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Stories for 14 May 2003

Ryedale Features

If you go down to the woods today...

FAIRYTALE bluebell woods will be on view to walkers on Sunday in aid of the Christian Aid appeal, in the village of Welburn near Malton.   more...

For Weather-Whingers (ie most of us)

St Francis of Assisi,  more...

Our Limousin Romeo

MR Frisky, the 18-month-old Limousin bull we bought at last week's pedigree sale, is happily ensconced with his new lady friends. "He's a big lad," everyone says who goes to look at him, sucking the air through their teeth, especially when they cast an astonished look at his undercarriage attachments.   more...

Stunned by rate increases

LIKE many others (especially pensioners) I was stunned by the massive increase in the rates, but thought perhaps that it might lead to improved services.  more...

Live and let live

REGARDING the young ladies' letter about bigotry, I'd like to say that, although I don't know the `Orangemen' personally, I do know them because I enjoy a drink on Sunday afternoons in the clubs and pubs of Norton, and am often in contact with them.  more...

Electioneering promises

I AM surrounded by electioneering promises and as I write, on polling day, I wonder whose are going to be put to the test in the ensuing years.   more...

The Helmsley Renaissance

STROLLING by the handsome stone buildings of Helmsley's Bridge Street, you could be forgiven for wandering past an attractive, though inconspicuous, archway.  more...

MODEL BEHAVIOUR

THINK of a hobby that combines skill and style with aggression and adrenaline and model airplane flying is unlikely to be the first that springs to mind.   more...

New arrival to `chick' out

THIS cute character is one of the newest arrivals at a North Yorkshire visitor attraction.  more...

Ryedale News

When the boat comes in

THE stirring sight of the Endeavour sailing majestically into its `home' port will make Whitby a `must visit' resort next week.  more...

Pickering to celebrate the youth of Ryedale

HUNDREDS of young people are set to take part in the biggest festival of its kind in Ryedale this summer.   more...

The remarkable Rosie

FEW people in Kirkbymoorside know the name of Mrs Rose Magson, despite her being one of the best-known personalities in the market town.   more...

Start your engines!

ONE of Europe's largest independent Porsche events is coming to Ryedale - along with Neil and Christine Hamilton.  more...

25 years of loving care

A SCARBOROUGH couple, who have fostered 300 children in the past 25 years, were praised this week when North Yorkshire County Council's social services department launched a recruitment campaign for more foster carers in the area.   more...

Rural SOS: Save Our Stars

COUNTRYSIDE campaigners have launched a campaign to save North Yorkshire's starry night sky.   more...

Carcase collection decision postponed

THE whole situation surrounding fallen stock on farms is chaotic, even by this Government's standards; and yet again, Elliot Morley's bully boy tactics seem to have backfired.  more...

Roads to be closed

MOTORISTS in Ryedale are being warned about the closure of two sections of road for repairs.  more...

`Blatant disregard' of humane transport rules

THE RSPCA this week presented to animal welfare minister Eliot Morley what it described as a catalogue of cruelty in the long-distance transport of livestock in Europe.  more...

Exemption for shows

AN exemption to the six-day standstill is to be granted for individually-identified cattle, sheep and goats attending shows. The exemption will come into force on May 30.  more...

Young Farmers

KIRKBYMOORSIDE  more...

Prices at the stock markets

SELBY  more...

Fire chiefs urged to charge for rescues

FIRE chiefs in North Yorkshire are being urged to impose charges for pulling people out of car crashes and for pumping out flooded homes.  more...

Stolen signs being sold as keepsakes

NORTH Yorkshire's villages are being wiped off the map as thieves steal distinctive nameplates from the county's rural neighbourhoods.  more...

Boy racers could lose cars as police get tough

POLICE are warning anti-social young people that they are about to get tough.  more...

Canoeists clear up River Derwent

MEMBERS of Malton and Norton Canoe Club took part in a river clean-up on the Derwent in Malton as part of National Outdoor Week.  more...

The Beast of Ryedale is sighted again

TWO more sightings of a large black cat-like creature in the Cropton Forest area have been reported.  more...

Ryedale Sport

Nichols century is key as Lockton stroll to victory

Ryedale Beckett League  more...

Helmsley club hope for sponsors after success

KEEN sports players at a Helmsley club have proved they are top of the table after scooping prizes at a county event.  more...

Shepherd shines as Pikes top the table

Hunters the Estate Agent York and District Senior League Premier Division  more...

Nawton Grange bounce back after pavilion fire

JUST one week after their pavilion burnt down, Nawton Grange have bounced back to set the early pace at the top of the Scarborough Beckett League division B.   more...

Leger hero bids for York glory

BOLLIN Eric, who wrote his name into Ryedale racing history last autumn when winning the St Leger at Doncaster, is the star local attraction at York on Thursday.  more...

A season of two halves for the Pikes

Steve Brown will be the first to admit his first season as manager of Pickering Town was anything but easy.   more...

Ryedale Younggaz

Students discover the world of work

STUDENTS following the vocational course at Malton School have received certificates from York Training Services.   more...

  
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