Ryedale | Archive | 2003 | January
THE Countryside Alliance and the Council of Hunting Associations have announced "upscaled" protest plans, including national advertising campaigns. more...
HERE I have walked and loved the moorland scene, more...
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...
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...
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...
WHEN we watch such an outstanding film as the Lord of the Rings, we must wonder how it was created. more...
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...
CHILDREN in Staxton village, will have a new play area by spring thanks to a £6,000 Yorventure grant. more...
A TOP flight recruit is getting to grips with an array of exotic species at a North Yorkshire bird centre. more...
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...
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...
DETAILED plans for the improvement of the area around Malton train and bus stations have been unveiled. more...
THE North Yorkshire Moors Association (NYMA) has expressed concern about RAF Fylingdales and its likely role in the US missile defence system. more...
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...
SO Safeway is going to be taken over by another supermarket. Will it be Sainsbury, Morrisons, or Wal-Mart (Asda)? Does it matter? more...
FARMERS and farm organisations have welcomed the decision to end the 20-day whole farm standstill rule. more...
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...
VETERAN actor Bill Maynard has offered his support to the maternity wing at Malton Hospital. more...
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...
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...
TWO women who fled the terrors of Zimbabwe have praised the warm welcome and kind hearts of Ryedale people. more...
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...
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...
Yorkshire Two. Ilkley 19 pts Malton and Norton 25 pts more...
Malton Bacon Factory 1 Pocklington Town 2 more...
Leeper Hare York and District League Reserve Division A more...
NCEL League Premier Division more...
THREE Beckett League second division sides got the better of their first division counterparts last Saturday in a day of cup upsets. more...
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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