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On this day: Ryedale Archive

Ryedale Archive

• Cricket's Ebb and flow

  Kirkbymoorside 210 for 8 lost to Ebberston 211 for 7. EBBERSTON bowlers took the early wicket of Collier on a super wicket at Kirkby. read more

• An awfully great adventure

  YOUNGSTERS from a Ryedale school took part in an epic adventure to celebrate its 75th anniversary - by walking, running or cycling more than 50 miles. read more

• A fond farewell to village's VIPs

  IT is a truth universally acknowledged that you don't appreciate something until it's gone, and that is what villagers at Hutton-le-Hole are realising now that Joyce and Gordon Fairhurst are leaving. read more

• Wheat yellow rust

  SIGNIFICANT outbreaks of yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis) will occur in wheat crops next year, predicts Nickerson senior wheat breeder Bill Angus. read more

• High levels found of foliar disease

  HIGH moisture level in crops and soil following the heavy rains of April and early May has pre-disposed winter wheat in Yorkshire to a potential onslaught from the foliar disease Septoria tritici, according to BASF. read more

• New beet fungicide gains approval

  THE UK sugar beet crop is to be the first in Europe to benefit from the introduction of the strobilurin-based fungicide Opera, now approved for use on this crop. read more

• Prices at the stock markets

  RUSWARP read more

• 'BRING THEM HOME'

  RYEDALE District Council (RDC) may be the first in the land to go on record in opposition to British policy in Iraq. read more

• WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

  PUPILS at a rural Ryedale secondary school are still being refused school transport and have been told to walk nearly three miles on dangerous and isolated roads despite safety warnings from a senior member of North Yorkshire Police Force. read more

• Environment Agency to take 'second look' at barrier plan

  ENVIRONMENT Agency chiefs have agreed to take a second look at a revolutionary storage dam scheme that could end flooding fears for residents of a Ryedale market town. read more

• 'Don't ignore our flooding problems'

  A TOP-level group is to be set up to help resolve flooding problems in the Kirby Mills and Keldholme areas of Kirkbymoorside, following a face-to-face meeting between worried residents and bosses of the Environment Agency (EA), Yorkshire Water (YW), North Yorkshire County Council's (NYCC) highways department and Ryedale District Council (RDC). read more

• Tributes paid to 'leading lady of Hovingham'

  THE Hon Lady Worsley, wife of Sir Marcus Worsley, of Hovingham Hall, the former Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, has died at the age of 77. read more

• A prickly visitor calls by

  A YOUNG hedgehog appeared in our garden this week and it did not seem at all worried or alarmed at our presence. read more

• DEFRA muddle

  MANY readers of this article who farm will no doubt have heard of the phrase "cross compliance" in the context of the mid-term review of the common agricultural policy (CAP). For those of you who don't, it means there will be conditions placed on farmers which will cover a multitude of sins, in order that the farmer may receive the new decoupled subsidy payment. read more

• CCTV plan after penguin theft

  A PENGUIN stolen from Scarborough's Sea Life Centre will be able to sleep easy in her nest box, thanks to a generous security firm. read more

• Emma suffers semi-final loss

  Defending English Ladies Close Amateur Champion Emma Duggleby lost the grip on her crown when she was beaten in the last four by Shelley McKevitt at the Northamptonshire Golf Club last Friday. read more

• Explore Captain Cook's ship

  FANS of The Endeavour are able to board the replica of Captain James Cook's ship at discount prices at a North Yorkshire seaside resort. read more

• Magic Malton go top, but Pikes crash

  Hunters the Estate Agent York and District League - First Division: Hornsea 198 all out lost to Malton and Old Malton 199 for 6. MALTON and Old Malton went top of the first division after winning their top-two clash with Hornsea last Saturday. read more

• Ryedale youngsters rule the roost in youth games

  BUDDING young sports stars from Ryedale finished top of the class in the fifth annual North Yorkshire Youth Games in York last Sunday. read more

• Stars past and present head for Malton

  THE man who hit the fastest ever one-day century looks set to be one of the star attractions when a Malton and Old Malton representative side take on Lashings on Sunday, June 20. read more

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