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  • Equal rights for men moves a step closer

    A NORTH Yorkshire equality campaigner is celebrating a landmark victory in the House of Commons which will enable men over 60 to claim free bus travel. John Taylor, a retired Norton postman, said he was delighted at news that the Travel Concessions (Eligibility

  • £28,000 crossing for Kirkbymoorside

    AVILLAGERS living next to a busy main road have welcomed the news that a pedestrian crossing is to be built linking them to the rest of the village. But they have warned that road bosses must think carefully about where they decide to site the scheme.

  • Seminar to help Ryedale farmers

    RYEDALE farmers are being invited to attend a seminar to help them diversify. The event, which is being staged in Norton by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), aims to show farms various ways they can expand their existing

  • School friends reunited

    DETERMINATION paid off when Chris Petch set about trying to trace his old school friends. The result was a big 50th anniversary celebration at Helmsley's Crown Hotel at the weekend when after initially tracking down eight through Ryedale School, he eventually