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• Protest plans

  THE Countryside Alliance and the Council of Hunting Associations have announced "upscaled" protest plans, including national advertising campaigns. read more

• Only solution is to fix 'farm gate' price

  SO Safeway is going to be taken over by another supermarket. Will it be Sainsbury, Morrisons, or Wal-Mart (Asda)? Does it matter? read more

• Good news says NFU

  FARMERS and farm organisations have welcomed the decision to end the 20-day whole farm standstill rule. read more

• Six-day victory - with a sting

  AS first forecast by the Gazette & Herald, the Government bowed to overwhelming pressure from the industry, and accepted finally that the 20-day movement restriction has to go. read more

• The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy by Brian Sibley (HarperCollins £12.99)

  WHEN we watch such an outstanding film as the Lord of the Rings, we must wonder how it was created. read more

• Maddy and the Captain (by Jeannie Heppell) Lady Spring Publications £7.99

  Two entirely different personalities are brought together by the conflict of the First World War when they serve in a hospital for men wounded at the front. read more

• TV star's plea to keep maternity unit open

  VETERAN actor Bill Maynard has offered his support to the maternity wing at Malton Hospital. read more

• Mike's 390-million-year-old find

  EVERY fossil hunter's dream became reality for a local man when world experts said he had discovered a new species of ancient fish. read more

• 'Help us raise funds to find a cure for Sophie'

  LITTLE Sophie Casper-Gilbank, from Rillington, is being treated for one of the most rare complaints known to the medical profession in Britain - nail-patella syndrome. read more

• Women flee Zimbabwe for the peace of Ryedale

  TWO women who fled the terrors of Zimbabwe have praised the warm welcome and kind hearts of Ryedale people. read more

• Disappointment at rail setback

  CAMPAIGNERS working to re-open a rail link between two Ryedale towns say they are "extremely disappointed" at a decision to suspend vital funding. read more

• Grant for play area

  CHILDREN in Staxton village, will have a new play area by spring thanks to a £6,000 Yorventure grant. read more

• Flying start for Laura

  A TOP flight recruit is getting to grips with an array of exotic species at a North Yorkshire bird centre. read more

• Bus shelters need rethink

  MALTON, January 16, and a windy old morning too, and much the same yesterday, yet when a bit of sunshine broke through I decided I'd have a short ride on the bike. In fact I got as far as Eden Farm without turning a pedal almost - I aught to have known better - for the crunch was yet to come, and pushing back against that wind meant there was quite a lot of foot work to do. read more

• Ryedale Council came up trumps

  COULD we please use your letters column to express our thanks to Ryedale District Council for organising and funding the pumping station in Norton Road. We appreciate this has come in for a lot of criticism, ie the length of time the road was closed, supposedly not big enough pumps, but to us and our immediate neighbours this has proved to be a brilliant solution to our flooding problems. read more

• Villagers lend a hand

  A HANDS-on community arts project in a North Yorkshire village has made such an impression that more than 70 locals have volunteered to take part. read more

• Jockey Club joy for trainer Fahey

  BUTTERWICK trainer Richard Fahey is becoming almost a regular commuter on the East Coast mainline and he made his second successful trip in eight days to Jockey Club headquarters at Portman Square in London's West End last Thursday. read more

• Malton and Norton put Vase defeat behind them

  Yorkshire Two. Ilkley 19 pts Malton and Norton 25 pts read more

• Fylingdales

  HERE I have walked and loved the moorland scene, read more

• School is top of the class!

  AMOTHERBY school has been awarded a great feather in its cap as a place where staff are involved and encouraged. read more

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