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A TOTAL of 33 people have thrown their hats into the ring and are seeking election to be the first nine Craven members of the new North Yorkshire… ....
THE planned £300,000 replacement later this month of a damaged canal bridge in Skipton has fallen victim to ‘global supply issues’. Work to replace Gawflat swing bridge, involving a massive crane, and road diversions, was due to take about three weeks, starting from May 10. But, because of a delay in obtaining steel, the Canal and River Trust charity says the work has had to be put back for more than a month, and will now start on Monday, June 28. The bridge, at the entrance to Aireville Park, which ‘swings’ open to allow boats to pass along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and ‘closed’ to give people, including schoolchildren, access to the park was damaged last year and proved difficult to repair. ....
‘COUNTY lines’ criminal behaviour meant something a whole lot different 75 years ago in post war 1946, so it seems, when eggs and not hard drugs, were what was causing the police to set up roadblocks on the borders. The Craven Herald reported in May, 1946, on the strange case of eggs being intercepted in the country districts. Hundreds of dozens of eggs destined for the black market were being intercepted by police and returned to legitimate trade channels., reported the paper. “In their campaign to prevent racketeering at a time when egg production is high, the police are stopping vehicles which carry suspicious loads and are checking the origin and destination. ....