ON the upper reaches of the River Rye, about six miles north-west of Helmsley, clusters of grey stone cottages cling to a steep hill side. At the lower end of the village, the river chuckles its way beneath an old stone bridge. The top of the street boasts
AN ORGANISATION that represents farmers and landowners in North Yorkshire is pressing the Government to tell local authorities where they stand on dealing with the spread of unauthorised gipsy encampments. Nationally, travellers have been accused of flouting
STUDENTS, staff and friends of Malton School gathered to celebrate a year full of achievement. Over 400 people attended the two-hour evening ceremony, which was hosted by the students themselves and led by head boy and girl Ross Harrison and Sally Fothergill
WITH consummate inflexibility, the architects of MTR Reform have decreed each farmer making a claim will be allowed only one period for ten-month occupational tenancies. This will be particularly challenging for those livestock and, indeed, arable cropping
FESTIVE shoppers are being urged to support rural businesses in North Yorkshire's market towns instead of travelling to York or out-of-town shopping centres. The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), which has a regional office in Easingwold, has
TWENTY-FIVE public telephones in rural Ryedale will be disconnected by telecommunications giant British Telecom (BT) if district councillors cannot present a good case for keeping them. Terry Johnson, BT payphone manager, told Ryedale District Council
A MEMORIAL service is to be held in Pickering next week for the young woman who died in a car crash near her home village of Thornton-le-Dale. Samantha Walker, 21, of Roxby Garth, died when her silver Citroen Saxo collided with another car on the A170
Spare a thought for Vinny Keane, who is back on the sidelines after a crashing fall at Kelso left him nursing a badly broken left arm. The Ryedale jump jockey went under the surgeon's knife in Scarborough Hospital earlier this week in an operation to
Gordon Harrison Memorial Trophy: IT was a nine-goal thriller when Black Swan, Pickering, entertained Thornton-le-Dale in the second round. Black Swan took the lead after 12 minutes when Shaun Hornby scored after a long throw by Chris Weighell was headed
North Two East: Westoe 58, Malton and Norton 6 - Malton and Norton were given a rugby lesson by a totally dominant Westoe side which had pace, strength and ability above anything Malton have encountered in recent seasons. Ian Cooke gave Malton the lead
Derwent: MEMBERS of Derwent YFC were treated to a highly-informative talk by Gordon Scaife, of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, on November 9, at Gate Helmsley village hall. A big thanks to Mr Scaife for attending. The district public-speaking competition
PLANNERS are to carry out a fact-finding visit to a controversial site at Thornton-le-Dale where it is planned to build 11 homes. The scheme, at Castle Close, by the Burgess Group, plc of Victory Mill, Thornton-le-Dale, had been recommended for approval
THE man behind Malton market has rushed to its defence amid allegations of decline by traders. Pickering businessman Simon Boak, whose company, The Events Office, has run the Saturday market for seven years, says the market is "far from doom and gloom
A CANOEIST spotted a boot underneath a bush on the riverbank which led to the discovery of the body of a North Yorkshire man who had been missing for 12 months, an inquest was told. The disappearance of Christopher John Hanby, 63, of Parliament Street
FOXhunting in Ryedale will be banned from February unless anti-bloodsport MPs perform a dramatic U-turn. The House of Commons last night rejected a last-ditch compromise that would have allowed the traditional pursuit to continue under strict licence.
I CAME to know Marguerite Lazarus - who wrote under the name Anna Gilbert - soon after I retired to Pickering in 1976. She had been booked to speak at Scarborough Writers' Circle, of which I had long been a member. That was how I learnt that she was,
POETRY was used as a novel new way of boosting road safety awareness at a Malton primary school. Poet Bernard Young visited St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School as part of a new North Yorkshire County Council initiative. Bernard recited a variety of
CALLS for a Ryedale leisure company to make known its full intentions for a major development on the border of the district with City of York Council's area were made last night when councillors deferred a decision on the scheme. Griffon Forest Ltd had
Pickering Town 4, Parkgate 1 - THE Pikes progressed into the third round draw of the Northern Counties East League Cup on Saturday when they beat first division Parkgate 4-1 in a well-deserved victory. It was a perfect start for the Pikes, taking the
NORTH Yorkshire farmers and land managers could play a key part reducing coastal erosion and the risks of flooding, the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has told the Government. Responding to a consultation paper, Making Space for Water, the
WOLDS farmer's wife Lynn Laughton has become one of Ryedale's top tourist hosts as part of her two-pronged career driving a tractor and helping on the family farm. For she has now landed one of the Automobile Association's top tourist awards, its three
