The old indoor riding school at Bank Newton, near Gargrave OBJECTORS to plans to ‘convert’ a semi-derelict former indoor riding school near Gargrave into eight holiday lets have been left scratching their heads after the highways authority raised no concerns. Just more than a year ago, North Yorkshire highways objected to proposals to demolish the steel-framed structure on a track between East Marton and Bank Newton and replace it with five homes. The application by Alice Fitton was refused by Craven District Council in November, last year, on grounds including its impact on nearby heritage assets, including grade two listed Newton Grange Farmhouse.
BARNOLDSWICK Indie/rock solo artist James Parkinson has just launched his new single and video on digital and streaming platforms. Titled, Humble, the song has a deep message about moving on after death whilst remembering and learning from the past. “I wrote the lyrics whilst painting my study last year,” he explained. “I had been playing lots of my record collection and thinking about the way decorating and changing things feels like fresh starts but also presents a sense of melancholy and bringing up the past. “Humble explores the confusion of living life and progressing whilst dealing with an overwhelming sense of melancholy and loss.