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• Survival

  LITTLE bunny in the sun, read more

• Title bid still on for battling Pikes

  THE Pikes will play the first of three games in five days this Saturday still very much in the NCEL title race, despite only picking up two points from their last two games. After ensuring title rivals Sheffield didn't gain points on them with a last-minute equaliser last Saturday, they gained a hard-earned point at Liversedge last night, which is never an easy place to visit. read more

• Son shows father how it's done

  MALTON-BORN Andrew Tinkler finished sixth in his first ever Grand National last Saturday - an achievement that eluded his father, Colin. read more

• National winner's Ryedale connection

  LAST Saturday's Grand National turned out to be an unforgettable triumph for a jockey with strong local connections. read more

• Tuer tastes success again on Sad Bad Mad

  DESPITE heavy overnight rain, which turned the going to soft, the Middleton Point-to-Point went ahead and produced close finishes and exciting racing. read more

• Phlegm to be proud of

  WITH two of my closest friends, I have just spent a day shopping in London courtesy of promotional tickets from a newspaper. For weeks, I had saved the cut-out tokens and carefully saved them in a bag to validate our cut-price tickets. No one was interested in them at all. read more

• Bouncers beware the things that go bump in the night...

  PUB and club doormen are renowned hardmen - but spooky goings-on at a Ryedale pub have had tough bouncers running scared. read more

• Gary Hobbs: 'A tremendously honest man'

  FORMER district councillor Gary Hobbs, who died suddenly in his sleep on March 27, aged 58, was a shining light in his community and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. read more

• 'Let's rally behind hospital'

  RESIDENTS in the Ryedale market towns of Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside and Pickering are being urged to set up groups to help Malton Hospital buy state-of-the-art equipment it can't afford on the NHS. read more

• Brick v egg - and the egg wins

  ST JOSEPH'S RC Primary School pupils in Pickering had a smashing time in more ways than one during a special design and technology day last week. read more

• Endeavour visits by Royal appointment

  THE Duke of Edinburgh proved a hit with teenagers when they met him during a visit last week to the east coast. read more

• Marion's battle with dystonia

  A NORTON woman has been raising awareness of a little-known muscular condition called dystonia. read more

• Postman prepares to end first-class career

  A CHAPTER in the community life of picture-postcard Farndale has come to an end with the retirement of its long-serving postman, Hawson Simpson. read more

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