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• MBF back in contention

  Leeper Hare York and District League Premier Division read more

• Come on Ryedale people - dig deep

  I HAVE recently come to live in wonderful Ryedale but don't understand the long-time Ryedalers. This is a well-run community. Ryedale District Council does an excellent job - rubbish collection recycling initiatives, well-repaired roads and footpaths, traffic flowing freely, ample and cheap parking everywhere, clean streets, flower-bedecked in season, an atmosphere of care and attention. read more

• Weather? It snoo all day...

  YOU may recall I mentioned the name of the King's Head, on Scarborough Road, close to the Norton railway bridge, which I hadn't been able to trace, although I did have the information that King's Row had taken its name from that public house. However, George Ellis came to the rescue to tell me that the first house in the row was the actual pub, which was ultimately turned into a normal dwelling-house, and, in fact, was amalgamated with the next house, into one larger house, wherein lived the Ellis family. I had often wondered how they had managed to find room in that one small house, and George's phone call has answered two questions in one. I expect that many original Nortonians will remember those cottages, and indeed the steam railway engines passing close by. read more

• Making the most of our environment

  BARELY questioned last century was the assumption that the more products we buy, use and throw away, the better off we are. read more

• Thieves make off with moors sculpture

  THIEVES have hacked down and stolen part of a sculpture by an internationally-renowned York artist from a North Yorkshire beauty spot. read more

• FWAG focus on native breeds

  NATIVE breeds and conservation are the theme of an illustrated talk next week organised by The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group in North Yorkshire. read more

• 'Don't be selfish'

  THE Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has attacked organisations seeking to link new CAP payments to land ownership. read more

• Club aid for air ambulance

  HELMSLEY Young Farmers' Club held a dinner dance on December 6 at the Feathers Hotel, Helmsley. read more

• Organic on line

  FARMERS of organic poultry in North and East Yorkshire look set to benefit from a special internet service from Sainsbury's. read more

• 204 homes for Norton

  A SCHEME to build more than 200 homes at Norton was given the green light by Ryedale District Council's planning committee last night. read more

• Pickering down to one delivery a day

  ONE delivery a day for mail is about to come to Pickering households. read more

• US warplane 'bombs' Yorkshire

  AN American fighter aircraft dropped a dummy bomb on Yorkshire by mistake, the US Air Force has confirmed. read more

• Motoring group calls for dualling of entire A64

  FRESH calls for an upgrade of the A64 have been made by the RAC national motoring group. read more

• New police HQ 'could cut crime'

  ANTISOCIAL behaviour could be eliminated from the area around a crime-hit car park in a Ryedale town if a new police station is built there. read more

• Church provided sanctuary for weary forest travellers

  EASINGWOLD is a pleasant little market town on the south-eastern side of the Howardian Hills, and on the verge of the ancient Forest of Galtres. read more

• Georgina's one step ahead

  GEORGINA Hall, of Kennythorpe, near Malton, is jumping for joy, as her entry has been chosen as the winner in the logo competition for Stamp Your Feet, the children's continental shoe shop that will be opening at 2 Yorkersgate, Malton, on Saturday, January 24. read more

• Whitty delays payment decision

  AS forecast in last week's Gazette & Herald, the Oxford Farming Conference was the platform for our farming minister, Lord Whitty, to postpone yet again any decision as to how the single farm payment is to be implemented. read more

• Who's in the slim now?

  TWO Ryedale slimmers are celebrating after losing a total of 120lb between them at Malton's branch of Weight Watchers. read more

• Malton School side lift trophy again

  Malton School's year eight rugby team have won the Ryedale Trophy for the second consecutive year. read more

• Project set to boost fishing in River Esk

  FISHING in the River Esk - Yorkshire's only salmon river, which meanders through the North York Moors National Park - is in line for a big development scheme with hundreds of tons of stones being put along its banks to increase the water flow. read more

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