Ryedale | Archive | 2002 | January
JAMES Stephenson in his pro-bloodsports column of December 6, said that hunting should soon resume in North Yorkshire if DEFRA sticks to its promises? What Mr Stephenson forgot to mention was that if anyone from this Government stick to their promises, fox-hunting would by now have joined badger digging, dog fighting and other hunting as an illegal countryside tradition. more...
THE present day green push to conserve fuel is nothing new to those who remember wartime economies particularly in the bus and passenger transport field. more...
THE birth of baby camels will soon mark the start of spring and a fresh new season at Flamingo Land. more...
CHILDREN of Husthwaite Church of England Primary School can't wait to use their new state-of-the-art library, which should be in use by the end of term. And once it opens, they won't need to worry about losing their library cards. more...
I HAVE been asked a few times this week about the Shackleton expedition to the Antarctic, as I understand the BBC have been doing something about this on TV, and showing some pictures from slides brought back, with what is claimed to be the only pictures there are. more...
WHEN I first knew Pickering, in 1949, Dr Kirk, who had died only nine years earlier, was still very much alive in people's minds. more...
I DO not need reminders of our lives, more...
THE devastation wrought by our ducks and geese during the recent freeze-up continues to come to light. more...
WORRIED councillors are urging people to keep away from a crumbling castle until experts are brought in to make it safe. more...
Two of Ryedale's longest-serving parish councillors, Harold Linley and Richard Watson, who have stepped down to make way for younger members, have reflected on the many changes they have seen in rural life during their long service. more...
THE `Heartbeat' village of Goathland on the North Yorkshire Moors is to get a stone-flagged footpath to replace roadside verges eroded by thousands of tourists over several years. more...
A REMOTE Ryedale village with fewer than 150 residents faces a mammoth task of raising as much as £200,000 to restore its village hall. more...
THE battle against a Tay Homes development in Kirkbymoorside goes on. more...
ONE of the fastest-growing construction companies in North Yorkshire has laid off ten people. more...
THIS Government's policy is clearly to divert direct financial support for farmers into projects more focused on environmental issues and "regeneration of the countryside". more...
THERE was a "catalogue of failures on every issue" in the handling of the foot and mouth crisis said the National Farmers' Union in a report this week. more...
KIRKBYMOORSIDE more...
WORRIED parents and councillors in the village of Wombleton have mounted a new campaign to get transport for children who must walk to school along "dangerous roads". more...
STAFF at a high-tech manufacturing firm in North Yorkshire have been told they may face lay-offs or shorter working hours. more...
BECAUSE of safety concerns, Malton Town Council wants to contact relatives of some people who are buried in the town cemetery. more...
The future of the 67 public loos in Scarborough council's vast area is set to be decided by councillors in the next few weeks as anger mounts from villagers in the North York Moors National Park. more...
RESIDENTS who have been waiting almost four years for a speed limit through their village have now been told nothing will be done until at least next year. more...
TABLE Tennis coach Gerald Cosens is hoping the launch of the Norton College Junior League last week will breed stars of the future. more...
Ryedale Hospital more...
Pickering Town 0 more...
PICKERING Town manager Jimmy Reid has confirmed he will not walk away from the club he has taken to the upper reaches of the NCEL Premier division. more...
Yorkshire Shield first round more...
Brian Ellison, who has Latalomne lined-up for the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham in March, has also pencilled in Batswing for a trip to the all-important National Hunt Festival. more...
THE ambulance service, with the help of local businesses, is launching a major campaign to recruit an army of switched-on junior lifesavers. more...
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