In February, 2001, footpaths were shut, events and sporting events stopped and sales of animals banned. Two decades ago the auction mart was stopped from opening. It would be 12 months before sales started again, causing huge anguish for farmers. For only the second time in its long history, the Craven Herald abandoned its traditional front page adverts and replaced it with the heartbreaking picture of Hellifield farmer Richard Barron standing among his herd of dairy cows which was slaughtered as a contiguous cull. The first occasion adverts were replaced was to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. On that fateful day in Hellifield, Mr Barron would lose 337 cattle and around 900 sheep.
Councillors act against officer advice and turn down plans to enclose a domestic pool in an orangery
Raven Flatt barn,with pool, picture CDC CRAVEN planners went against officer advice and turned down proposals to enclose a therapy pool with an ‘orangery’ and build a single garage next to a converted barn in Bell Busk, near Gargrave. Joint applicant Sharon Bedford, in a statement read out at the online meeting of Craven District Council’s Planning Committee, criticised the authority for withdrawing the application at the last minute from last month’s meeting, and pointed out that it had been five months since the plans had been submitted.