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• Is this a 'smart idea?'

  RYEDALE District Council's ridiculous idea to issue a "smart card" instead of a disc is supposed to be "cost neutral", (although I suspect the card would end up being more costly); there are therefore no anticipated cost savings to justify the change. read more

• Driver says speed limits 'out of date'

  A NORTH YORKSHIRE motorist claims speed limits on motorways are out of date and a waste of police resources. read more

• Hold your breath for Hawnby

  AFTER five clear months, the spectre of another FMD flare-up sent shivers down the agricultural spine on Tuesday with the announcement that two sentinel sheep had been slaughtered at Hawnby. read more

• Morley looks to end for live trade

  ANIMAL Welfare Minister Elliot Morley said this week that he wants an export trade in meat to replace live animal movements. read more

• DEFRA tightening up cull procedures

  DEFRA is to tighten its procedures for handling the BSE offspring cull, having uncovered two further cases of animals having entered the food chain despite having issued a restriction notice to the farmers concerned. read more

• Survey shows where farming is heading

  THE vast majority of culled-out farmers will restock their farms, although many with fewer animals, the first comprehensive survey of farmers post-FMD has found. Only 6pc indicated they wanted to move out of farming. read more

• Glad he got out of farming

  TEN years ago, Richard Otterburn gave up farming to make ice cream - and he's glad he did. read more

• Helmsley's rose blooms again

  LIKE a phoenix from the flames is a phrase that has been used to describe the way Helmsley Arts Centre has recovered from the fire that gutted much of the building 18 months ago. Indeed, it has probably been used on several occasions, but the fact is, it really is true. The centre is thriving now like never before. read more

• Well, I've broken my duck

  A FEW spring-like days mixed up with our winter's weather do an awful lot of good for us mere mortals. It makes us think that the darkness, and wind, and rain and cold, and just general miserableness (is there such a word?) must surely come to an end ere long and, indeed, the last mad burst of sunshine had me putting some more air in my bike tyres and setting off along Old Malton Road. read more

• Anxious wait over Hawnby

  INITIAL results of tests in the Hawnby foot and mouth scare are good news. read more

• Delay in livestock rules affecting rural shows

  EVEN before the alert at Hawnby, organisers of agricultural shows were on a knife-edge, awaiting new directions from DEFRA, the Government department dealing with rural affairs, on conditions for livestock being exhibited. read more

• Rail link moves a step closer

  THE ambitious plan to re-open the rail link from Pickering to Rillington was given a major boost this week following a study which shows that it could attract up to 100,000 journeys a year. read more

• Allotment holders angry over huge rent rises

  ANGRY Kirkbymoorside gardeners intend to take North Yorkshire County Council to the Local Government Ombudsman in a long-simmering dispute. Their action follows: read more

• Project to create park in Malton backed

  COUNCILLORS have given the green light to the Castle Garden Project planned for a neglected historic piece of land behind the Old Lodge Hotel at Malton. read more

• The Storm

  The thunder-rolls are deepening read more

• Search for drug hot spots

  A SURVEY into drugs hot spots has been launched by Ryedale District Council. read more

• Parking proposals 'were against our advice'

  TOWN councillors in Helmsley believe their views are being consistently ignored by Ryedale District Council and are questioning the point of putting forward opinions when consulted by the authority. read more

• Hurdler could go to festival

  MALCOLM Jefferson is considering sending prolific winner Moss Harvey to the big Cheltenham Festival the week after next - but the meeting is likely to come too soon for high-class stablemate Dibea Times as he recovers from illness. read more

• No despair in defeat

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• Calling bookworms

  THIS seems to be the year of the novel. Harry Potter, Bridget Jones' Diary and Lord of the Rings have all been massive successes both on and off the silver screen. read more

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