Farmers and land managers in the Yorkshire Dales are to be given more than £1,200,000 to make improvements to the natural environment, cultural heritage and public access. The three-year programme, Farming in Protected Landscapes, was […]
People looking to make the Yorkshire Dales National Park a better place are being invited to apply for a grant from the Sustainable Development Fund (SDF). The fund has £175,000 to allocate by the end […]
The Wensleydale Creamery in Hawes yesterday welcomed Defra Minister Victoria Prentis MP, with the visit focusing on the introduction of the new UK Geographical Indication schemes. The Minister toured the Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese Experience, stopping […]
Restoration work is taking place at the most damaged blanket bog peatland in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Thousands of tonnes of coir, brash and stone have been brought this spring to Fleet Moss, Oughtershaw […]
Tributes have been paid to a popular young farmer and stocksperson who has died aged 26. Hannah Brown, originally from Newton-le-Willows, passed away last month after an illness. Hannah grew up on the farm of […]
Dales shepherdess and TV star Amanda Owen has revealed she had her eighth child on her own in front of the fire rather than travel to hospital. The mother-of-nine, who farms with husband Clive at […]
Ten pockets of woodland are being planted by watercourses in the upper River Ure catchment over the next few weeks. Newbiggin Beck in Wensleydale is one such area where trees are about to go into […]
“We are enthusiastic about the changes that can be made to the farm,” said Jenny Bowes by the lambing shed. Ghyll Bank Farm near Orton in Cumbria, which she runs with husband Lenny, is one […]
An £8.5 million project to connect, restore and enhance the Tees and Swale valleys has been launched. Tees-Swale: naturally connected programme, predominantly funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, is a five year scheme being […]
It was a bitter winter’s day in March 1979 and Jennie Harker was anxiously awaiting her husband’s return. Clifford had gone to feed their sheep that morning, but it was dark and he was late. […]
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