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• Pikes out of League Cup

  League Cup, replay: Pickering Town 2, Selby Town 4: Pickering Town crashed out of the League Cup to Selby Town on Tuesday night in wet and windy conditions. read more

• Farmers face waiting game over bird flu fears

  RYEDALE poultry farmers facing the threat of bird flu say they are playing a waiting game to see what effect the disease will have. read more

• '£1 million could turn the tide'

  RYEDALE'S MP is calling for the district council to put its hand in its pocket to the tune of £1 million to help to secure Pickering's long-denied flood defences. read more

• Shake-up could see 'death of democracy'

  A STRONG "hands off" message was sent out from Ryedale House to the local government minister David Milliband over his plans for another shake-up of local government. read more

• 'Eyes of the nation on our BID vote'

  MALTON and Norton will be trail-blazers nationally if the towns' traders back the proposed Business Investment District initiative, says Jason FitzGerald-Smith, chairman of the Malton Norton Initiative (MNI). read more

• 'My nerves are shattered'

  AN antiques dealer who has been burgled eight times said she felt sick when she was targeted once again at her Malton shop. read more

• Travel agent hopes to land award

  RYEDALE Travel is bidding for glory in the Travel Agent of the Year Awards after being named as one of the finalists. read more

• A taste of the good life

  Having given up their hectic London lifestyles as a police officer and a security controller, a Pickering couple have found success after setting up their own businesses. read more

• Flood-hit Moira's back on all four feet

  AN animal lover who made her living looking after her neighbours' pets was driven to bankruptcy after the flash floods around Helmsley destroyed trade. read more

• Shops fight for future

  Small independent retailers across Ryedale are finding that they have to diversify in order to compete with the major supermarket chains. read more

• Entitlement statements about to start rolling out

  THE practical meaning of "definitive establishment" has become just about as elusive as the legendary Scarlet Pimpernel, and we still cannot be certain what will be in the Defra statement when the postman finally delivers it over the coming weeks. read more

• Bobbies beat pinta pilferers

  POLICE are winning the war on milk theft in Malton and Norton - with one suspect arrested just days after another appeared in court. read more

• Death threats led former prisoner to kill himself

  DEATH threats and the prospect of a jail sentence led tragic Lawrence Koppert to take his own life, an inquest was told. read more

• Council tax to rise 4.12 per cent

  A GRUELLING six-hour, two-part meeting has finally decided what's in store for Ryedale's council tax-payers this year. read more

• Lady Lumley's A team seize victory at under-14s rugby tournament

  Annual Under-14s Rugby Tournament: Lady Lumley's School hosted the annual Under-14s rugby tournament, sponsored by Malton & Norton Rugby Club. read more

• Fears farming could be plunged into new crisis

  THE spectre of foot and mouth is slowly lifting across North Yorkshire - but experts fear bird flu could plunge the region into a fresh farming crisis. read more

• Happy birthday to ewe

  A RYEDALE sheep drover was presented with a special 80th present birthday by his Malton-based employers. read more

• Awards launch

  FARMERS are being urged to enter the new National Farming Awards, launched by the National Farmers' Union. read more

• Rachael takes the helm at Yorkshire farming museum

  THERE'S excitement down on the farm. read more

• EU maze talk

  JOHN Ashworth, environmental spokesman for Save Britain's Fish (SBF) and chairman of Ryedale Conservative Association, spoke to the Sherburn Agricutural Discussion Group at their regular monthly meeting. read more

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