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  • A hidden gem in Helmsley’s historic walled garden

    STEPPING into the stunning surroundings of Helmsley Walled Garden it is easy to imagine the Victorian lady of the house enjoying the late summer sunshine as she selected the floral decorations for Duncombe Park.Originally built in 1758, the gardens initially

  • The Way We Were - Victorious in island battle

    From the Malton Gazette & Herald this week in 1981 A 20-YEAR battle to remove an island from the middle of the River Seven, which causes flooding in the village of Sinnington, near Kirkbymoorside, has ended in victory. The parish council

  • Custom shows an age of innocence

    ONE of the long-surviving customs in parish churches was the display of a Maiden’s Garland at the funeral of an unmarried woman or girl. This was a visible sign of her virginity and innocence. The date and origins of this custom remain obscure.

  • A crushing blow to my mobility

    I AM writing this rather in the style of a rock pianist standing to pound out a number on an upright piano. Because of an ill-judged jump from a high wall on to concrete, I seem to have crushed a vertabrae, or squashed a disc, or bruised my bum

  • How the battle over Wentworth Street store plan erupted

    MALTON’S Wentworth Street car park was first earmarked as a site for a supermarket six years ago. In a report commissioned by Ryedale District Council, entitled A Strategy for Malton Town Centre published in February 2008, the car park was highlighted

  • Councillor in Malton Livestock Market appeal plea

    A DISTRICT councillor has asked for all four planning applications relating to the Malton Livestock Market relocation to be called in by the Secretary of State. Paul Andrews, who is also a member of Malton Town Council, said although he wishes

  • Norton care centre marks fifth anniversary

    STAFF and residents at a Norton care scheme have celebrated the project’s fifth anniversary. Deansfield Court is a 50-apartment extra care scheme offering people over 55 their own apartment alongside the help of an onsite care team. It celebrated

  • Ryedale students encounter Borneo challenge

    PEELING off blood-sucking leeches and taking cover from the three-horned rhinoceros beetles the size of the palm of a hand were among the challenges facing a group of Ryedale students during a summer expedition. Malton School, in partnership with

  • Ofsted praise for Malton primary school

    STAFF and pupils at Malton Community Primary School staff are celebrating after receiving a “good” inspection by Ofsted. Inspectors, who spent two days at the school said pupils achieved well, built positive relationships and had a love of learning

  • Citizens Advice Bureau highlights welfare challenges

    RYEDALE Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) is seeing more and more clients in desperate circumstances, according to its annual report. Advice service manager Ann Walsh said people were coming forward with no money for food or fuel because of delays in

  • Highway chiefs increase hopes of A64 upgrade

    NEW hopes of a major upgrading of parts of the busy A64 trunk road through Ryedale have been raised by highway bosses. Details of an improvement programme costing almost £4m are due to be discussed at today’s meeting of the North Yorkshire County

  • Successful season for Helmsley outdoor pool

    HELMSLEY open-air swimming pool has had a successful season following major renovation work which saved the facility from closure. The pool, which is one of only about 100 public outdoor pools still in use in the country, was in danger of closing

  • Online campaign to find girl’s attackers

    AN ONLINE campaign has been launched to try to find the thugs who injured a teenage girl in a North Yorkshire seaside town. Amy Maddison, 16, was walking in Woodlands Ravine, Scarborough, at about 10.30pm on Friday, September 5, when she passed

  • Malton school submits extension plans

    A SCHOOL has applied to extend its building to cope with rising classroom numbers. Malton Community Primary School has submitted plans to North Yorkshire County Council proposing to build a new room for its children and increase the facilities

  • Animal lover in dog rescue mission

    A WOMAN who was shocked to learn that stray dogs have only one week to be claimed before they are put down has made it her mission to raise money for a local dog rescue charity. Mandy Clark, who lives in Helperthorpe, spotted a lurcher near her

  • Beck Isle Museum in volunteers plea

    AN APPEAL has been made for more volunteers to help at Beck Isle Museum in Pickering. The museum which reflects local life in Ryedale over the last 200 years, is volunteer led and run by a group of trustees. Mike Haigh, one of the trustees,

  • Moors rambler bus service a success

    A NEW Moors rambler bus service has proved a great success. Friends of Moorsbus introduced the service with the aim of helping more people to enjoy the Moors on foot by offering passengers guided walks. Bill Breakell, from Friends of Moorsbus

  • 1,459 sailors died in ‘live bait patrol’

    TO mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, the Gazette & Herald has joined forces with the Rotary Club of Malton and Norton to remember local people who died in the conflict. With the help of the Commonwealth War Graves

  • Injured jockey centre’s funding boost

    A CHARITY supporting health and education throughout the world will provide a five-year funding plan for Jack Berry House in Malton. The Reuben Foundation will contribute towards the hydrotherapy pool at the new facility which is due to open next

  • Malton’s free parking celebration

    MALTON is celebrating five years of free parking in the town centre. First introduced in 2009, the two hours of free parking continues to be welcomed by retails and food businesses. Andrew Walker of The Patisserie, which has recently moved

