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• From city to village for new headteacher

  A TEACHER has moved from a flourishing inner city school to a school in rural Ryedale. read more

• Veal option for dairy over-quota

  THERE may be a little light at the end of the tunnel for over-quota dairy farmers, says Rosette Foods. read more

• Diamond celebration

  A WELL-known Ryedale farming couple, Cyril and Joan Pearson, have celebrated their diamond wedding with a big surprise family party. read more

• A blockbuster year

  IT HAS been a blockbuster, record-breaking 'campaign' at British Sugar's York factory. read more

• MP's message to floods minister

  RYEDALE MP John Greenway has asked Floods Minister Elliot Morley for a meeting to highlight the campaign to save Pickering from flooding. read more

• Sweet end to rationing

  WHEN it gets to Christmas time, I am somehow always reminded of 1944, when we had a Christmas that never was. Christmas Day we were pushing through Belgium and Holland in sub-zero weather. read more

• Traffic-calming measures needed

  FOLLOWING the tragic death of Joanna Rookes, killed by a car in Newbiggin, a number of questions must be asked. read more

• All about art at Amotherby

  YOUNGSTERS at a Ryedale school have had a brush with a visiting artist. read more

• Wind of change

  LAST week, I was doing a valuation in Norfolk and stayed with my son-in-law who produced a single fact sheet on the impact of the mid-term review (MTR) for arable farmers. read more

• Tower of strength

  AN HISTORIC riverside tower dating back more than 600 years could be transformed into one of York's most romantic restaurants. read more

• Drunks targeting York charity shops

  CHARITY shop staff in York have told today how city centre branches are being plagued by abusive shoplifters. read more

• Lost suit? Museum has it under Control!

  THOMAS the Tank Engine is very sad. Someone has taken the Fat Controller's outfit, only weeks before Thomas and his friends are due to entertain thousands of people in York. read more

• Grocers to promote local food

  LOCAL food is to come under the spotlight at an event in Harrogate. read more

• Bacon factory workers in crash on icy road

  A COACH driver died and eight passengers were injured yesterday when two coaches crashed on a treacherously icy road in East Yorkshire. read more

• My oven and The Nun's Story

  MY kitchen floor was newly-mopped; my U-bends were thoroughly scrubbed. Even my socks had all been paired up and placed neatly in the drawer. read more

• Fair shares for staff

  LIKE Mrs Frost ('Nestl staff lucky', Letters, January 19) my mother worked as a nursing assistant for more than 25 years. She was underpaid and undervalued. read more

• Tribalism is natural

  JULIAN Cole writes 'I thought tribalism was dead" (January 22) referring to the fact that many English people would not welcome a black or Asian neighbour. read more

• Law is pathetic

  JUDGING by the letters in the Evening Press there is a growing disgust among ordinary people that hooligans and vandals continue to get away with their anti-social behaviour. read more

• Council tax changes

  MR Baynard asks that City of York Council publish in the Evening Press full details of its financial position so he "can make a definitive stance on council tax" (Letters, January 22). read more

• Missed opportunity

  WILLIAM Ward claims York Minster "was built and paid for by generations of willing Christians" (Letters, January 26). read more

On this day: Ryedale Archive