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  • Handcrafted by a Worthy name

    A UNIQUE piece of furniture, made by a Helmsley craftsman decades ago, which was highlighted in the Gazette & Herald's 'The Way We Were' column recently, has come to light at the home of his daughter. The imposing Italian-style sideboard took William

  • Youths find own solution to problems in Slingsby

    A RYEDALE village has found the answer to dealing with bored teenagers and anti-social behaviour - it is helping the youngsters to help themselves. Complaints of vandalism and nuisance behaviour had been made regularly by residents of Slingsby to the

  • Talks on radar upgrade

    PARISH councillors plan to attend a public meeting about RAF Fylingdales' role in Son of Star Wars after being snubbed when the last one was held. Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram is to attend the meeting, which was postponed earlier this year because

  • Study's support for hunts

    PRO-HUNT campaigners in North Yorkshire have welcomed a new study which suggests farmers and landowners actively involved in field sports carry out much conservation work. Scientists from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology at the University

  • MP: '24-hour option must be considered'

    THERE is no clinical justification for reducing the maternity service at Malton Hospital, says John Greenway, Ryedale's MP. Speaking this week to the Gazette & Herald from Westminster, Mr Greenway said he had written to the chief executive of the

  • Horsetales

    AS modern life becomes more stressful, people are turning to alternative therapies and more natural lifestyles for solutions to common problems, and nowhere is this trend more apparent than in the field of horse management. Equestrian magazines are full

  • Open day

    BATA Ltd would like to thank all the customers who braved the wet weather to join in the Malton Country Store open day on May 16. Prize winners were: guess the weight of the lamb and prize draw promoted by Novartis - R B Fairweather, of Butterwick (bottle

  • Pizza reward for return of sausage dog pet

    A distraught family whose treasured miniature sausage dog has gone missing are offering a mouth-watering reward - a year's supply of pizza. The Foxley family, who live at Whitwell-on-the-Hill, have been searching high and low for two-year-old Claude,

  • Flying the flag of wartime

    EDEN camp, a modern history theme museum near Malton, is the only one of its type in the world. An actual prisoner of war camp, it was built in 1942 by Italian POWs. The site occupies six acres with the displays housed within the original huts. Each hut

  • Special centre marks 25th anniversary

    A GROUP which provides social events for residents of The Croft, the Camphill Village Trust centre at Malton, is marking its 25th anniversary with an appeal for more volunteers. The eight-strong committee which forms The Friends of The Croft runs entertainment

  • Vet returns to her roots to set up law firm

    A LEADING North Yorkshire veterinary surgeon, who had to quit the profession after suffering a spinal injury in a road accident, has started a new career in law. Madeleine Forsyth is set to become one of only a handful of vets who are qualified barristers

  • Old farm buildings get a new lease of life thanks to tourists

    OLD farm buildings are getting a new lease of life as low-cost tourist accommodation. There are now four camping barns run by the Youth Hostel Association in Ryedale and the North York Moors National Park - at Cliff Farm, Sinnington, Broadgate Farm, Westerdale

  • All eyes on the biggest prize of all

    KEVIN Darley carries the local flag in the £1.4m Vodafone Derby - the richest race ever run in Europe - at Epsom on Saturday. The Sheriff Hutton-based jockey takes the mount on Magistretti, trained at Newmarket by Neville Callaghan, and the winner of

  • Youngsters make a splash at top event

    AMPLEFORTH Synchronised Swimming Club took two teams to Aireborough Leisure Centre at Guiesley, near Leeds, to compete in the North Eastern Counties Grade One and Two synchronised swimming competitions. The club have only been in existence for two years

  • Passport to chaos

    CHAOS reigns, tempers are fraught, piles of clothing hide the bedroom carpet. That can mean two things. It's time for a clear-out or we're going on holiday. This week, piles of paper rivalled the piles of clothing. Just as a formality, I decided to check

  • The eternal ruin

    IN the 18th century, people expected a ruin to look picturesque, with plenty of ivy swagging the vacant windows, and a tangle of weeds and briars draped over mounds of fallen masonry. Ruins were privately owned and tastefully neglected, to look like ruins

  • Dave loving life in Malton - despite the weather!

