PROPOSALS for a multi-million pound rehabilitation centre for injured jockeys which would provide a major boost for the local racing industry and Ryedale’s economy could be in jeopardy. A meeting with planning officers from Ryedale District
A SPECIAL celebration was held on Saturday to mark the 18th birthday of Laura Robertson-Tierney. Family and friends gathered at the Market Place Restaurant in Malton to celebrate with Laura, also known as Lou. The teenager was diagnosed with two aggressive
PICK up a copy of the Racing Post and not a week goes by without a mention of Oaksey House. Situated in Lambourn, Berkshire, the flagship facility of the Injured Jockeys’ Fund (IJF) is a multi-million pound centre with 12 homes for injured
VISITORS to the Malton Food Lovers Festival will have to pay an entry charge for the first time this year, which organisers say will help secure the event’s long-term future. Festival wristbands will give people access to the event on both days, including
ONE-LAP sprinter Richard Buck still has sights on an individual spot at this summer’s Olympics despite admitting he may have to settle for a relay place at the World Indoor Championships in Turkey. The 25-year-old former Pickering schoolboy
THIS was a great evening at the Milton Rooms. Members of the Charles Dickens (Malton) Society, supported by two professional actors – Jane Hollington and Garry Cooper – revisited some of the great man’s best-known novels, reminding us just how colourful
IT’S the Middle East to the Midwest heart of America for North Yorkshire star Simon Dyson. The 34-year-old sidesteps this Thursday’s next European Tour event – the Avantha Masters in the Indian capital of New Delhi – to steel himself for the first
MALTON’S links with Charles Dickens have been celebrated with a series of events to mark the 200th anniversary of the author’s birth. They included a special exhibition at the Counting House in Chancery Lane, which is run by the Charles Dickens (Malton
ONE of the cultural highlights in Ryedale’s calendar, the annual Pickering Jazz Festival, is to end after 25 years. Organiser Wilson Heppletone said the event had been founded by local bassist Joe Passey, backed by a committee of family and friends
A FUNDRAISING drive has been launched to raise £50,000 to improve facilities for parents at Scarborough Hospital’s Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU). The hospital currently has two rooms close to the unit where parents can stay when their baby
A CORONER is to press highway bosses to take action to make crossing the busy A64 safer after a schoolboy was killed as he went to catch his school bus and was hit by two vehicles. Michael Oakley, the North Yorkshire East coroner, told an inquest
A RETIRED teacher is writing a history of education in Norton from the earliest-known school to the present day. Richard Young has embarked on the project as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Norton College which opened as Norton
POLICE have been criticised for sending a warning letter to owners of cars parked illegally at a busy junction, rather than issuing them with tickets. Letters have been sent to residents in Mill Street, Norton, informing them that any vehicle parked
GREASE was the word at Norton College last week as a cast of more than 90 took to the stage to perform the popular musical. The production follows a group of senior students – the T-Birds and Pink Ladies – on their final year at Rydell High.
THE value of apprenticeships was celebrated last week as part of a national event to encourage training. Lindsay Burr, director of The Academy in Norton, who started her hairdressing apprenticeship at the age of 16, said the benefits were far reaching
MOVES to create a living history trail in Pickering are moving forward. Pickering Town Team is seeking funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the trail which will link the town’s main heritage sites – the castle, Quaker Meeting House, North York
A NORTON business has been recognised at a recent awards ceremony. Corks and Cans, in Commercial Street, received a Highly Commended award in the Off Licence Retailer Of The Year 2011 category at the event in Brigg. The award was presented at a dinner
A GROUP which provides social activities for the over-50s is inviting new members to join. The Ryedale Friendship Group meets on a regular basis for lunches, walks, speakers and days out. Chairman Peter Ashton said the group had no religious or political
LANDLORDS who do not look after their properties could be ordered to pay the cost of warning notices. Ryedale District Council is considering following other North Yorkshire authorities and introducing charges whenever officers serve a housing enforcement
RURAL Action Yorkshire, the voice of hundreds of village communities in North Yorkshire, is working to help set up oil-buying co-operatives. A spokesman said: “It is a simple and very cost effective way of buying oil for your homes. “By joining together
THE Middleton Hunt branch of the Pony Club celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, making it among one of the oldest clubs in the country. The Pony Club movement started in 1929, with the Middleton Hunt branch being formed three years later.
