I love 'Reader's Letters For here the people speak I love, too, our Poetry Corner, I read it every week. Letters tell of wrongs to right Of things that shouldn't be, And reflect what folk are thinking And that means you and me. But poetry tells of hopes
SCHOOLS in Ryedale are being urged to put forward ideas to boost sporting facilities and cash in on a £3.4m handout. Chris McGee, head of the county council's continuing education unit said North Yorkshire had been granted a provisional allocation of
A £1.5M scheme to give a new life to the Milton Rooms in Malton has been agreed by the building's committee. Organisers hope to begin the work within two years, though the scheme is similar to one committee members abandoned four years ago because of
RYEDALE residents are being urged to protest against proposed increases of 10pc in their council tax bills. Roy Duffy, from Kirkbymoorside, said he was speaking on behalf of a "silent majority" who had not before spoken up publicly about their unhappiness
BATA has recently appointed Steven Clarke as chief executive. Mr Clarke, who is based at BATA's new offices at Amotherby, succeeds Colin Coates who retired in January after more than 30 years service. Mr Clarke comes from a farming background and is married
A NEW scheme with £3.4m in funds to help farm community businesses has been established by North Yorkshire County Council. Acting with the money from Yorkshire Forward, the council has appointed an agricultural development officer, Nick White, based in
I AM sorry if the ongoing saga is getting tedious but despite Lord Whitty's belated announcement that markets could open from last Monday, February 11, I am afraid there will be relatively few that are willing and able to do so. Some of the problems we
SCARBOROUGH'S Shrove Tuesday celebrations which date back several centuries, attracted thousands of people taking part in the seafront skipping festival and the now annual pancake races through the town centre. But town centre manager Margaret Inglesant
THE PLIGHT of Norton's beleagured town centre shopping could soon be improving with the launch of a new business enterprise scheme. In recent years, a number of its once thriving shops have closed, but hopes are high that new entrepreneurs could be persuaded
A GIANT street party being planned for the Market Place in Pickering aims to get into the Guinness Book of Records. Masterminding the ambitious idea is the town's deputy mayor Coun Natalie Warriner who is also the events co-ordinator for the Pickering
A RYEDALE businessman who has opened two successful fashion shops in Malton since moving into the town six months ago, and this week launched a new enterprise, scooped the award for entrepreneur of the year for the twin towns of Malton and Norton. Derek
PICKERING residents packed the town's prestigious Memorial Hall last weekend to mark the first anniversary of its re-opening following the £847,000 redevelopment. In just 12 months, the hall has seen its financial fortunes change from a turnover of little
I had a patient, a young fresh-faced lad, called Johnathen who had given up a good job in journalism to become a Buddhist monk. He had surrendered everything that you and I might consider important to devote himself to a life of holiness. He sat down
FOLLOWING a long period of inaction due to the foot and mouth outbreak, Malton Motor Club drivers are raring to go in this year's Kallkwik Rally in Pickering. It will be the first time the Cropton and Dalby forests have been used for rallying for 12 months
THE Malton Racing Association Stables Open Day, abandoned last year because of the foot and mouth epidemic, is back on schedule. The event, hugely popular with racing enthusiasts and the general public, will take place on Sunday, August 25, and will be
"As soon as I could toddle, I would take myself off and sit on the line-side fence and watch the trains go by. I was the archetypal trainspotter, I think, with my pencil and notebook." It is with great feeling that John Wall recalls the days when, as
FLAMBUOYANT television personality Clarissa Dickson-Wright spent two days with the Saltersgate Farmers' Hunt last week filming for her television series Clarissa and The Countryman. Andrew Brown, joint master of the hunt which has hunted the forests at
Parking charges look set to go up for the first time in three years. But a bid to ditch parking discs in the district should be abandoned, say members of Ryedale council's community services and licensing committee. Members slammed fellow councillors
MOST of the family is suffering from coughs, colds, sneezes and diseases, and that includes many of the animals on the farm. Like us, once our stock is off downhill, they start to go off their food. So when John noticed that many of the calves were not
For a bit of informative light reading the Highway Code is always a good bet. It is a useful little booklet to carry in the car should you ever need to while away some enforced waiting time. I was trying to find the criteria for 30mph and 40mph restrictions
THE PRINCE of Wales has expressed his delight at the saving of a Ryedale pub. The Prince's best wishes to all involved in the campaign to keep The Grapes, in Great Habton, were expressed in a letter from his assistant private secretary to Paul Andrews
A LUCKY school pupil is proving his worth around his family's farm - and it's all thanks to his new "toy". Martin Dean won a classic 1970 4000 Ford Tractor by entering a competition in a national magazine. The 13-year-old, who is a pupil at Ryedale School
PLANS to build houses in an idyllic Ryedale village have been cautiously approved by councillors. The proposals for development off the village green in Harton, outside York, were approved at a Ryedale District Council meeting. Coun Allin Jenkins said
A HOST of top drivers are set to descend on Pickering for the 2002 Kall Kwik National Rally this Sunday. Up to 1000 spectators are expected at the event, many of whom will be cheering on a large local contingent of drivers from Malton Motor Club. And
RYEDALE'S Ian Austermuhle could only finish sixth in Eboracum MC's National Colonial Trial at Rosedale Abbey last Sunday. The former Lady Lumley's School pupil had high hopes of winning the trial, which was the first event on the national calendar for
OLD MALTON skipper Mike Dunkley believes his side's next game against Wakefield on Saturday is crucial in their bid for promotion to Yorkshire Four. Following their 5-0 win against Doncaster last Saturday, Old Malton currently hold the second promotion
PIKES boss Jimmy Reid has confirmed that the club will not be applying for membership of the UniBond first division should they earn promotion this year. Whilst Town are still in the hunt for the top spot, they have faltered since Christmas. The decision
Yorkshire Three Malton and Norton 68pts Halifax Vandals 10pts Malton and Norton showed no mercy in their quest for promotion as they moved into second place with a comprehensive beating of relegation-threatened Vandals. In what was their fifth consecutive
PUPILS at a Ryedale primary school were over the moon when they learned that they had won a major award in a country-wide wildlife competition. Stillington Primary School won third prize in their category of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - Yorkshire Electricity
WHO are these optimists who keep insisting Malton's Roman heritage will become a major tourist attraction? There is absolutely no evidence it would or could attract even a trickle of visitors (or a few big spenders) to boost the town's ailing economy.
