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• First hurdles win for classy Bourgeois

  AFTER losing both days of its traditional New Year fixture, due to frost, Catterick got its show back on the road last week and, as well as providing an interesting afternoon's racing, gave the spectators the full range of British winter weather - in three hours. read more

• This is how our town was built

  PUPILS at Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School donned hard hats and fluorescent jackets as their project on houses and homes was brought to life on a new housing estate last week. read more

• Pensioners: time to make a stand

  CAN I make two observations regarding the proposed increase in council tax for the coming year, the increased expenses awarded to councillors and the demand by the chief constable for more funding for the police force. read more

• From fairyland to reality

  I SUPPOSE it's never too late to tell a Christmas story. This one I've had on the back burner for a month, so, duly condensed, it went something like this. Each year, just before Christmas, Father Christmas pays us a visit, in fact four in all, at Yorkshire Air Museum, and each year we try to make it a little different. read more

• Traders fear effects of board clampdown

  RYEDALE businesses claim that they will lose a valuable advertising medium when council chiefs enforce the law regarding "hazardous" pavement signs. read more

• Farm walk advice on nitrate zones

  THE nitrate zone legislation and best ways of using manure are key topics on two farm walks this week. read more

• Clinic to outline organic scheme

  DEFRA is organising regional clinics during January and February so that organic farmers and growers can learn more about the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) maintenance option, announced last summer. read more

• Changes to the passport rules

  HORSE owners who don't have passports for their horses are being urged to move swiftly to do so by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA). read more

• YFC report

  KIRKBYMOORSIDE Young Farmers Club has resumed its spring programme and extended a welcome to new members. Anyone who would like more information is invited to telephone Stephen, on (07979) 984796, or Rachel, on (07867) 93788. read more

• Broken promises

  EXASPERATED Pickering residents have said they cannot believe that their promised flood defence plans - which cost £700,000 to draw up - have now been shelved. read more

• Gang of men beats 16-year-old in Norton street

  A GANG of men clubbed a 16-year-old schoolboy senseless, then left him lying in a Ryedale street, said police. read more

• Priest urges pensioners not to pay tax rise

  A RYEDALE clergyman is urging hard-up pensioners to withhold part of their council tax as the national debate on the subject reaches fever-pitch. read more

• Call for police to jump NHS queues

  POLICE officers should be able to "jump the queue" for NHS care to help get them back on the beat, according to North Yorkshire's chief constable. read more

• Turkish delight

  THE Grand Turk has sailed into Scarborough Harbour where she will provide the resort with an early season tourist attraction for the next two months. read more

• Church reaches for the sky

  ALDWARK, a few miles from Easingwold, is an old settlement dating from Roman times, when a Roman road crossed the river at Aldwark Ferry. read more

• Sheep scheme deadline looms

  IN my little world, I was brought up to believe there was only one man who never did anything wrong; but 2,000 years later, we have a veritable army of folk incapable of making a mistake. read more

• Council hits out at capping threat

  A THREAT to cap local council tax has raised the hackles of North Yorkshire County Council. read more

• Kirkdale roar to the top as bottom club thrashed

  RJF Homes Beckett League - KIRKDALE United are the new leaders in the first division after they hammered bottom club Old Malton thirds 5-1 last Saturday. read more

• The story of the rabbit

  NO one is quite sure when rabbits first appeared in this country, with some experts believing they were introduced from Spain in the latter half of the 13th century, others suggesting they arrived from France in the 12th century and yet more claiming they were present during Roman times and reared in gardens called leporaria. read more

• Overheard in a Sitting Room

  WHEN we're alone and there's no one can hear read more

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