ONGOING wintry conditions and sub-zero temperatures could not prevent the unaffiliated dressage competition going ahead at Bishop Burton College on Saturday. Jessica Metcalf delivered a very polished performance to secure a notable double riding
FARMERS want to help wildlife and the vast majority believe that wildlife conservation is an integral part of their farming system. This is according to the findings of two surveys conducted by The Voluntary Initiative (VI) which found that 86
A NEW headteacher has taken over at St Joseph’s in Pickering, four months after joining the school. Lisa Brown became acting head at the primary school last September and has now officially been named as headteacher. Mrs Brown, who is originally
THE North York Moors National Park needs to attract more tourists to combat a drop in income at its car parks and visitor centres. The park authority is setting up a group to explore ways of boost the number of tourists and has appointed a new
WATER and sewerage bills are to rise by £21 a year for Yorkshire households from April, regulator Ofwat has said. The average UK bill will increase by 0.5 per cent above inflation to £376, taking into account a rate of inflation of 5.2 per cent
THE environmental impact of different broiler and egg production systems is set to come under the spotlight. As part of the next stage of a multi-partner project, looking at how the poultry sector can produce food while impacting less on the
VOLUNTEERS are needed for the third annual Malton and Norton Big Tidy Up event. Members of the Malton and Norton Tidy Group are organising the event on Sunday, March 4, from 10.30am, and Antony Croser, from the group, said although the towns
RYEDALE manufacturer Ellis has won an order to work on a $500 million drill ship in China. The company, which makes cable cleats to secure electricity cables in industries such as oil and gas, will supply its Emperor cleats to COSCO Engineering for
RYEDALE is to employ a specialist to help people in the district deal with housing benefit reforms. The officer is being appointed to reduce any detrimental impact on the reforms to Ryedale residents. The district council’s head of economy and housing
THIS book, set in China during the last two years of the cultural revolution, is a simple story of young love. Jingqiu is an intelligent student who is sent to a village to work on a new educational project and stays with a local family. One day
SOME of the top performers on the UK jazz scene are coming to Helmsley Arts Centre in March as it hosts its first-ever Jazz ’n’ Swing Weekend. Organised by internationally acclaimed jazz drummer, John Petters, the weekend will bring together a
THE line-up for the Galtres Festival, which takes place during the August Bank Holiday Weekend, is shaping up, with Billy Bragg announced as co-headliner for the Sunday along with Seth Lakeman and The Men They Couldn't Hang. Billy Bragg has, for
IT is 1291 and Jerusalem, the Holy City, has long been held by those of the Muslim faith, but the Crusaders still have an army to defend their Christian faith within the Holy Land. Sultan Qalawun, of the Egyptian Mameluks, holds dominance in
EVA Ward is grieving the death of her beloved sister Katrina who had become a famous film star in America. Knowing that her sister’s ashes would have to be scattered in a ‘special’ place, Eva brings them to Cornwall where she and Katrina had spent
WHILE not usually reviewing children’s books in my column, this charming book was brought to my attention. Aimed at children aged four and over, it is the first in a series of books that tells the adventures of a London taxi called Toby. In these
THE Shed’s next performer is jazz singer Liane Carroll, who will play several venues in the area. Winner of many British jazz awards and with a huge vocal range, a prodigious musicality and an unerring sense of musical honesty, she has been
THERE are two events for the younger generation at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough this week. Discover: New Connections is a nationwide celebration of young theatre talent, and the Stephen Joseph Youth Theatre (Rounders) and Fuse
LOBSTER telephones and melting clocks are just some of the images on show at Nunnington Hall in an exhibition by one of the world’s most famous surrealist artists. The Surrealist Master is a show of work by Salvador Dali, which will be on display
WHAT secrets could human bones reveal which have been found buried on the hillside of a Ryedale village? Perhaps they are connected with an old barn as there is evidence of gothic windows which could indicate the barn was part of a monastery
Nature and travel writer and outdoor education teacher MIKE BAGSHAW braves the cold weather on a trip to Runswick Bay. SUNDAY morning on Runswick Bay beach. The sun has poked its head above the distant cliffs of Kettleness and is pouring
MR Raine’s letter in your last issue (Supermarket views out-dated) misunderstands the supermarket issue. Nobody is suggesting there should be no big supermarkets or that people should be expected to do all their shopping in independent shops
SAUL Bellow said: “New York makes one think of the collapse of civilisation, about Sodom & Gomorrah, the end of the world. That end wouldn’t come as a surprise now. Many New Yorkers already bank on it”. Old certainties are passing in the
I AM writing to you with a request for volunteers to give us an hour and support our Great Daffodil Appeal in March. We have collections taking place across the area in local supermarkets and in town centres and urgently require collectors
