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• Jubilee People: Finding gems in the Queen’s generation

  This week we launch a new feature in the Gazette, taking the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee as our cue to focus on the lives of her contemporaries in Ryedale, the unsung heroes of our communities who, far from the stereotypical ‘oldie’, are carrying out crucial work in the community, those whose lives are being enriched by that work, and what is being done locally to prevent the isolation which can blight the lives of the elderly. read more

• Star crossed lovers – what a load of bull

  WE went yesterday to buy the answer to all our cows’ prayers. Our new Limousin bull. Impressively it was through a reader of this paper that we found him. read more

• Easing the burden of cash struggles

  WITH the 2012 budget announced next month, it is a good time to reflect on some of the problems pensioners and those on low incomes are having with the cost of living during these difficult economic times. read more

• Beware the man who refuses leap year proposal

  Malton February 21. I hadn’t realised it earlier, but this year is a leap year, all dictated to us because it takes the earth 365¼ days to go round the sun, and so, on the fourth year we have 366 days. read more

On this day: Farming news | Farming comment | Ryedale news | Ryedale sport | Feature of the week | Equestrian news | What's on news | Readers' letters | In Memoriam | Acknowledgements | Deaths | Births | Birthdays | Junior sport | Columnists | Louby's Lifeline Appeal | Way we were | Queen's Diamond Jubilee | Jubilee People