A COUPLE of us visited Abergavenny last September to find out more about their excellent food festival. Have you been? It is pretty impressive. It has grown into one of the biggest in the country and strikes me there are many similarities with
THE Pipe and Glass Inn has another award, jumping to number three in this year’s Morning Advertiser/Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropub Awards. The Michelin-starred pub, at South Dalton, near Beverley, also took first place in the award’s new Wine
WE are heading towards half-term and there is a change of films on the horizon for families. Big Hero 6 (PG) got a great revue from Mark Kermode, who really wanted to live in the place it is set in, San Fran Sokyo. He was charmed by Big Hero 6,
A GIANT piece of cheese will be set up in Scarborough as part of the weird and wonderful events for Coastival 2015. Now added to the programme, The Rat Race will be a piece of interactive theatre, staged in Westborough on Saturday, February 14.
TELEVISION historian and author Dr David Starkey will provide an insight into York’s place in the landscape of English history at the Grand Opera House, in York. A regular contributor to the BBC Radio 4 debate programme The Moral Maze, his acerbic
ART works reflecting the huge wealth of talent on the Yorkshire coast can be seen at Scarborough Art Gallery until Sunday, March 15. The East Coast Open attracted hundreds of entries from artists, both professional and amateur, and the judges –
THE Milton Room’s spring season opens on Friday with singer and songwriter Martin Heaton. Martin, who lives in Pickering, has written songs and played guitar since he was a boy, going on to perform in local folk clubs as a solo artist and also
FRESH from his New Year’s Day concert on worldwide television with the Vienna Philharmonic, Ian Bousfield will be heading to Scarborough this weekend to perform the Trombone Concerto by Nino Rota, a composer best known for his Oscar-winning film scores
AN adventurous family musical adaptation of Terry Jones’ book about the boy who could do anything is coming to Pocklington Arts Centre. Nicobobinus, adapted and directed by Red Ladder associate director John Ward, comprises a cast of five actor
THIS month’s feature from Malton Camera Club offers eight images, capturing wildlife from around the country. They were taken by Tony Malt, whose main interest is wildlife, using a a Sony A77 DSLR with Sony 70-400mm lens, except for the damselflies
HIGH-FLYING Malton & Norton put their Champagne rugby on ice for the second successive game to grind out an 18-15 win over lowly Old Brodleians – victory coming courtesy only of a late penalty. The sides went into the game at opposite ends
PICKERING TOWN will be hoping their Glass is half full on Saturday. The Pikes travel to struggling Glasshoughton Welfare in the Northern Counties East League premier division hoping the wintry weather doesn’t take its toll again. Pickering’
AT this time of year, weather is the dictating factor regarding horse racing and trainers head for the Met Office forecasts before the form book. The past week has been a real hit and miss affair, writes Alec Russell. Racing was possible at Newcastle
PICKERING potter Paul Davison could face a North Yorkshire foe in a battle of the baize - in Poland. Davison is in line to meet York cueist Ashley Hugill in the third round of the Gydnia Open this month should the pair get through their opening
FOOTBALL WOMBLETON Wanderers increased their lead at the top of the newitts.com Beckett League first division after returning to winning ways with a 5-0 victory at Slingsby. Several games in the league on Saturday fell victim to the wintry weather
HESLERTON reached their first-ever Gordon Harrison Memorial Trophy final on Saturday by coming from behind to beat Bagby & Balk 4-2 - two goals coming in the last five minutes. Robbie Preston was the match-winner but Heslerton were also grateful
RYEDALE Sports Club recorded their second successive Scarborough & District League victory on Saturday to enhance their chances of beating relegation in division one. It was the first time this season that Ryedale had won two weeks on the trot
BROOKLYN heated up the promotion race in York Minster Engineering League division one with a vital 3-1 win over Tockwith. Malton & Norton’s trip to Hamilton Panthers was one of many games in the league to fall foul of the wintry weather and
BROOKLYN Under-12s warmed up a chilly morning by beating Tadcaster Magnets Blues 4-0 in the York & Ryedale Mitchell League. A neat finish from Lewis Saunders was followed by a Thomas Davies long-range strike creeping in after the keeper fumbled
A SOLID team performance from Mike Fenby, Neil Raine and Richard Dent saw Ryedale ‘B’ whitewash their struggling ‘D’ team in the Ryedale League first division. Titch Temple, Barry Todd and Paul Morse are finding the opposition in the top tier just
THREE players secured their places in the top-four play-offs in the Pickering Rec Club Individual League after the penultimate round of fixtures. Phil Bointon, Alan Dawson and Simmy Cass have all qualified, with three others - Billy Hague, Steve
RYEDALE School have won both the Year 7 and Year 8 Scarborough & District basketball tournaments. The Year 7s team, led well by Bailey Crossland, met St Augustine’s School, of Scarborough, in the semi-final of their tournament, winning a tight
BROTHER and sister Wayne and Kirsty Taylor booked their place in the Malton & Norton League’s Mixed Pairs final for the sixth year in a row as they won through a tough group at Bright Steels. In their first match they won in the deciding frame
SCARBOROUGH District Motor Club struck a biting cold, sleet-driven day for their Harwood Dale trial on Sunday - but Kirkbymoorside starlet Dan Peace was in hot form. Peace, a national youth ace, gave a fantastic ride to edge the win in the experts