    THE weather may have taken a turn for the better this last week but the British climate has been a shock to the system of Malton and Old Malton's new overseas star Dave Nankervis. When the Aussie right-hander arrived in mid-April he couldn't believe how

  • Flying the flag of wartime

    EDEN camp, a modern history theme museum near Malton, is the only one of its type in the world. An actual prisoner of war camp, it was built in 1942 by Italian POWs. The site occupies six acres with the displays housed within the original huts. Each hut

  • Married for 50 years

    A CHURCHWARDEN of half a century and his wife will celebrate their diamond wedding tomorrow (Thursday) with a special service in the village church were they have worshipped throughout their married lives. Gordon and Kathleen Lange, of Slingsby, farmed

  • The lost lake of Pickering

    EXPLORING Lake Pickering is the intriguing title of the latest book by John Eckersley. Lake Pickering doesn't exist, of course, but it did, during the Ice Age: a great expanse of fresh water trapped between the North York Moors, the Howardian Hills, the

  • Young Farmers

    HELMSLEY Young Farmers held their annual clay pigeon shoot at High Baxtons Farm on May 20, by kind permission of Mr and Mrs David Snowdon. A well-organised evening was set up with different traps and shooting positions to test members' abilities. Winners

  • New proposal for tenants

    PROPOSALS to help secure a sustainable and profitable future for tenant farmers have been published by the Tenancy Reform Industry Group (TRIG). The report's key recommendations include: Changes to the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 to give parties greater

  • A guillotine waiting to fall

    PICKERING'S Civic Society seemed to have had an excellent meeting on many topics. According to the other week's headlines, the main item of general concern was the unresolved plans of Safeway over the development of a new store, which appears to have

  • Safety plans are welcome

    I WRITE in response to Mayor Keith Mennell's views expressed in the May 21, Gazette & Herald. I welcome the Highways Department's decision to install traffic-calming measures in Langton Road. Long-awaited attention has now been given to the increasing

  • Could it really be you?

    468 tickets bought, and with a grand sum of £40 winnings, I can safely say that the lottery will not be my route to fortune after looking at my parents' depressing set of figures. Every Saturday and Wednesday, in true Del-boy fashion, my dad'll sit by

  • June deadline

    AS Lord Cardigan gave the order for the Light Brigade to charge into the valley of death at Balaklava, so 160 years later has Franz Fischler sent out instructions to his European troops that they must reach a decision on CAP reforms by the end of this

  • Stone the crows - it's the law!

    TRAFFIC calming took a new turn in one East Yorkshire village as motorists drastically cut their speed - for a scarecrow. The policeman scarecrow, one of the stars of Wetwang's first scarecrow festival, was so life-like, many visitors to the village thought

  • Princess Royal will be pleased

    A TELEVISION mast in the shadow of Whitby Abbey which was slammed by the Princess Royal as an eyesore, is set to be moved. The giant mast on the abbey headland has been controversial since it was erected more than 20 years ago despite strong opposition

  • Helmsley's Hannah hopes for summer of success

    HELMSLEY teenager Hannah Swift has a sporty summer ahead of her as she heads to the World Transplant Games and the British Transplant Games. The 16-year-old, who had an emergency heart transplant when she was nine and has also suffered from cancer, will

  • Malton run ends as Pikes power to victory

    Ryedale Beckett League Division One - Pickering 128 for 1 bt Malton and Old Malton 127 for 8 by 9 wkts - PICKERING ended Malton and Old Malton's record as the only unbeaten side in the division. The Pikes' decision to put Malton in looked to be a mistake

  • Mandraki Harbour

    THE hot and battered boat in Mandraki harbour tugs at its ropes: each passing ship a reminder it has to be away. Water reflections dart across its salt-baked hull. At last, the sun sinks behind the old walled city of Rhodes. Black-toothed crenellations

  • Dyson back in the swing

    RYEDALE golf ace Simon Dyson is back in the groove again after five weeks out through injury. The Malton and Norton golfer returns to action in the British Masters at the Forest of Arden course in Warwickshire, which starts tomorrow. After breaking a