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• Snowdrops in the garden

  The garden is springing into life - snowdrops, aconites and cyclamen coum are bursting into flower, and with luck will seed themselves about for future years. read more

• A happy return for village nursery

  PARENTS and children have welcomed the return of much-needed nursery facilities to a Ryedale village. read more

• Fastest with the mostest

  FEBRUARY 13, and by the time this gets into print it will be only two or three days to March and spring can't be far behind. Hurry! Hurry! read more

• 'We can grow our fuel in Yorkshire'

  FARMED fuels from the fields of Yorkshire could make a "massive contribution to the nation's energy needs", says Dorothy Fairburn, regional director of the Country Land & Business Association (CLA). read more

• Willow heat for award winner

  A FARMER'S futuristic conversion of traditional stone barns into a business centre, heated by willow grown on his farm, was one of four Yorkshire winners of Britain's top rural architectural awards. read more

• Culling for brucellosis

  DEFRA is to cull three beef animals imported into England from Northern Ireland from a herd which has subsequently had bovine brucellosis. read more

• Great show in the making

  SOME of the country's most prestigious names from the equestrian world are among the judges for the horse section of the 2003 Great Yorkshire Show. read more

• Council slams police for 'crippling' tax rise

  RYEDALE councillors have opted not to increase the district's tax this year but have slammed the North Yorkshire Police Authority for its massive 76pc rise. read more

• An ingenious way to beat the cold

  BRITISH soldiers held captive during the Second World War had an ingenious way of keeping warm during the freezing winter months. read more

• Planning 'too slow and too expensive' in Ryedale

  RYEDALE District Council's planning service is too slow, too expensive and unlikely to change, according to a new report. read more

• Ex-airport chief steers Gillamor shop to award

  WHEN ex-airport boss Graham Slater decided on a complete change of career and set up a bookshop in a spare room at the 200-year-old family home at the North Yorkshire moors village of Gillamoor, experts told him it would take five years to show signs of becoming established. read more

• Deadline for views

  THE deadline is looming for the public to register views on a proposed 'mini parliament' for Yorkshire and the Humber. read more

• Cropton post office to close

  ANOTHER North Yorkshire village looks set to lose its post office and village shop if no one steps forward to take the business on. read more

• Jack calls time at nursery

  GARDENER Jack Hunter has retired after 50 years of tending the famous R V Roger's nursery at Pickering. read more

• Go away and get real

  I FEAR the time has arrived once more for my annual tirade against the county rate rise. First, I would love to meet this 'Public' who so 'willingly accept' these truly mind-blowing improved police services. I am sure as a rural county we cannot do without police station improvements, automatic number plate recognition, more officers on the streets (how many?), and the need for extra staff, no doubt to operate all this new technology! My mind boggles. read more

• Six-day rule for sheep at the market

  This week's column is written by Philip Place read more

• Not just a place famous for pretty pictures....

  Thornton-le-Dale maybe best known for its picturesque houses and landscapes but it has also become a breeding ground for talented young gymnasts. read more

• John all set for debut in national finals

  LADY Lumley's School pupil John Peel will be competing against some of the top young cross-country runners in the country next month after qualifying for the English Athletic Association National Schools finals. read more

• Terrorism

  I cannot see why terror should exist when it is caused by those who are rich: read more

• Dancing to a different beat

  CHILDREN from Luttons Community Primary School were dancing to a different beat recently when they had a visit from an African drummer and an Indian dancer. read more

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