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• A better standard of service?

  ONCE again, it seems that Malton Hospital is under threat - this time it is surgery requiring anaesthesia which is being curtailed and transferred to Scarborough, supposedly due to a lack of locally available anaesthetists. Yet, according to local doctors, there are enough qualified staff to continue the service, so suspicion must fall on cost cutting as the real motive, despite the inconvenience to local residents and the not inconsiderable cost to the Ambulance Trust of transferring patients to and from Scarborough. read more

• Fourth year of losses

  FARMS across Yorkshire were already suffering substantial losses before the foot and mouth crisis blew up, a survey has revealed. read more

• Farmers need incentives says CLA

  FARMERS must be given more incentive to stay on the land and safeguard the future of the countryside, a leading campaign group has urged. read more

• Rural-proof report

  THE Countryside Alliance has welcomed the Countryside Agency's report into "rural-proofing" of Government policy. read more

• Cash crucial to better footpaths

  RIGHTS of way can only be improved and protected if councils are given enough money to do it, a senior North Yorkshire councillor has said. read more

• Cheers for Rosedale post office

  A RYEDALE community left without a post office has been saved at the eleventh hour - by a former postmaster. read more

• Memories of the Palace Cinema

  NEWS that the Palace Cinema will open its doors once again must be good news, and what memories that dear place brings back. The town's centre of entertainment once upon a time, especially when it was on an excellent distribution circuit and Malton was getting films as soon as the West End. Harry Baxter, in black bow tie and evening suit, was there in the foyer to greet the patrons, chocolates and sweets were available at the box office to add to the pleasure of the evening out, and of course the ice cream girls came round halfway, and all was very civilised. The wonder of the age when it first opened were the double seats at the back of the cinema where all the courting couples headed for. No longer separated from your currently-loved-one by an arm rest, and snuggling up was the order of the evening. I wonder how many marriages owe their existence to the double seats of the Palace? read more

• £2m dry ski slope could come to Ryedale

  NORTHERN Ryedale could get a £2m dry ski slope and snowboard site and a mountain bike course if plans in an ambitious blueprint for the Pickering area become a reality. read more

• Spook among the books

  GHOSTLY goings-on have been spooking staff at Kirkbymoorside Library. read more

• Goodwill message

  CONSERVATIVE environment spokesman in the European Parliament, Robert Goodwill, MEP from Terrington, is warning that Britain could face a repeat of the 'Fridge Mountain' fiasco, which has seen thousands of discarded refrigerators stockpiled. read more

• More must be done on tourism

  TOURISM needs to be given a higher profile by Ryedale District Council according to a major new report on the industry. read more

• Moors railway scheme

  CONTROVERSIAL plans by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to build a large industrial-type building to house vintage railway carriages are being strongly opposed by Pickering residents and members of the town council. read more

• It's all for art's sake

  IMAGINE giving up your job, your home - all to pursue a career as an artist. read more

• Returning

  I KNEW the door, the heavy iron latch, read more

• York reopens auction on Monday

  AFTER much soul searching and endless debate, York will start selling fatstock again next Monday, following in Malton's footsteps and trying to retrieve a bit of marketing normality. read more

• Ryedale woman's 'miracle' cure

  A RYEDALE woman is hanging up her walking stick, saying her arthritis and back pain have been healed by the power of Jesus. read more

• Long-serving George rewarded for loyalty

  Green-keeper George Lealman has been honoured for 25 years service at Malton and Norton Golf Club. read more

• No ace for nine years - then two at once!

  It has been nine years since a lady member of Kirkbymoorside Golf Club last scored a hole-in-one at the course. But now not one but two members have ended that sequence - in the same stableford competition! read more

• Reaching for the stars....

  WHEN June Young took on her role as new head teacher of Pickering County Infant and Nursery School in January, she'd have been forgiven for feeling a little daunted. read more

• Hedgerows of England

  IT would be difficult to imagine our countryside without hedgerows, although some areas do not have them. Examples include regions like the Pennine Dales where dry stone walls dominate or the very low-lying districts where dykes or ditches, designed to drain away surplus surface water, fulfil a similar purpose. read more

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