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• Who will be the M & N king of aces?

  ROBERT Kirby's recent hole-in-one means there are now three players vying to become the king of aces at Malton and Norton Golf Club. read more

• Thank you for your support

  AM writing to thank the Gazette & Herald on two fronts; firstly for the excellent recent coverage in your newspaper, of the East Yorkshire Mini Rugby Festival hosted by Malton & Norton Rugby Club on November 16. I trust all your readers will have enjoyed the coverage as much as the young players and the supporters of the club. read more

• The season suddenly arrives

  FRIGHTENING, isn't it - only a month to Christmas and I haven't yet got out my card list. Originally drafted so that it would function for about five years, it has to be carefully checked each year, adding on the new entries, and the sad bit, deleting those who are no longer with us. I've no doubt we shall struggle through in the end, but this season always seems to have a habit of dropping in on us a bit quickly. Should be used to it by now! read more

• Initiative overload for rural towns

  RURAL towns and parishes are being beseiged by regeneration initiatives, Helmsley Town Council was told. read more

• Hundreds join in price protest

  LAST Thursday, hundreds of farmers and supporters of Farmers for Action were out on the picket lines in support of the campaign to get a better price for milk. read more

• Young Farmers' Club reports

  HELMSLEY read more

• Irton show jumping

  A SHOW jumping competition was held at Irton Equestrian Centre on Sunday, November 23, judged by Mr W H Downs. The results were: read more

• Prices at the stock markets

  MALTON read more

• Cash incentives for NHS dentists

  'GOLDEN hellos' and loyalty bonuses could be used to lure and secure NHS dentists in Ryedale. read more

• Church opens doors for Friday service

  CHURCH services designed to fit in with busy modern lifestyles have been a huge success at the Venerable Bede Church in Leavening. read more

• 'Too many' initiatives swamp rural towns

  RURAL towns and parishes are being beseiged by regeneration initiatives, claimed Coun Lord Feversham at Helmsley Town Council this week. read more

• Praise for MP as ragwort bill passes through Parliament

  EQUESTRIAN groups have saluted Ryedale MP John Greenway for his support for a new law to govern the control of a common weed that is deadly poisonous to horses. read more

• That loving feeling

  COUPLES in North Yorkshire will have a new way to show their commitment to each other. read more

• It's not Terry's, it's ours!

  SOMEONE suggested this village was named after an ancient Saxon called Terry! More probable though, is the Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names' suggestion that it is derived from Tiefrung, meaning 'a picture'. read more

• Shame about burnt toaster

  THE alarm rang at five to nine on Saturday, and my immediate reaction was to swear at myself for setting it on a weekend, and roll over back to sleep. But I'm smarter than that - I had reckoned on myself reacting like that to loud noises at an unearthly hour, so just as I rolled over, a pink neon-painted rugby ball glared out at me from my bedroom wall. read more

• Hybrid payment option

  ALL hail the conquering heroes returning to these shores in the shape of our immortal rugby champions. I cannot refrain from praising the outstanding performance of the England side in what was surely the most tense of contests in Sydney last Saturday morning. read more

• It all adds up for maths challenge

  TWO pupils from St Joseph's Roman Catholic School, in Pickering, have made it through to the next stage of a primary school national maths competition. read more

• Wilkinson magic wins it for Rosedale

  RJF Homes Beckett League. On a day when Jonny Wilkinson became a national hero, it was fitting that another Wilkinson took centre stage in the biggest win in the first division. read more

• Cold comfort for farmers

  WHAT fantastic weather we have had this year in our part of the country, with the best spring for many years followed closely by the best summer since records began and then the kind of backend which we all were sure could never happen. read more

• St Hilda's Church rewiring

  Our church needs re-wiring - we have to raise the money, read more

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