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Lesley Tate

Chief Reporter at Craven Herald & Pioneer

Craven Herald chief reporter. Views are very much mine. Out every weekend walking and generally looking for stories.

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  • VE Day in pictures: Craven remembers at 80th anniversary

    1 week ago | cravenherald.co.uk | Lesley Tate

    16 1/1 A BEACON in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of VE Day was lit at the summit of Ingleborough. Members of Cave Rescue Organisation joined with other people to make the journey to the top of the second highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks to light the beacon at 9.30pm on Thursday. Services and parties took place across Craven as part of VE 80 celebrations, in village halls and in care homes.

  • Reader pictures: A selection of images from across Craven

    1 week ago | cravenherald.co.uk | Lesley Tate

    5 1/1 LOVELY wildflowers bluebells and dandelions feature in this week's selection of reader photographs. If you have a picture you would like to share with readers of the Craven Herald, send it to [email protected]

  • Bolton Abbey estate appoints a new director to replace Ben Hayes

    1 week ago | cravenherald.co.uk | Lesley Tate

    2 1/1 A NEW steward to oversee the Bolton Abbey estate has been appointed following the standing down of former, long-standing director, Ben Hayes. Heidi Beattie will be just the fifth estate director at Bolton Abbey estate since 1883 and is the first woman in the role.  She will oversee the estate's 30,000 acres, working with the on-site team, the Bolton Abbey community and the wider Devonshire Group.

  • 'Magical' theme for summer's Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival

    1 week ago | cravenherald.co.uk | Lesley Tate

    Downward Dog at Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival (Image: Sara Spillett) VISITORS to this year's Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival can be assured of a 'magical' time. Plans are well underway for August's nine-day festival that annually attracts people from far and wide and which has attracted the attention of national media and even the New York Times. Its dedicated Facebook page has almost 7,000 followers.

  • Cafe-bar 'Ovino Lounge' to open next week in Skipton

    1 week ago | cravenherald.co.uk | Lesley Tate

    2 1/1 A NEW cafe/bar is to open in Skipton High Street next week - and it hopes to become a meeting place for groups from book and knitting clubs to life-drawing classes and business networking. Loungers, based in the West Country, is gearing up to open Ovino Lounge on Wednesday (May 14) at the former premises of Barclays Bank, creating around 30 jobs.

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13 May 25

Hellifield flashes, rapidly running out of water. https://t.co/s3N9gezWk7

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10 May 25

Goodness, possibly even more cute than a kitten. https://t.co/TfxIM7P1DZ

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6 May 25

Cllr David Whipp has just been re elected chair of Pendle Council's West Craven Committee. A busy agenda for the committee tonight https://t.co/Cp855ama5I