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• Government's change of heart is welcome

  THE Food Standards Agency has announced that it is planning to recommend that the over-30-month rule will either be scrapped entirely or relaxed to allow cattle born later than 1996 to enter the food chain. read more

• Let sheep graze on the field

  I READ with horror the article in the Gazette & Herald about the so-called "Pickering recreation field" kindly given by Persimmon Homes. read more

• Vulnerable road users

  MARCH 6. Gazette & Herald headlines this week point to the vulnerable road user, the pedestrian, and a driver lays claim to the charge that there is a large amount of jaywalking (to coin an Americanism) in Malton. Isn't that strange - I've always thought local folk were remarkably well-schooled in crossing the highway. Almost every day, as I wait at traffic lights, I am amazed at the patience of people waiting, forever it seems, to get to the opposite side. read more

• Ryedale sheep farmer, 93, mourned

  ONE of the best known personalities in the Ryedale farming world, William Herbert "Willie" Dunn, has died at the age of 93. read more

• Critical report on FMD role

  FARMERS in North and East Yorkshire say a highly critical report into the Government's handling of the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic must be acted on to avoid future disasters. read more

• Time to clean up

  A SERIES of "on farm" information days in North Yorkshire has been launched by the Food Standards Agency to promote clean cattle and meat safety throughout the beef production chain. read more

• Carcass edict fiasco feared

  A LOCAL Euro MP is warning that a deadline is drawing near for action on a new EU edict on the disposal at animal carcasses. read more

• Shadow of foot and mouth set to lift at last

  HOPES are high that the vitally important local tourism industry will recover in full this year from the devastating impact of foot and mouth. read more

• Farmer told to quit his home

  FARMER George Copeland has been issued with a fresh eviction notice, ordering him to quit the Ryedale farm where he has lived all his life. read more

• Campaign to curb rural speeding is stepped up

  THE Council for the Protection of Rural England(CPRE) is stepping up its campaign to have 30mph limits in all villages and for action to curb speeding in country lanes. read more

• £111,000 for Wykeham church

  A UNIQUE village church, which is this year celebrating its 150th anniversary, has been given a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of £111,000 to enable vital repair work to go ahead. read more

• Firm comes to the rescue of 87-year-old widow

  A SPROXTON engineering and agricultural contracting company has come to the aid of an 87-year-old widow who has become a near-prisoner in her home because of a deeply-rutted private road. read more

• Keeping warm is the 'heat' of the matter

  A HARDY group of villagers are hoping they can come in from the cold with their latest fundraising project. read more

• Pitfalls for tenants

  IN the real world, farmers are being forced to diversify in order to survive and now we are told that over 50pc of farming income comes from non-traditional farming activities. read more

• One big RED day of fun

  CHILDREN and teachers got into the Comic Relief spirit on Friday, raising thousands of pounds in schools across Ryedale. read more

• Second-round blip sends Simon home

  IN what was Simon Dyson's last tournament in the southern hemisphere before returning home, the Malton and Norton star was left ruing a bad start to his second round which left him one shot from making the half-way cut in the Qatar Masters last week. read more

• Colin clocks up 500 matches with the same club

  AISLABY United's Colin Tate reached a personal milestone in his playing career on Saturday when his side visited Sinnington, their local rivals. He received a special award before the game to mark his 500th game for the club. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to celebrate the occasion with a win as his side went down 2-0. read more

• Springtime - York city walls

  THE trumpets of the daffodils read more

• A dancing sheepdog

  WATCHING the ewes circling John, their eyes fixed on the flapping sack of sheep nuts he was carrying to feed them in the troughs, I was reminded by their intense concentration, of the total focus and perfect co-ordination of a dancing sheepdog and its handler at Crufts dog show. read more

• Malt shock leaders

  Yorkshire Two - Keighley 20 pts. Malton and Norton 33 pts read more

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