  • New chapter in Lindsey’s life

    A NORTH Yorkshire woman has published her latest novel – completing a family trilogy. Lindsey J Carden wrote her first book, Northern Spirit, three years ago. Following its success, Lindsey, who lives in Broughton, decided she knew the characters

  • Plague of flies causes misery for Pickering residents

    RESIDENTS of Pickering have been left miserable after swarms of flies have plagued the town during the summer months. At a town council meeting, held last Monday, 15, councillors and residents said that up to 50 flies a day have been invading some

  • North Yorkshire delivers on school meals

    SCHOOLS and the county council in North Yorkshire carried out extensive work throughout the summer to meet a new requirement to deliver free meals to all children aged seven and under at the start of the school year. North Yorkshire has the largest

  • The sky’s the limit for Heather

    IT WAS third time lucky for hospice nurse Heather Hird when she conquered her fears and jumped from a plane two miles up. Heather, a former nurse at Ryedale Day Hospice, had done skydives twice before for St Catherine’s Hospice despite being terrified

  • Steam trains axe is ‘unreasonable’

    RAIL enthusiasts have slammed a decision to axe the famous steam trains that which have run from York through Ryedale and Malton, to Scarborough each summer because Network Rail fears line-sides could be set alight. The move follows a fire, says

  • Accidental start to flourishing undertaking career

    FUNERAL services is not your obvious career choice for a young man in his 20s. But then, Fergus Court did come across his job literally by accident. The 26-year-old had been a plumbing apprentice and spent time working on a farm when his partner

  • Business group is getting festive

    TWO years after it was first set up, Helmsley in Business (HiB) is celebrating another summer of successful events and is looking forward to planning a third Christmas Tree ftestival. A two-week wedding dress festival in the town’s All Saint’s

  • Let hypnosis help ease the pain

    WITH more people opting for natural remedies and therapies to treat problems in the 21st century, hypnosis has proved a popular choice. Ryedale hypnotherapist Helen Priestley offers people the chance to make a positive change in their lives, helping

  • All the facts on fracking need to be investigated

    I WANT to register my deep concerns about fracking nationally, and in our area in particular. There are too many flaws and unknowns to allow “any” exploration until much more research has been completed and public information shared. We did not

  • Cattle market fears

    I HAVE formally requested the Secretary of State call-in all four planning applications relating to the relocation of the cattle market. I have wanted to see the cattle market relocated for many years. However, one has to have regard to the choice

  • Badger cull failure

    RE James Stephenson’s farming column (Gazette & Herald, Wednesday, September 3) and its headline “Badger culls to continue”. As usual Mr Stephenson is a little selective and economical in his synopsis of the contentious issue of badger culling

  • Not the best site

    ACCORDING to a report in the Gazette, September 3, the construction of Jack Berry Rehabilitation Centre, is now well under way and on schedule. However, no one from the IJF or the Malton Racing Industry will convince me that Old Malton is the best

  • Price of recycling

    I WAS appalled when recently I visited our local recycling centre in Showfield Lane, Malton, and I was expected to pay £7.50 to dispose of 20 bricks. Are we not encouraged to recycle? Are these places there to discourage fly-tipping? Are these

  • Sounding out plan

    A MEETING regarding the High Malton plan – widely promoted by the Fitzwilliam Trust, Malton Town Council and West Malton Residents Group – was held in the Milton Rooms. I attended and expected it to be a presentation providing an opportunity for

  • Wounding words

    AS a member of Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association, I was disappointed to read that the Conservative MP for Scarborough, Robert Goodwill, has allowed his name to be associated with the bitter problems that exist in the Thirsk and Malton constituency

  • Not forgotten

    AUDIE Sellars (Letters, Sept 10) claims Jason Fitzgerald-Smith has been forgotten. Certainly not. How could we ever forget him? Jason is hugely missed in the Malton community which he loved so much and for which he worked so hard. He was never

  • Loss to the Tories

    WITH reference to the letter from Janet Frank about the deselection of MP Anne McIntosh. One reason I think she was deselected is that Ms McIntosh’s face does not fit in with a very small percentage of Conservative voters, who shall remain nameless

  • Store opposition

    AS there is so much opposition by local residents of Malton and Norton to the plans to build a supermarket on the Wentworth Street car park, I can only imagine the supermarket will suffer great losses due to lack of custom. Surely those opposed

  • Independent approach to Scotland’s big decision

    I LOVE Scotland. I would like to live in the same country. I don’t want it to become a foreign country. That’s all, of course, what I want and nothing to do with the independence vote. The decision is up to the Scottish people and no-one else.

  • Get to the root of climate change in Whitby

    Join the People's Climate Concert@Roots North in Whitby, this weekend, and give your view on climate change. You may have a song or a poem on the subject which you could perform on Sunday at the concert. If you would like to contribute and

  • Tesco abandons Ryedale store plan

    Tesco has abandoned its plan to build a store in Kirkbymoorside. The controversial scheme had been opposed by some residents because of the potential damage to the market town's shops. Now the company has told the town council: "We know that