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• European Union

  WE have been in the European Union for nearly 30 years and, for all that time, MPs and MEPs of all parties have said they are going to reform the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy. Does Timothy Kirkhope MEP live in Euroland or Cloud Cuckoo Land or are they the same place? The French will never agree to change the CAP unless their farmers get even bigger handouts. Timothy Kirkhope and his pals in Brussels can't even get the French to take our beef, two years after the ban for BSE was lifted. Does anybody with a grain of intelligence think the Spanish will stop fishing our waters before our fish stocks are exhausted? read more

• Time for reflection after Easter

  It's been a welcome break for those able to take advantage of it although I do find it a bit frustrating that some professional businesses seek to extend official public holidays by creeping an extra day. read more

• DEFRA is to tackle smuggling

  A SERIES of measures were announced last week by DEFRA aimed at halting the flow into Britain of smuggled meat and other food products. read more

• Red tape

  THE Environment Agency has warned that if conventional methods are used to implement new EU legislation, farmers could soon be facing huge bills. read more

• Straight from the horse's mouth

  A MAJOR revamp at a North Yorkshire tourist attraction offers budding vets the chance to try their hand at the toughest jobs in the trade. read more

• Help for taxes

  BUSINESSES affected by the foot and mouth epidemic can get support from the Inland Revenue. read more

• A village's very modern battle

  "IT'S like living on a knife edge," sighs Rachel Wright. Only a matter of weeks ago, the turgid River Derwent once again preyed on the nerves of people living in Stamford Bridge. Ominously, the water inched steadily towards homes and businesses, creating dreadful flashbacks to the disasters which befell the village in 1999 and 2000. read more

• Is queuing a national trait?

  NO doubt those of you who've gone to York by car recently have approved the vastly improved slip road junction into the bypass at Musley bank. All at once it enables safe manoeuvre to take place, and one wonders why one (nay thousands) had to go through that period of intense danger when the twin lane road was suddenly reduced to one and getting into the traffic flow was a life or death affair. My motoring magazine has an interesting comment on what is already standard practice in several other countries, which is 'zip-merging'. This is where traffic joining the main road slips into the flowing traffic alternately, rather like a zip-fastener, hence the name. The method is for the main road traffic to open up the space between the car in front and allow cars from the slip road to 'zip' into each space, thus causing no hold-up and keeping the traffic flowing without queue forming. read more

• ONE OF A KIND

  RYEDALE is preparing to make its own tribute to the Queen Mother when her funeral is held next Tuesday. read more

• Bumper Easter weekend

  RYEDALE'S holiday season got off to a bumper start with hotels and attractions reporting excellent business over the Easter weekend. read more

• Highways chiefs call for A64 action plan

  THE LONG-RUNNING campaign to upgrade the bottleneck A64 York to Scarborough road - which has one of the worst accident records in the north of England - is set to get a big boost as a result of a report by highway chiefs. read more

• Towns in line for £1m funding boost

  HISTORIC buildings in Malton, Norton, Pickering and Kirkbymoorside could be spruced up thanks to funding from English Heritage. read more

• The Appletree in bloom

  A VILLAGE pub famed for its top nosh has been crowned customer service pub of the year. The Appletree Country Inn, at Marton, near Pickering, beat off thousands of pubs up and down the country in the annual publican awards. read more

• A castle for an abbey

  A RYEDALE woman has left the peace and tranquillity of Rievaulx Abbey behind her in her latest job swap. English Heritage custodian Janet Smith has moved on from the beautiful ruins to take up her post at the battlements of Scarborough Castle. read more

• I Miss You

  WHEN I switch off the light, read more

• Will Norton finally get its own cash machine?

  NORTON is one step closer to getting its own 24-hour cash machine - if council planners give the go-ahead. read more

• Pigeon breeder gives up after top birds are stolen

  A PIGEON fancier is giving up the sport he loves after thieves stole some of his most-prized birds. read more

• Ryedale Folk Museum seeks green light for £500,000 revamp

  ONE of Ryedale's most popular tourist attractions is seeking approval for a £500,000 revamp. read more

• Rosedale reclaim top spot thanks to Barnes penalty

  RJF-Homes Beckett League First Division read more

• Kirkby fail to lift Ryedale hoodoo

  Scarborough and District League read more

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