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• Second class travellers

  FREE nationwide bus travel maybe here sooner than some Ryedale Travellers could hope for. April 8-14 will see a week of campaigning by the NPC (National Pensioners Convention) - Britain's largest pensioner organisation. The postcode lottery will be highlighted. read more

• It's time to relax the regulations

  When Malton Livestock Auctioneers called a meeting in the cattle market to explain the rules, which would apply to farmers bringing livestock to sell at the livestock markets, all the farmers listened carefully and agreed to obey the rules. read more

• Farmers show anger at disease inquiry

  FARMERS have spoken with anger and frustration at a North Yorkshire inquiry about their experiences during last year's foot and mouth crisis. read more

• Search for the farm of the year

  Ryedale farmers are being urged to enter the new look Farm of the Year Awards. read more

• Farmers urged to work together

  FARMING life is gradually returning to some degree of normality as the foot and mouth crisis recedes. read more

• Village is a shining example

  LOCALS may have known what makes Sheriff Hutton so special for some time - but the rest of the country is now waking up to its charms. read more

• 'Wheelies' are wonderful

  WRITING this on the eve of Good Friday, and the day the Gazette is on the newstands, the letters columns are full of the recent rates demands facing us all. I don't recall such reaction for many years - in fact ever - and it seems our essential services seem to be coming top-heavy as far as their costs are concerned. Trying to understand details on the broadsheet which came with the rates demand is difficult for the man and woman in the street. Expenditure under its various headings means little except to those "in the know", for what the various headings such as central services, or cultural and related services actually embrace is mumbo-jumbo to most of us, and the nitty gritty bits like salaries, which seems to be what every ratepayer is interested to know, is embraced under some huge heading. Nevertheless, 78pc of ratepayers think that the council's performance is good, and I expect, compared with many other district councils in the country Ryedale must surely hold a high position. read more

• Councillors quit in protest at 'Big Brother'

  OVER half the members of a Ryedale parish council have quit in protest at new Government regulations. read more

• New drugs squad sees massive rise in arrests

  A NEW drugs squad covering a large part of North Yorkshire, including Ryedale, has resulted in a 300pc rise in arrests for trafficking. read more

• Village is a shining example

  LOCALS may have known what makes Sheriff Hutton so special for some time - but the rest of the country is now waking up to its charms. read more

• Heads are bowed as the Queen Mother is mourned

  SEVERAL shops and stores in Ryedale's towns and villages closed during the Queen Mother's funeral on Tuesday while staff in others observed a two-minutes silence. read more

• Question mark over Tay Homes development

  MYSTERY surrounds the controversial Tay Homes planned housing development at Kirkbymoorside after the company's new owners announced this week that the site was "under review". read more

• Barbara is a friend indeed

  HELPING breast cancer patients and organising fashion shows has earned an Amotherby woman a top award. read more

• Balloons at Whitby

  IT was bracing windy weather, read more

• First cattle auction success

  Week by week we seem to be passing another milestone on the long road back to normality - and Tuesday saw the first auction sale of fat cattle in the Malton ring for nearly 14 months. read more

• Stately setting for Songs of Praise

  CHOIRS, camera crews and choristers took over Castle Howard for a week as filming for Songs of Praise got under way. read more

• Kirkby back on top after Rosedale slip

  RJF Homes Beckett League: The battle for the first division is proving to be a ding-dong affair as Kirkbymoorside reserves regained top spot after rivals Rosedale slipped up. read more

• Double success for Lauren

  BURYTHORPE youngster Lauren Gibson has become a double British champion at the tender age of five. read more

• Help from our friends

  PUPILS at Thornton-le-Dale village school have a host of new reading books thanks to the school's Friends group which has raised £1,400. read more

• 'Overreaction' to outbreak

  CLOSING the countryside to tourists during last year's foot and mouth epidemic was an overreaction, say national park bosses. read more

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