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• Gimcrack memories still music to the ears of Snowy

  IT'S nearly 30 years since Music Boy won the Gimcrack at York, but his trainer, Snowy Wainwright, remembers the day like it was yesterday. read more

• Breeding pigs for quality

  DOZENS of butchers were at the York Livestock Centre recently for a special summer fatstock show. read more

• Ten-year-strategy

  A TEN-year strategy for livestock health and welfare and to protect society from animal disease has been announced by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. read more

• £3m Malton hospital scheme gets go-ahead

  AMBITIOUS £3m plans to secure the long-term future of Malton Hospital were given the green light by Ryedale councillors last night. read more

• Pickering market place could be roofed over

  COVERING over the market place is one of a number of imaginative projects for Pickering contained in a report by the Town Team. read more

• Helmsley traffic calming 'unnecessary'

  PEOPLE power has triumphed following a tense confrontation with highways bosses over "unnecessary" traffic calming measures, that residents claimed would ruin the scenic streetscape of Helmsley. read more

• Meet the UK's strongest woman

  A NORTH Yorkshire weight trainer with only six months' experience has been crowned as the United Kingdom's strongest woman. read more

• Double dose of girl power for Rillington

  A RYEDALE church saw not one but two of its parishioners ordained to the clergy at York Minster last weekend - and it was a case of girl power. read more

• Helmsley firefighters get equipment upgrade

  HELMSLEY fire brigade, which covers some of North Yorkshire's most spectacular countryside, is also responsible for dealing with a growing number of road crashes in its area. read more

• Planners hit out at criticism over housing

  RYEDALE planners hotly deny that the district is the worst in England for low housing density. read more

• Man avoids jail after thefts from churches

  A THIEF who stole charity money from six churches across North Yorkshire has narrowly escaped a jail term. read more

• 70 enjoy forest training ride

  ALMOST 70 riders took part in a training ride in Dalby Forest on Sunday, June 27, organised by the North and East Yorkshire Group of Endurance GB. read more

• Westerdale memories

  CAN'T quite remember if March came in like a lion, but it certainly went out like the proverbial, for March 31 was mild and sunny and brought many visitors to the southern slopes of the moors, Lowna, Hutton-le-Hole and Gillamoor's Surprise View. read more

• First-round bye for Pikes

  PICKERING Town have been given a first-round bye in the NCEL League Cup and will face either Parkgate or Yorkshire Amateurs, who both play in the first division, at home in the second round. The Pikes will learn who they play in the FA Cup when the draw is made this Friday. The reserves received a bye in the first round of the reserve league cup. read more

• Last chance for Buck in GB squad bid

  STAR Ryedale athlete Richard Buck will make one more attempt this weekend to secure a place in the Great Britain under-20 squad for the IAAF World Junior Championships in Italy, which take place in Grosseto, from July 13-18. read more

• Luck changes after 'ludicrous' ban

  THE ups-and-downs of racing were never more vividly illustrated than through the contrasting fortunes encounted last week by Paul Hanagan. read more

• Malton and Norton hits the mark

  MALTON and Norton Golf Club has been awarded the English Golf Union's Junior Golf Mark in recognition of its quality provision for its junior members. read more

• Greg edges family final

  GREG Beattie became the Yorkshire Post Sporting Chance Youth League champion last Sunday in the under-14 sabre category - beating his brother, Ben, by just one point. read more

• Ancient church faces £36,000 bill

  ONE of Ryedale's best-known and oldest churches, All Saints', Kirkbymoorside, is facing a bill of £36,000 for essential repairs over the next four years. read more

• Stolen statue found in Chicago

  A HALF-TON statue stolen from Sledmere House more than a year ago, has been recovered - in Chicago. read more

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