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Stories for 24 January 2002

Ryedale Features

Illegal country tradition?

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...

Carry on regardless on the buses

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...

Clip-clop of little hooves

THE birth of baby camels will soon mark the start of spring and a fresh new season at Flamingo Land.  more...

New library for a STAR school

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...

Can anyone put me wise please?

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...

The man in the Castle

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...

One Step Behind

I DO not need reminders of our lives,  more...

Watch out ducks about

THE devastation wrought by our ducks and geese during the recent freeze-up continues to come to light.  more...

Ryedale News

Safety worries over Kirkbymoorside castle

WORRIED councillors are urging people to keep away from a crumbling castle until experts are brought in to make it safe.   more...

`We've never known what it is to be bored' say retiring councillors

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...

£96,000 path gets nod for Goathland

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...

Villagers' Herculean task

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...

Tay Homes battle carries on

THE battle against a Tay Homes development in Kirkbymoorside goes on.  more...

Malton firm cuts ten jobs

ONE of the fastest-growing construction companies in North Yorkshire has laid off ten people.  more...

Scared of a mouse?

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...

`They must listen' to advice on FMD

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...

Young farmers

KIRKBYMOORSIDE  more...

Villagers fear for children's safety

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...

Workers could face redundancy

STAFF at a high-tech manufacturing firm in North Yorkshire have been told they may face lay-offs or shorter working hours.  more...

Fears over cemetery safety

BECAUSE of safety concerns, Malton Town Council wants to contact relatives of some people who are buried in the town cemetery.  more...

Visitors caught short by loo plan

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...

Five-year wait for speed sign

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...

Ryedale Sport

Budding stars taste first league action

TABLE Tennis coach Gerald Cosens is hoping the launch of the Norton College Junior League last week will breed stars of the future.  more...

Potent Park's cup of joy

Ryedale Hospital   more...

Punchless Pikes crash out of FA Vase

Pickering Town 0  more...

`Gutted' Reid will not quit Town

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...

Pack drives Malton and Norton on to Yorkshire Shield upset

Yorkshire Shield first round  more...

Ellison wings in for Festival challenge

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...

Ryedale Younggaz

Are you switched on to lifesaving?

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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