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Key issues up for discussion

ISSUES from environmental stewardship to diversification will be hot topics at this month's farm business advice clinics. read more
Open day pulls in crowds

STUDENTS and staff at Askham Bryan College in York put on a show for the crowds at their annual open day. read more
Shear extravaganza planned for Great Yorkshire Show

THE ancient skill of hand shearing of sheep will be revived again at this year's Great Yorkshire Show. read more
Massive clear-up after flash flood chaos

THE market town of Helmsley and surrounding villages are counting the cost of the worst floods in living memory which left dozens of homes devastated and thousands of pounds worth of farm stock drowned. read more
£4,000 blow for disabled riders

A charity which provides horse-riding for disabled children has seen £4,000 worth of fundraising trashed by the floods. read more
Community digs in as clean-up gets underway

TEAMS of Ryedale District Council (RDC) staff were among the first to swing into action when news of the Helmsley area floods broke. read more
From the Gazette & Herald of Friday, June 24, 1955

FEW villages have such an interesting history as that of Rillington, familiar to thousands of motorists who every year pass through en route to the coast, and full due is paid to its claim in a delightful book, Rillington, The Story of an Everyday Village, from the pen of Mr NA Hudleston MA, of Rectory Farm, Rillington. read more

Archive - Wednesday, 22 June 2005