It is with deep sadness that we have to report the death of multi-instrumentalist and Festival favourite Clare Salaman after a long illness.

Kites coursing across Reeth Green; resounding drum beats and dancing skirts; the clickety-clack of clogs, clapsticks and tap shoes; the clang of quoits and the stirring sound of local brass…

Including kite-making, dance performances, samba bands, a singing workshop with The Young'uns, brass band concerts and quoits.

The Dales Countryside Museum (DCM) in Hawes will re-open with a special exhibition telling the story of schools in the Upper Dales.

On Sat 5 June Hildegard Transfigured - a concert of beautiful medieval music by the exceptional vocal trio VOICE accompanied by a stunning light show - will be staged at St. Mary's in Richmond.