Ryedale | Archive | 2005 | July
A HOST of business skills workshops helping with everything from attracting and retaining good staff to how to improve your firm's performance are getting underway next month. more...
HELMSLEY businesses are claiming that recent national media coverage of the floods could be behind a slump in trade. more...
MALE chauffeurs look out - there's a new girl in town. more...
A BEAUTY therapist from a Malton salon has beaten off stiff competition to win a top award. more...
A COMPANY which helps people dreaming of owning a luxury home in the sun has been set up in Scarborough. more...
A wedding car service which goes the extra mile to make its clients' day special is hoping to be a winner in the Gazette & Herald business awards. more...
Many people find it difficult to manage their money and some are facing retirement without being sure of how much of a pension they will have. more...
THIS month's ride takes us into Captain Cook country at the foot of the Cleveland Hills. more...
WHEN I was a very small child, my friends and I used to look for red clovers and detach the flowers' petals one by one to suck sweet nectar from their bases. more...
In a state of giddy excitement, HANNAH GIBBONS went to her sixth-form ball dressed to the nines - but it didn't turn out to be quite the Austen-esque fantasy she was hoping for... more...
SWELTERING in the heat wave, people forgot the inclement conditions of the early summer and it was curious to note that no one ascribed the sunny weather to atomic interference, which was freely given as the cause of rains and winds. All was forgotten and although some found the heat too much for them, the majority enjoyed the welcome rays of the sun to the full. The main object was to keep cool and while the female sex donned their lightest attire, the men, not so fortunately placed, discarded their collars and ties and many went about in their shirt sleeves. It was interesting to see scholars of one school in Malton having their lessons in the school yard and they and their teachers appeared to be enjoying the novelty. more...
FARM workers have been warned to be on high alert after new figures revealed that the summer months are the most dangerous. more...
BELOW is a list of local winners at the Great Yorkshire Show. more...
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A FARMER has fashioned a novel invention for collecting seed from hay fields to re-sow dwindling flower meadows. more...
A STRIKING roadside shrine has been created on the A64 to mark the spot where a popular young Ryedale mechanic died in an horrific smash. more...
A CORONER has warned binge-drinking young people to take care not to put themselves in a dangerous situation. more...
Residents plagued by flies in Pickering have mounted a petition to demand their new waste collection service is changed back from fortnightly to weekly. more...
COMPLAINTS about the treatment of animals at a Ryedale zoo have been quashed by councillors in the light of evidence from an expert vet. more...
THE REPAIR bill for bridges and roads devastated by freak floods in North Yorkshire could come to almost £5 million. more...
WE all know the perfect wedding day means a lot of hard work behind the scenes, but for one Ryedale couple that meant more than counting confetti and keeping the relatives happy. more...
A SEARCH and rescue team which has saved hundreds of lives across North Yorkshire is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month. more...
ACCORDING to my secret correspondent who has to remain anonymous to protect his sources, there are noisy rumours about changes to the over thirty month (OTM) scheme emanating from the office of the aptly named Lord Bach (pronounced Bark or the anglicised Batch). more...
Hunters The Estate Agents York and District Senior League: Malton & Old Malton were the unhappy victims when Woodhouse Grange batting star Nick Hadfield became the first player to score three successive centuries in the premier division when he hit 116. more...
During the break in the season, there have been one or two changes at Malton & Norton Rugby club. more...
Ryedale trainers will be out in force at York this weekend, aiming to hit a high note at the two-day `Music Showcase' meeting when some cracking racing will be complemented by tribute bands `The Real Abba Gold' and `Killer Queen' performing live on stage after racing on Friday and Saturday respectively, both supported by York's rising star Hayley Hutchinson. more...
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