Ryedale | Archive | 2004 | March
DOORS are open once more at Pickering's Beck Isle Museum, so step back in time to glimpse Ryedale life in years gone by. more...
WHILE out and about in the dales and moors during the snow, I realised just how prominent and remarkable are our miles of dry stone walls. Appearing black against the pure whiteness of the snow when viewed from a distance, they looked like a web of reassuring strength, linking fields and fells, forming well-defined boundaries and even providing shelter for a variety of creatures and plants. more...
SOME have flung theirs in the ocean. more...
IT'S a scene of domestic contentment and comfort out on the foldyard. As darkness falls, the cows are all laid down chewing their cud, and the seven new calves from this week are all asleep together. Mates forever. New calves have been arriving daily. The new bull must have made a very swift impression on our ladies when we introduced him to the herd in May. more...
AS a single, home-owning, non-benefits recipient, I read with anger Ryedale District Council's new council tax rise. more...
IF there's something I need which I can't trace in Norton or Malton, then I make a note and, now and again, have a trip over to York. Often I'm lucky, but whether or not I usually come back with something of interest. I was looking for some eight-inch legs for a stool I'd made, on which I'd originally used some shorter ones. Easy I thought. Often sold in pre-packs, a bundle of four, but none in Malton, and as it turned out I couldn't find any in York. In fact, those most interesting of all shops, the DIYs, seem very scarce these days, and the only one I know in the city could only offer Queen Anne legs, which were bigger than the stool itself. more...
Q: How did you first become interested in music? more...
ALLOTMENT holders at Kirkbymoorside have reached an impasse with North Yorkshire County Council over decision-making on the erection of sheds on their gardens. more...
A RYEDALE town mayor who was expelled from the Conservative party has shifted towards the left. more...
SOME of Ryedale's best-known personalities have handed over their favourite recipes to produce a new local cook book. more...
CONSERVATIONISTS seeking to save views of the sea from Scarborough's Marine Drive by heightening the roadway, following the building of new sea defences have been told by borough council leader Coun Eileen Bosomworth that it could cost as much as £5m. more...
THE River Derwent is scheduled for a major clean-up - that's the good news. more...
AMPLEFORTH will have a children's playground this summer, thanks to a major fundraising effort by villagers. more...
HOMELESS Peter Frost has moved to Nottinghamshire to take up one of many offers of work and accommodation received over recent weeks. more...
The Gazette & Herald's grain correspondent, David Sheppard, has sent me an interesting overview of the grain market and the prospects for the coming harvest. more...
INTENSIVE dairy and beef farmers in the Severely Disadvantaged Areas (SDAs), who will see a fall in direct payments following CAP reform, should provide the European Commission and DEFRA with an impact analysis. more...
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ORGANIC food producers in Yorkshire say they feel despair at the Government's decision to allow the growing of genetically-modified maize. more...
A GIFTED girl with a "bright smile and lovely personality" is being mourned by all who knew her in Malton and the surrounding area. more...
DO you want GM to get into your garden? Do you mind if the organic or conventional food you grow becomes genetically-modified? This is the situation we are approaching. more...
A SCHEME aimed at giving a new lease of life to a town centre shopping square at Pickering has been turned down by councillors after being told it could lead to anti-social behaviour. more...
ENGLISH Heritage has explained why it is closing Pickering Castle during the winter months. more...
There may be no local interest in this year's Cheltenham Gold Cup, but a triple Ryedale challenge could be on the cards for Thursday's opening race at the Festival. more...
RJF Homes Beckett League. In the second division top-of-the-table clash, leaders Heslerton reserves went down 5-2 at second-placed Union Rovers. more...
CELEBRATIONS went on long into the night at The Gannock last Saturday as Malton and Norton clinched the Yorkshire One title to earn their third successive promotion. more...
CELEBRATIONS went on long into the night at The Gannock last Saturday as Malton and Norton clinched the Yorkshire One title to earn their third successive promotion. more...
Malton and Norton 20pts - Old Brodleians 19pts. Malton and Norton secured their third successive promotion, but it was not without drama and a large slice of luck. more...
NCEL Premier Division - Pickering Town 3, Thackley 0. THE Pikes gained revenge for their 1-0 defeat at Thackley in August with a comfortable victory last night. more...
PIKES chairman Tony Dunning said the club is reporting Bob Lyon to the NCE League after the Selby boss made inflammatory comments in his pre-match programme notes for the Selby versus Pickering match last Saturday. more...
PICKERING-based St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School is putting the fun back into learning. more...
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