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• Prices at the stock markets

  Prices published Wednesday, February 2 read more

• Design team finds success at double

  ONE of the North's top architectural practices at the cutting edge of building design is to be found in the top floor of the successful Maltings complex in Malton. read more

• Something of the marvellous in nature

  A MORNING walk in the peace of the countryside can be a time for reflection and there is no doubt, in my case, it regularly provides inspiration for the contents of this column. read more

• DEFRA would test patience of a saint...

  WHEN Moses came down from Mount Sinai he managed to deliver God's commandments in 10 short and unambiguous paragraphs. read more

• Brushed by the fabric of Asia's tsunami grief

  Gazette & Herald columnist Hannah Gibbons, 17, who was caught up in the Asian tsunami disaster, writes here about the difficulty in rediscovering some kind of normality in her life. read more

• 'Cut speed on tragedy road'

  A GROUP of Bilsdale residents has renewed its call to introduce a 50mph restriction to a moorland road after an inquest heard how a motorcyclist died while keeping to the 60mph speed limit. read more

• From the Gazette & Herald of Friday, February 4, 1955

  AN outbreak of typhoid has hit the Pickering area. There are 25 cases or suspected cases in Pickering and one in the neighbouring village of Thornton-le-Dale. Thirteen people are in hospital. None is in a dangerous condition and the impression appears to be that the peak of the disease has been reached. At a press conference, medical authority representatives stated that it was a different germ from that which accompanied the devastating epidemic in Malton in 1932, when more than 30 people died. Life in Pickering bears little outward sign of the undertone of anxiety which is fairly widespread in the town. Business, social and communal activities continue as usual, and there is very good reason to believe that the outbreak has passed its peak. read more

• Fire service shake-up 'could put lives at risk'

  FIREFIGHTERS have warned that lives could be put at risk in Ryedale if controversial changes to the service go ahead. read more

• Council pledge on parking cost

  Council bosses have pledged to ''do better'' next year in the face of strong opposition to parking charge rises in Ryedale. read more

• Residents urge speed curb after biker's crash death

  RESIDENTS of an idyllic North Yorkshire dale have renewed their call for a 50mph speed limit after an inquest heard how a motorcyclist died after trying to take a bend too quickly. read more

• Showpiece spot is in a Dickens of a mess

  MALTON'S historic Chancery Lane - close to the spot where Charles Dickens is reputed to have set his classic A Christmas Carol - needs a facelift, say town councillors. read more

• Abbeytek system zips into big time

  A MALTON software developer has hit the big time with a product that is making waves in the industry. read more

• Therapy centre is a natural for success

  A COMPLEMENTARY therapy centre in a Ryedale market town is celebrating its fifth birthday this week. read more

• Health trust 'will break even' despite £3.5m debt

  THE HEALTH trust which runs Malton Hospital is nearly £3.5m in debt, it has been revealed. read more

• Novel crops under the conference spotlight

  NOVEL crops came under the spotlight at the ADAS Crops and Markets conference held at Bishop Burton College, near Beverley, and chaired by Wolds farmer Mark Flint. read more

• Farmers increasingly turning to diversification

  FARMERS in Yorkshire and the Humber and North-East regions made £23.8m from new ventures such as tourism, sports and recreation last year, recent figures show. read more

• Sheep grazing scheme is preserving habitats

  A £5.5 MILLION scheme to help sheep farmers tackle overgrazing and undergrazing has improved wildlife habitats on more than 41,000 hectares (or 101,000 acres) of Site of Special Scientific Interest land - an area bigger than the Isle of Wight. read more

• Malton get back to winning ways

  North 2 East League - Malton & Norton 36, Redcar 10; After some terrible recent results Malton had some hard work to do in order to convince their large bunch of supporters that they had the commitment and ability to fight back from the depths of despair. read more

• Pikes seize precious league points

  Pickering Town 1, Borrowash Victoria 0; The Pikes, who are now in fifth place, gained their first league win of 2005 after three draws and two cup defeats, against Borrowash, who have not won a league game this season. read more

• Tom Fruit picks up a win

  Last week, the running order of the races at Royal Ascot at York was published. It differs only marginally, due to the different course lay-out, from last year's programme at Berkshire. read more

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