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  • Legal action likely after pot-hole fall

    AN elderly woman suffered a broken nose, extensive bruising and shock when she tripped on a pot-hole in Thornton-le-Dale. Seventy-six-year-old Kathleen Buntrock, of Church Lane, was out walking her two dogs when the accident happened on Rectory Lane on

  • Family speak of grief after seaside tragedy

    A FAMILY have spoken of their grief after a day out in Scarborough ended in tragedy when a mother and her two children were swept out to sea and drowned. The family of Kim Barrett, 33, her daughter Aimee, 13, and son Luke, 11, made a tearful pilgrimage

  • Victim's dad hails new research plan

    THE father of variant CJD victim Holly Mills today hailed news that more research may be conducted into a drug which he believes has stabilised her devastating condition. The Department of Health has told Ryedale MP John Greenway that it was considering

  • Racing ahead with firm

    A RYEDALE physiotherapist has more interest than most in this week's Cheltenham Festival. Richard Scarth has his own mobile therapy business which both local jockeys, along with other people in sport, use to recover their fitness. "I've mixed with some

  • Free advice to prepare for training awards

    A FREE workshop to help regional businesses formulate entries for the 2005 National Training Awards is being held in York next week. UK Skills has organised the event at the Learning and Skills Council North Yorkshire offices in Clifton Moor on Tuesday

  • All eyes on local hopefuls

    Carte Diamond, one of the Gazette & Herald's 'Ten To Follow', will bid to sparkle at the Cheltenham Festival on Friday and provide Norton trainer Brian Ellison with a long-overdue first winner at the most prestigious National Hunt gathering of the

  • Countryside officer Sue is boxing clever

    A NEW countryside officer has been appointed by North Yorkshire County Council and Ryedale District Council to help with conservation issues. Sue Bragg is the first of four area-based countryside officers to provide a basic level of countryside management

  • Scheme for farmers to earn cash and protect countryside

    FARMERS can earn cash for managing and protecting North Yorkshire's landscape, wildlife and historic features under a new Government scheme. Areas which will benefit from the new Environmental Stewardship scheme will include the heather moorland of North

  • Eco-hostel is beacon of 'green' accommodation

    THE country's first eco-hostel has opened in a Ryedale village - setting a trailblazing example for environmentally-friendly accommodation nationally. The hostel at Lockton, near Pickering, has been given a £300,000 revamp through a project led by the

  • 'Cluster' approach for town schools

    SCHOOLS in Malton are in for a cash investment to help them work as a 'cluster' to provide more facilities for children - and there's a chance Pickering could get the same. Norton College, Malton Secondary School, Norton Community Primary School and St

  • Castle may be turned into holiday home

    A VANDALISED castle in the North York Moors National Park could be in line for a new lease of life as a holiday home. The move, approved by the park authority, was one of several options put forward by the park's archaeologist Graham Lee, who said the

  • 'More public support' needed for sports centre

    MORE public support needs to be shown for the plan to build a sports centre for central Ryedale, say councillors who have opted to back the Malton School site for the development. But while 10 members of the Liberal Democrats, Independents, and Liberal

  • Ryedale mum proves she's a brainbox on TV quiz show

    A RYEDALE mother-of-three, who is also a Gazette & Herald receptionist, proved the most knowledgeable in the country when she entered the BBC's Test the Nation competition. Karen Clayton, 40, of Slingsby, was the overall winner in the programme's

  • Hannah reaches 18 - against all the odds

    A RYEDALE couple who feared their daughter wouldn't reach 18 are encouraging organ donation after she made it to adulthood - thanks to a heart transplant. Carol and Frank Swift, of Helmsley, threw a huge birthday party for Hannah on Saturday, with more

  • Call to get your land registered

    ALMOST a century ago, the legendary Wolds waggoners were being bombarded in their trenches in lowland Europe. Today, the farming fraternity is again suffering constant and heavy fire from every direction, and there is a temptation just to keep one's head

  • The Salt of the earth

    THIS week's Rural View comes from the remarkable West Yorkshire village of Saltaire which lies between Bingley and Shipley, not far from Leeds/Bradford Airport. We spent most of a day exploring this former industrial community and perhaps the enduring

  • Welcome to our first-ever business awards

    THIS week we are proud to announce the very first Gazette & Herald Business Awards. This is your chance to achieve recognition for your business and all who work for it. To gain glory for all the hard work and effort put in to make your business a

  • Ryedale estate agent's Mayfair monopoly

    HUSBAND and wife estate agency team Peter and Christine Illingworth of Illingworth-Wood in Kirkbymoorside have set up a new office in London's Mayfair, to help wealthy Londoners find a second home in North Yorkshire. They will use their Kirkbymoorside

  • Businesses facing long wait for fire safety certificates

    BUSINESSES in North Yorkshire are enduring long delays for fire safety certificates, with waiting times still well above the local fire authority's own targets. Despite significant improvements in recent years, applications by shops, offices, hotels,

  • East Ayton

    WILLIAM Wordsworth married Mary Hutchinson in Brompton church on October 4, 1802. Mary had lived in the Lake District in her childhood, but had recently moved along the road to Wykeham to Gallow Hill (now known as Gallows Hill). She had lived there for

  • Aislaby in fifth after victory

    RJF Homes-Beckett League Aislaby Utd are now fifth in the First Division after a 4-0 home win against local rivals Black Swan, Pickering. This win could prove to be vital come the end of season for Aislaby as they returned to winning ways with a solid

  • Malton left in Hartlepool's wake

    North 2 East: West Hartlepool 26, Malton & Norton 16 Malton needed to take the points away in this game, which saw their barren streak continue. In the first half, West Hartlepool showed more commitment and passion than Malton, who were similar in

  • Last-gasp goal pain for sad Pickering

    Northern Counties East League: Pickering Town 1, Harrogate Railway 2 Pickering Town dropped vital league points to Harrogate Railway, who have now won all 12 away League games. Railway started the better, with two shots on goal being blocked in the first

  • Prices at the stock markets

    Prices at Wednesday, March 16, 2005 MALTON Forward were 76 store cattle and 469 store sheep. Cattle: Lim bullocks to £712 from J and K Gibson, Lim heifers to £464 from F Sanderson, Ch bullocks to £490 from A Medcalfe, Ch heifers to £435 from C W L Steel

  • Reports from the young farmers' clubs

    Derwent: WHAT a week it's been for the club, firstly a highly informative tour of "The Gun Room", Barthorpe Grange, given by proprietor Rob Hall and fire arms officer Paul Duffield. Braced with a wealth of knowledge on professional shooting, and how to