim.

"Powerful individuals" at the BBC are making the lives of their colleagues "unbearable", the corporation's chairman has said, after a review into its workplace culture.

The frontman of Welsh band The Alarm, Mike Peters, has died aged 66.

Irish band Kneecap have apologised to the families of murdered MPs Sir David Amess and Jo Cox after footage emerged of one of its members appearing to say "kill your local MP".

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 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.

Three children’s groups are to benefit from a book celebrating the 400-plus hand-painted stones created by children and young people in Settle and Giggleswick during the coronavirus lockdown.

Following on from The Miners Wife which was described as 'An enthralling tale packed with emotion, drama and the harsh realities of life in 19th century northern England' Here's the latest novel by this award nominated author