Ryedale | Archive | 2002 | April
WE have been in the European Union for nearly 30 years and, for all that time, MPs and MEPs of all parties have said they are going to reform the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy. Does Timothy Kirkhope MEP live in Euroland or Cloud Cuckoo Land or are they the same place? The French will never agree to change the CAP unless their farmers get even bigger handouts. Timothy Kirkhope and his pals in Brussels can't even get the French to take our beef, two years after the ban for BSE was lifted. Does anybody with a grain of intelligence think the Spanish will stop fishing our waters before our fish stocks are exhausted? more...
AFTER many years of breeding pigs, moorland farmer Maurice Medd's farming career has taken a dramatic new turn - breeding worms! more...
FEELING stressed? Not sleeping well? Did you know that a couple of drops of lavender oil on a hankie or your pillow can be very helpful and soothing? more...
"IT'S like living on a knife edge," sighs Rachel Wright. Only a matter of weeks ago, the turgid River Derwent once again preyed on the nerves of people living in Stamford Bridge. Ominously, the water inched steadily towards homes and businesses, creating dreadful flashbacks to the disasters which befell the village in 1999 and 2000. more...
NO doubt those of you who've gone to York by car recently have approved the vastly improved slip road junction into the bypass at Musley bank. All at once it enables safe manoeuvre to take place, and one wonders why one (nay thousands) had to go through that period of intense danger when the twin lane road was suddenly reduced to one and getting into the traffic flow was a life or death affair. My motoring magazine has an interesting comment on what is already standard practice in several other countries, which is `zip-merging'. This is where traffic joining the main road slips into the flowing traffic alternately, rather like a zip-fastener, hence the name. The method is for the main road traffic to open up the space between the car in front and allow cars from the slip road to `zip' into each space, thus causing no hold-up and keeping the traffic flowing without queue forming. more...
A RYEDALE woman has left the peace and tranquillity of Rievaulx Abbey behind her in her latest job swap. English Heritage custodian Janet Smith has moved on from the beautiful ruins to take up her post at the battlements of Scarborough Castle. more...
WHEN I switch off the light, more...
LAMBING has started. Within three hours of the first ewe starting to strain, she and three others had produced a dozen lambs between them. "I don't normally like triplets," John said, "but this year I am delighted." more...
BOSSES at one of North Yorkshire's biggest theme parks must wait to discover the fate of their newest white-knuckle ride. more...
MOVES to recreate the rail link between Malton and Pickering are moving to a crucial new phase this month. more...
OUTSPOKEN Malton town councillor Gerry Cooper walked out of the authority's annual parish assembly after clashing with the mayor, Coun Jane Wilford. more...
ODO the gibbon was one of the star attractions over Easter at North Yorkshire theme park and zoo Flamingo Land. more...
STAFF at a care home have been left heartbroken at the announcement that the business will close at the end of this month. more...
ONE of Ryedale's most popular tourist attractions is seeking approval for a £500,000 revamp. more...
A PIGEON fancier is giving up the sport he loves after thieves stole some of his most-prized birds. more...
NORTON is one step closer to getting its own 24-hour cash machine - if council planners give the go-ahead. more...
It's been a welcome break for those able to take advantage of it although I do find it a bit frustrating that some professional businesses seek to extend official public holidays by creeping an extra day. more...
A SERIES of measures were announced last week by DEFRA aimed at halting the flow into Britain of smuggled meat and other food products. more...
THE Environment Agency has warned that if conventional methods are used to implement new EU legislation, farmers could soon be facing huge bills. more...
A MAJOR revamp at a North Yorkshire tourist attraction offers budding vets the chance to try their hand at the toughest jobs in the trade. more...
BUSINESSES affected by the foot and mouth epidemic can get support from the Inland Revenue. more...
RYEDALE is preparing to make its own tribute to the Queen Mother when her funeral is held next Tuesday. more...
RYEDALE'S holiday season got off to a bumper start with hotels and attractions reporting excellent business over the Easter weekend. more...
THE LONG-RUNNING campaign to upgrade the bottleneck A64 York to Scarborough road - which has one of the worst accident records in the north of England - is set to get a big boost as a result of a report by highway chiefs. more...
HISTORIC buildings in Malton, Norton, Pickering and Kirkbymoorside could be spruced up thanks to funding from English Heritage. more...
A VILLAGE pub famed for its top nosh has been crowned customer service pub of the year. The Appletree Country Inn, at Marton, near Pickering, beat off thousands of pubs up and down the country in the annual publican awards. more...
RJF-Homes Beckett League First Division more...
Scarborough and District League more...
Yorkshire Three; Malton and Norton 13, Leeds Corinthians 13 more...
Peter Beaumont, who returned to the big time with a 33-1 winner at last month's Cheltenham Festival, is aiming for an even greater triumph on Saturday - in the Martell Grand National. more...
York Reserve League Cup more...
RJF Homes Beckett League Second Division more...
ONE thousand balloons raced skywards to celebrate Ryedale Youth Theatre's latest production. They were released outside the Milton Rooms, in Malton, where the group's performances of Peter Pan are taking place. more...
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