Ryedale | Archive | 2003 | August
THERE'S a treat for youngsters at Nunnington Hall on August 31, thanks to a support group for the National Trust. more...
IT was business as usual as one of Ryedale's most popular shows made a return to full strength following the Foot and Mouth crisis. more...
WHEN ah was young more...
MY hands look as though they have been afflicted with some very exotic form of pox. They are spattered blue and red following my none-too-accurate use of the marker spray when we were sorting out lambs for market last night. Lambs that were destined for the abattoir had the blue spot on their fleeces. Female lambs, gimmers, that John thought will make good breeding stock next year, have a red spot on their backs. more...
WHILE agreeing with J T Robinson that we should keep an eye on Brussels and its civil servants, they are a minor irritation - if the Germans, French and Spanish can cope, then certainly the British can. A more immediate threat comes from Moscow-by-the-Potomac where President Bush and his more...
aSTILL some interest in the sighting of a hummingbird hawkmoth, and an interesting letter, with photographs, via e-mail, from Steve Gould, of I don't know where. He gives me lots of interesting information, and I am beginning to realise that there's very much more in this lepidoptery than I had realised. The hawkmoth has, he tells me, a remarkable memory, for individuals will return to the same flowerbeds every day at about the same time. more...
OLD age to Kathleen Hutchinson is a no-go area. more...
FOLLOWERS of Sinnington Hunt will be switching from horsepower to pedal power on Saturday when they start the pre-season exercising of the 70 hounds - on bikes. more...
A TOP police inquiry is underway after claims that that it took three hours to answer a 999 call to a burglary in the village of Staxton. more...
A 28 YEAR-old VW "Beetle" is still in pristine condition and has just come through its MOT again with flying colours. more...
TWO Ryedale firms have combined their leading edge technological and engineering expertise to develop machinery for coffee growers on a remote co-operative in Costa Rica. more...
MOMENTUM is building for this year's Ryedale Run, a ten-mile event which will be held on Sunday, September 7. more...
MALTON hospital has received top marks for cleanliness and food. more...
THE husband of cancer victim Stef Axelby has appealed for help in selling tickets for a jazz concert at Castle Howard to aid her recovery. more...
AS the supermarket carrions hover above the ailing frame of Safeway, the competition watchdogs have delivered their recommendations as to which of the giant retailers will have the right to pick off the Safeway carcass or whether indeed it will be divided between all four. more...
A VISITOR centre planned for one of Ryedale's most impressive stately homes, Scampston Hall, near Malton, will boost the district economy, councillors have agreed. more...
SHEEP bred on the picturesque hillsides of Bransdale are set to end up on the dinner tables of Greece households and restaurants. more...
A £500,000 horse riding centre is expected to be teaching North Yorkshire equestrians by autumn, say developers. more...
REVISED maps showing land in parts of North Yorkshire that the Countryside Agency proposes for public access under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act have been published this week. more...
SOUTH Yorkshire's last remaining livestock auction mart, at Penistone, is under threat and the NFU has joined a fight to secure its survival. more...
THE district and county councils appear to be battling it out for their survival. more...
aRYEDALE'S skate park is still riding high 15 months after it first opened. more...
IT'S SUMMER madness, but we have thousand of pounds to give away to good local causes. more...
THE decision to approve plans to develop Scampston Hall signal the go-ahead for the construction of a new visitor centre at the country home. more...
A THREE-year financial recovery plan has been put in place to help resolve the cash crisis in the NHS in the Ryedale, Scarborough and Whitby area. more...
MALTON and Old Malton youngster Michael Linsley was in impressive form for the Yorkshire Schools Cricket Association (YSCA) at Ampleforth College's annual cricket festival last week. more...
MALTON and Norton golfer Simon Dyson has consulted a sports psychologist to help him in his bid to retain his European Order of Merit tour card. more...
NCEL Premier Division - Ossett Albion 3, Pickering Town 3. ON the face of it, a point at one of the league's promotion favourites represents a good start to Pickering Town's new season. But the deflated look on the Pikes players' faces said it all after they were denied all three points by a strike from Danny Toronczak with virtually the last kick of the game. more...
Bollin Eric was the pride of Ryedale on the opening day of the Ebor Festival yesterday (Tuesday) when gaining his first success since winning last year's St Leger at Doncaster to set himself up for some major autumn targets. more...
PICKERING'S Richard Buck broke a 22-year-old record last weekend at the under-17 AAA (Amateur Athletic Association of England) championship, notching the fourth fastest ever time in the UK at 400m in that age group in the process. more...
HAVING won the Tetley Bitter Vase and two successive promotions during his time as head coach at Malton and Norton, Pat Stephenson has handed over the reigns to Richard John. more...
HEAD teachers in North Yorkshire say this year's record-breaking A-level results are down to hard work and improved teaching, not easier subjects. more...
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