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• New boys Park take over at the top

  RJF Homes Beckett League First Division read more

• Moorland sheep in spotlight

  NORTHALLERTON Auctions held its annual show and sale of horned breeding sheep at Stokesley. read more

• Issues raised onthe showfields

  THE last of the country shows here in North Yorkshire was held at Stokesley. Here a lovely September day and the fact that in spite of the draconian rules applying to the exhibition of livestock there were once again cattle and sheep at the show brought out the crowds. read more

• Why bother?

  I was asked the other day, "Small Farms Association? Why bother?" It reminded me of several years ago and a woman sitting in the middle of one of our fields. read more

• Sheep fair merry-go-round

  THE bold experiment to move the traditional Michaelmas Fair from the show field into the market and stage it over two days was an undoubted success, resulting in an almost total clearance of all the sheep forward. read more

• The end of the line?

  FOR nearly four centuries, the Mackley family have farmed the uplands of the North York Moors. But plummeting prices for the products of the farm may finally sever that historic link. read more

• Volunteers worth £9m

  VOLUNTEERS are worth a staggering figure of almost £9m to Ryedale, says Paul Hayward, chief officer of Ryedale Voluntary Action. read more

• Sniffer dog and DJ to help make dances safer

  POLICE are to use a dog to detect drugs and provide their own DJ as they try to make dances at Malton's Milton Rooms safer for young people. read more

• Ryedale shines in tourism Oscars

  RYEDALE'S tourism enterprises have scooped 'Oscars' in the Yorkshire holiday industry awards. read more

• End to traffic row is in sight

  HELMSLEY residents are giving a cautious welcome to plans to change the town's traffic arrangements, which could bring an end to a long-running row. read more

• Walking is a dangerous game

  AN interesting sight this week was the passage of about a hundred or so Land Rovers, and Range Rovers along Old Malton Road. Grey ones, green ones, yellow ones, a bright red fire engine, and so many variants of style and colour I just can't remember. It was great to see this parade of 'Made in England' passing by, some even flying the Union Flag or that of St George, and all of them making far less noise than the would-be racers small hatch-backs, whose drivers use far more revs and make far more noise than necessary in the false belief that they impress us. read more

• Hey, isn't that...?

  NO, it's not Gareth Gates, but some would say it's the next best thing. read more

• The Advocate

  An old-fashioned preacher in Salton read more

• U-turn saves FMD payments

  PLANS to slash payouts for slaughtered animals when a farmer is blamed for spreading foot and mouth disease have been dropped by the government. read more

• Christmas message for town residents

  CHRISTMAS preparations in Ryedale can be bigger and better than ever - if people are prepared to give them their support. read more

• A most noble Endeavour

  FOR the people of Whitby, their town's link with the most distant places on the globe is forever etched in history - thanks to Captain James Cook and the Endeavour. read more

• Complete misunderstanding

  A BASIC and complete misunderstanding underpins two reports in the Gazette & Herald recently on progress on the Derwent flood defence scheme. read more

• Injury-time strike prolongs Pikes' nightmare run

  NCEL Premier Division Pickering Town 0, Garforth Town 1 read more

• Dear parents, don't act so cool

  "NOW girls, I want you all to be sexy!" read more

• Dyson in the money against all the odds

  MALTON and Norton golfer Simon Dyson had one of his best pay-days of the season last week - after playing three of the four rounds in the Dunhill Links championship with borrowed clubs. read more

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