RESEARCHERS have revealed how firefighters rise to the challenge - but are sometimes overwhelmed - when flooding hits North Yorkshire. Following last week's flood emergencies in towns such as Pickering, they have warned that the front-line emergency service
BOSSES at Westler Foods have announced plans to close one of two factories in Ryedale with the loss of 41 jobs. Directors at the firm, which is famous for its hot dogs, are blaming last year's foot and mouth crisis and cheap beef imports on continued
IT'S not so much the patter of tiny feet - more something of a stampede at a theme park enjoying a serious baby boom. The host of new arrivals keeping staff on their toes at the zoo in Flamingo Land, near Malton, includes a major breeding success. For
A GROUP of farmers has called off its planned protest against the Government's 20-day movement restriction. The decision about next week's protest, which would have involved farmers clogging up main roads across the UK by driving slowly along them, was
