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• GM debate reheated

  OUR district council's bold but extraordinary decision to declare Ryedale a GM-free area has rekindled the embers of the great debate. I am not sure what practical effect this unilateral declaration can or will have, as presumably the council only controls the land which it owns, but I should be interested to hear if there are further implications. read more

• Lockton spin-queen Wendy ties Ryedale up in knots

  Derwent Valley League Division C - Ryedale II 89 all out - Lockton II 92 for 7. LOCKTON II displaced local rivals Ryedale II at the top of the division, thanks largely to Wendy Brown, who took 8 for 41. read more

• Easterby bids for hat-trick

  CAN he do it again? That's the burning question this weekend as Tim Easterby bids to launch another successful raid on the £135,000 Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury on Saturday. read more

• The history and mystery of the maze in Ryedale and beyond

  MOST people have heard of the maze at Hampton Court, even if they have never paid two pence (or whatever it now costs) to be lost in its coils. read more

• Women behind great art

  The 20th Century Muse by Annette and Luc Vezin (Abrams £25.)WE tend not to think of 20th century art in terms of being inspired by the figure of a muse, but in this book the authors examine the work of 24 great artists of the era and how they have been inspired by a central figure, a fateful force. read more

• Rupert still remembered

  EVERY scrap of hay that can be made on the farm is now safely baled and stacked up. Most has been sold to a merchant straight out of the field, but we have kept enough for young stock and our old horse Rupert. He spends the summer in the company of the tups, but usually comes in for the night to stop him from getting too fit on meadow grass. As his stable has been hijacked for storage recently, he has got used to staying out and is not remotely interested in coming up to you for a chat. We have a feral horse. read more

• Marathon Aconley effort spells trouble for Towers

  York and District Senior League Premier Division - Pickering 134 for 3, Carlton Towers 133 all out. Pickering moved to third in the table as they had no trouble defeating bottom side Carlton Towers. read more

• Pickering pair head for trial at Leeds United

  TWO Pickering Town girls will attend a trial at Leeds United after impressing for the club's league-winning under-14 side last season. read more

• Buck claims national title

  LADY Lumley's School runner Richard Buck will represent England in Cardiff this Saturday after he won the 400m intermediate title in the English Schools Track and Field Championships last Saturday. read more

• Romey does it again!

  ROMEY Willis was the toast of Malton and Norton Golf Club last Thursday after scoring her second hole-in-one in just three months. read more

• Three-month wait for vital pool improvements

  MUCH-NEEDED improvements at a Ryedale swimming pool are set to go ahead - but users must wait another three months. read more

• Scores of sheep killed by drivers

  THE death toll of sheep and lambs on moorland roads is mounting, because motorists are driving carelessly and too fast. read more

• Ragwort bill gathers pace

  A BILL to tackle the potentially-deadly weed ragwort, sponsored by Ryedale MP John Greenway, has now advanced to the House of Lords. read more

• News of makeover is music to band's ears

  A VILLAGE brass band has become the third winner in the Calverts Carpets Community Chest scheme in conjunction with the Gazette & Herald. read more

• It's all going swimmingly!

  DESPITE being in existence for some 35 years, Helmsley's outdoor swimming pool is one of Ryedale's best-kept secrets, say its operators. read more

• Seven-day Moorsbus service

  aCAR-free days are back in the moors with the launch this Sunday of seven-day-a-week Moorsbus service. read more

• Out of Iraq and into the jungle

  A RYEDALE soldier who spent more than three months in Iraq is to head a unit training to become the Army's rapid reaction jungle force. read more

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