Graffiti in a snicket off Skipton High Street MEMBERS of Skipton Town Council have taken Craven Council to task over the ‘shocking’ state of the town. Areas of Skipton were a disgrace with dumped mattresses, graffiti, abandoned cars and overfilled wheeled bins, spewing out rubbish, said deputy mayor, Darren Shaw and fellow town councillor, David Painter. In a joint presentation to Craven Council’s policy committee, the town councillors compared Skipton to Earby and Barnoldswick, pointing out how neighbouring Pendle Council appeared to be doing a much better job. Historic, cobbled streets in Pendle appeared to be regularly cleaned, there was no dog mess and moss was removed, they pointed out, whereas areas of Skipton were blighted with out of control fly-tipping. In Pendle, wheeled bins were kept tidily inside yards and not left to block accesses, or to look unsightly, with residents threatened with a fine if bins were left out, they said.
Town is blighted by out of control fly-tipping
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Local elections ELECTIONS for the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, along with any county and district by-elections and parish council elections, will take place in Craven on Thursday May 6. Craven District Council elections postponed from May 2020 and County Council elections were also scheduled to be held, but have now been deferred while the Government consults on proposals to reorganise local government in North Yorkshire. There are also likely to be by-elections for the Ribblesdale division of North Yorkshire County Council, and the Craven District Council ward of Penyghent, following the death last year of Cllr Richard Welch; and also for the Barden Fell ward of Craven District Council, after Cllr Pighills was expelled from the council last year for not attending meetings.