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• How can kids be bored

  RE: Mr Tony Hemesley's letter (June 6). I agree with him that young people in Ryedale should not be bored. We were never bored when we were young because my dad always found us something to do. read more

• Free internet comes to remotest Ryedale

  FREE internet access is heading to the furthest-flung corners of Ryedale with a groundbreaking £273,000 project. read more

• Sausage scandal

  The decision to ban traditional sausage skins was made by what is mistakenly called a 'Stakeholders Committee', which one might reasonably think to comprise independent representatives of those having a stake in the industry; but this particular committee was chaired by Sir John himself and four of his staff sat on it - a perverse mockery indeed. read more

• It all started in 1833

  THE Malton Agricultural Society was formed in 1833 and the first recorded summer show or exhibition was held in the early 1870s. read more

• Cheese show back after forty years

  MAKING a comeback to the Great Yorkshire Show is that mainstay of the British dining table - cheese. read more

• Shop window for rural businesses

  Message from Ryedale MP read more

• B&B for horses

  THE British Horse Society wants to know if you have a spare field corner or empty paddock that could be included in its ninth edition of Bed and Breakfast for Horses. read more

• In a poet's footsteps

  MABEL Nixon would often tell her daughter Elizabeth about the Yorkshire dialect poem she had once written. She would even quote a line or two from memory, recalling a time when the community in which she lived was beginning to get back to normal following the Second World War. read more

• Ryedale faces a crisis in care for the elderly

  RYEDALE faces a crisis in care for elderly people. read more

• Over 50 shops pledge to open for motor show

  MORE than 50 shops will open their doors for the Malton Motor Show says the town mayor. She should know, she asked them herself. read more

• Supermarkets could be lobbied by WI members

  MEMBERS of the Women's Institute could soon lobby supermarkets demanding levies to support the reintroduction of local abattoirs. read more

• Graham hits all the right notes

  HE is among only a handful of musicians throughout the world to perform jazz on the bassoon. He has produced up to 70 albums of woodwind music, selling something like 500,000 copies. He has even written a book which may have played a small part in the opening of peace talks between America and the Soviet Union. read more

• People 'sick' of hearing about twin towns

  PEOPLE in northern Ryedale are sick of hearing about Malton and Norton, says a Kirkbymoorside district councillor. read more

• A glorious Stanley Steamer

  I'D just ridden out of Ryton Lane on to the Pickering Road when I saw it. Well, you just couldn't miss the sight and sound of a Stanley Steamer amongst all the other traffic on the road. A sight to behold indeed, as with a whisper and a slight trail of steam it sailed by, quieter by far than the other vehicles it shared the road with. I gave a wave to the man and lady sharing the open front seat who, with smiles on their faces, waved happily in return. I just marvelled at what I had just seen, as it cruised along at an easy 45mph, so effortlessly it seemed. read more

• God's Country

  The misty morning starts the day, read more

• Plea for fences on moors

  A NORTH YORK MOORS farmer is hoping to protect the upland sheep industry and the delicate nature balance by fencing off sections of the national park. read more

• Blind driver loses his world record

  BLINDED former North Yorkshire policeman Ken Moss has hit out after a sighted man beat his world land speed record - wearing a blindfold. read more

• York winner Artie fulfils Alf's dream

  Artie, one of Tim Easterby's four runners in the race, gained a 25-1 success in the £65,000 William Hill Trophy, the showpiece event of last Saturday's 32nd Timeform Charity Day at York. read more

• Wins for Pikes and Park as battle hots up

  Ryedale Beckett League Division One read more

• Pupils inspired by Van Gogh

  CHILDREN at Pickering Infants School are mounting their own special art exhibition featuring a range of work by all age groups. read more

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