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Stories for 29 January 2003

Ryedale Features

Protest plans

THE Countryside Alliance and the Council of Hunting Associations have announced "upscaled" protest plans, including national advertising campaigns.  more...

Fylingdales

HERE I have walked and loved the moorland scene,  more...

Eagle-eyed Holly

JOHN and I are deeply involved in one of those activities that can cause strain in the most stable of relationships. I am talking furniture removal.  more...

Ryedale Council came up trumps

COULD we please use your letters column to express our thanks to Ryedale District Council for organising and funding the pumping station in Norton Road. We appreciate this has come in for a lot of criticism, ie the length of time the road was closed, supposedly not big enough pumps, but to us and our immediate neighbours this has proved to be a brilliant solution to our flooding problems.  more...

Bus shelters need rethink

MALTON, January 16, and a windy old morning too, and much the same yesterday, yet when a bit of sunshine broke through I decided I'd have a short ride on the bike. In fact I got as far as Eden Farm without turning a pedal almost - I aught to have known better - for the crunch was yet to come, and pushing back against that wind meant there was quite a lot of foot work to do.   more...

The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy by Brian Sibley (HarperCollins £12.99)

WHEN we watch such an outstanding film as the Lord of the Rings, we must wonder how it was created.   more...

Maddy and the Captain (by Jeannie Heppell) Lady Spring Publications £7.99

Two entirely different personalities are brought together by the conflict of the First World War when they serve in a hospital for men wounded at the front.   more...

Grant for play area

CHILDREN in Staxton village, will have a new play area by spring thanks to a £6,000 Yorventure grant.  more...

Flying start for Laura

A TOP flight recruit is getting to grips with an array of exotic species at a North Yorkshire bird centre.  more...

What we used to wear

A COSTUME collection ranging from 1970s knitting patterns to an embroidered 17th century purse is being studied at a public talk - and demand for the event is so high that a repeat event is already being planned.  more...

Ryedale News

Elderly woman is virtual prisoner in her own home

A DISABLED woman has become almost a prisoner in her own home because it is unsafe for her to take her motorised buggy-scooter over a deeply-rutted private road.  more...

Plans for station upgrade are made public

DETAILED plans for the improvement of the area around Malton train and bus stations have been unveiled.  more...

Landscape fears over Fylingdales

THE North Yorkshire Moors Association (NYMA) has expressed concern about RAF Fylingdales and its likely role in the US missile defence system.  more...

Villagers lend a hand

A HANDS-on community arts project in a North Yorkshire village has made such an impression that more than 70 locals have volunteered to take part.  more...

Only solution is to fix `farm gate' price

SO Safeway is going to be taken over by another supermarket. Will it be Sainsbury, Morrisons, or Wal-Mart (Asda)? Does it matter?  more...

Good news says NFU

FARMERS and farm organisations have welcomed the decision to end the 20-day whole farm standstill rule.  more...

Six-day victory - with a sting

AS first forecast by the Gazette & Herald, the Government bowed to overwhelming pressure from the industry, and accepted finally that the 20-day movement restriction has to go.  more...

TV star's plea to keep maternity unit open

VETERAN actor Bill Maynard has offered his support to the maternity wing at Malton Hospital.  more...

Mike's 390-million-year-old find

EVERY fossil hunter's dream became reality for a local man when world experts said he had discovered a new species of ancient fish.  more...

`Help us raise funds to find a cure for Sophie'

LITTLE Sophie Casper-Gilbank, from Rillington, is being treated for one of the most rare complaints known to the medical profession in Britain - nail-patella syndrome.   more...

Women flee Zimbabwe for the peace of Ryedale

TWO women who fled the terrors of Zimbabwe have praised the warm welcome and kind hearts of Ryedale people.  more...

Disappointment at rail setback

CAMPAIGNERS working to re-open a rail link between two Ryedale towns say they are "extremely disappointed" at a decision to suspend vital funding.  more...

Ryedale Sport

Jockey Club joy for trainer Fahey

BUTTERWICK trainer Richard Fahey is becoming almost a regular commuter on the East Coast mainline and he made his second successful trip in eight days to Jockey Club headquarters at Portman Square in London's West End last Thursday.  more...

Malton and Norton put Vase defeat behind them

Yorkshire Two. Ilkley 19 pts Malton and Norton 25 pts  more...

Title hopes dented

Malton Bacon Factory 1 Pocklington Town 2  more...

Bacon Factory hit local rivals for six

Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve Division A  more...

Pikes climb out of bottom two

NCEL League Premier Division  more...

Second division sides turn the tables

THREE Beckett League second division sides got the better of their first division counterparts last Saturday in a day of cup upsets.  more...

Ryedale Younggaz

School is top of the class!

AMOTHERBY school has been awarded a great feather in its cap as a place where staff are involved and encouraged.  more...

  
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