FURTHER to the article in last week’s Gazette, Family business to close after 100 years. I was born above the Leefe’s shop at 57 Market Place and this photo shows my grandfather, John Henry Taylor, master plumber and glazier. The small girl
HORSE owners are being advised to think carefully before putting their horse out on loan or giving them away to a supposed good home after reports of horses being sold on or even sent for slaughter. The equine charity World Horse Welfare is warning
WE’VE had sex on four wheels, two legs and a straw visiting us at the farm this morning, in other words, the artificial insemination technician. John scanned a mini Facebook profile of bulls to decide who would best suit our heifers, and now
WHEN Anuerin Bevan founded the NHS back in 1948, he said: “There will be an NHS as long as there are folk left with the faith to fight it”. David Cameron, along with Andrew Lansley with the backing of the Liberal Democrats, are threatening
HITTING the road with your horse in tow can be a very daunting task, but travelling seems to be pretty much a necessity nowadays, whether attending clinics or competitions, travelling to a new location for a ride, or just moving yards or visiting
ON a snowy night in Malton about 40 lucky people were transported to a cosy café on the Left Bank of Paris by the wonderfully atmospheric performance of Maggi Stratford and her accompanist Daniel Bowater. It was clear from the moment the
IT’S a nice change for livestock producers to be appreciated after a long time in the wilderness and, to be brutally honest, our record high prices are mainly due to scarcity. With the January blues behind us, trade in all three sectors has lifted
Malton, February 7. We’re surrounded by history in Ryedale, whether it be ancient or recent, and so today, being the anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, it’s well worth remembering. I don’t think I ever read any of his books, but
ABERGAVENNY, who confirmed his well-being with a runaway win on the sand at Southwell on Sunday, will bid to hit the jackpot at Newbury this Friday. The Betfair Hurdle, the richest handicap of its kind in Britain, with more than £100,000 in prize
FARMERS and landowners in the North must have access to a reliable broadband connection before plans to push all farm payment applications online are carried out, the Country Land and Business Association has warned. The CLA said that plans by the
PICKERING Town were hopeful of getting back to training this week after being frozen out all last week. The Pikes’ Northern Counties East League premier division game at Liversedge on Saturday was postponed due to a frost and snowbound pitch
ORGANISERS of Ryedale Show have always claimed it is one of the country’s best – now it has been proved. Members of the Ryedale and Pickering Lyth Agricultural Society, which organises the summer event, were told at their meeting last Thursday
FARMERS in Ryedale who help grit and clear snow from public roads have been told by the Government that rules on the use of red diesel are to be relaxed during the current spell of wintry conditions. HM Revenue and Customs has recognised
EVER since I came to Helmsley 23 with DES REED years ago, the Ryedale Festival has been an essential part of my summer. I have performed in it, I’m a former chairman of its trustees, and most importantly, I’m a devoted member of its audience. Almost
MALCOLM JEFFERSON, hoping to see According To Pete allotted less than 11st in the John Smith’'s Grand National, had his prayers answered when the weights were unveiled yesterday (Tuesday). His in-form gelding, who booked his Aintree place after
MALTON & Norton are raring to go ahead of this weekend’s home clash with Old Crossleyans in North One East. The Ryedale club have been frozen out by the cold weather over the past fortnight, with league games against Old Brodleians and Morpeth
THE Abbot of Ampleforth, the Rt Rev Basil Hume, aged 52, has been chosen as the next Archbishop of Westminster, head of the Roman Catholic Church in Britain. He succeeds Cardinal Heenan, who died a short time ago. Abbot Hulme, a Benedictine
TWO teams from Ryedale School and one from Malton School are new Scarborough & District basketball champions. Ryedale’s Year 9 team travelled to Lady Lumley’s School, Pickering, where they beat Graham School 32-4 in the semi-finals, with Dan
LEADERS Pickering Cons ‘A’ were held to a draw by their ‘C’ team in the Malton, Norton & District League. Dave King returned to winning ways when taking the last three colours to beat Andy Rouph in the opening frame before Dave Dawson and Ken
ALVYN HARRISON, from Kirkbymoorside, the well-known heating engineer who ran Ryedale Burner Services with his son Mark, passed away in January aged 73, after a brave battle with illness over the last two years. Alvyn ‘Stardust’ Harrison arrived
RYEDALE racer Amanda Cornforth will be looking for a good start to the defence of her Association of Northern Car Clubs’ Forest Championship title at the Riponian Stages Rally in North Yorkshire on Sunday. The Ripon Motor Sport Club event, in
IT IS as you were at the top of Malton & Norton League division ‘A’ as leaders Union ‘A’ and second-placed Derwent Arms ‘B’ both won 7-0. Malton Bacon Factory and Bright Steels ‘A’ were the respective opposition. This coming Monday could go a long
REC ‘A’ extended their lead at the top of the Pickering League to four points following a 5-2 win over nearest rivals Horseshoe ‘B’. Shoe’s Adam Robinson beat Rec’s seasoned captain, Phil Bointon, 2-1 but Rec took the next four games and a 24-dart
THE bottom five teams in the Moors League were all on the wrong end of 8-2 scorelines. A 26-dart leg including 140 and 2x 100 from Tim Nichols helped White Swan to beat Coach House. Teammate Neil Eddon chipped in with 140 and 3x100. Martin