MALTON fought hard at Wigginton 1 in Yorkshire League division one, but went down 15-7. There were Malton wins for Joe Woodhead and Jamie Hopwood. Malton 2 have been busy again in York & District League division three with a win and a defeat
A COUPLE whose friend was convicted of stealing thousands of pounds worth of stock from their business will appeal against her “light” sentence. Fiona and Paul Senior, of Ampleforth Stores, will be lodging an appeal against the suspended sentence
TWO Chelsea Pensioners were the star guests at a fundraising event. Paddy Teegan and Nick Clark spent a couple of days at Carr House Farm, in Ampleforth, as part of a series of events to mark Breakfast Week. B&B owners Anna Lupton and husband
THE owners of a Norton quarry have lodged an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate after more than two years of delays on an application for an asphalt plant at the site. W Clifford Watts originally submitted plans for the production plant at Whitewall
STAFF at the Skipton Building Society, in Malton, will be hosting a Wear It Red Day on Friday in aid of the British Heart Foundation. As well as wearing red-coloured clothes they will also be selling homemade cakes and biscuits and running a number
LAST year’s Rosedale Show has been hailed a financial success, despite the indifferent weather. Malcolm Leckonby, the show’s vice-chairman and secretary, said the show, which was first staged in 1871, continued to be one of the most popular in
A NEW volunteer champion has been appointed to help charities which support carers in the area. Sarah Lally-Marley will help recruit volunteers and promote the services of Ryedale Carers Support, Support for Carers Scarborough and Caring Together
KIRKBYMOORSIDE Brass Band is appealing for old photographs and stories of the band’s history as it marks its 200th anniversary. This year sees the band celebrate 200 years since the first mention of a band in the town and to mark the occasion,
A MAN has seen his idea used in a new series of Morph. Simon Copley, who lives in Swinton, will see his work broadcast on YouTube as part of the final episode in the new series. Simon, a Ryedale District Council election officer, submitted
MALTON town councillors are urging Ryedale District Council to do something to tackle the increasing pigeon population in the town. At last week’s town council meeting, members raised concerns about the number of pigeons. As a council, members
MORE than 25,000 passenger journeys during the past year have been provided by a community transport scheme in Ryedale. This represents a 16 per cent increase in the volunteer car scheme and a 27 per cent increase in the ring and ride scheme provided
PEOPLE are being encouraged to get involved with neighbourhood watch schemes (NHW) to help build safer communities. Hundreds of schemes are in operation across Ryedale and have assisted on a number of occasions, including locating people involved
RYEDALE Foodbank has received £500 from Malton Community Interest Company (CIC) towards a new warehouse and distribution centre. The centre, in Howe Road, Norton, which officially opened at the weekend, also hopes to host coffee mornings and drop-in
SCARBOROUGH’S Market Hall will be given a £2.7m make-over as part of a regeneration project. The Coastal Communities Fund has announced that the application for funds made by the regeneration team at Scarborough Borough Council and the business
PLANS to relocate Malton’s livestock market have moved a step closer with the announcement of £2.1m of Government funding. The money has been secured towards a new roundabout on the A169 and Edenhouse Road junction to provide access to the new
PICKERING Junior School has been judged to be good by Ofsted inspectors, less than two years after it was placed in special measures. A recent inspection praised the drive and determination of the school’s headteacher Chris Pearce, along with staff
FEARS that fracking could eventually take place at other places in Ryedale have risen. Members of anti-fracking group Frack Free Ryedale have said they are worried that Third Energy UK Gas will look at applying for permission to frack at their
AUDIENCES will be left wanting more after watching Norton College’s production of Oliver. The cast includes pupils from Years 7 to 13, and will be performed at the school from February 9 to 12, at 7pm. Gemma McDonald, the college’s head of
A GROUP of students from Ryedale School are preparing to embark on an expedition to Peru to help underprivileged children. The Year 10 and 11 students will spend four weeks next year living with locals and carrying out volunteer work before going
A KIRKBYMOORSIDE company has raised more than £1,439 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). NSF Health Sciences chose the RNLI as its charity of the year with staff taking part in a series of fundraising events. Financial administrator
A NEW service providing free sexual health advice, support and treatment for young people and adults is being launched in Ryedale. The aim is to replace a complex range of services previously provided through nine different contracts. North Yorkshire
MOTORISTS living in the remote parts of rural Ryedale could soon benefit from fuel cuts after a Government rebate scheme cleared a major EU hurdle. North Yorkshire is one of four rural areas in the UK earmarked to benefit from the scheme – a move
YOU want me to say “Oachkatzlschwoaf?” Austria, for a third time? I simply could not refuse. On December 12, myself and 20 other Year 10 and 11 pupils embarked on a trip to Austria. For some of us, it was the second time, and for others, a whole new
LADY Lumley’s School has recently enjoyed success in cross-country events at both regional and national level. At the UK Cross Country Challenge in Cardiff, Bronwen Owen (Year 13) made an outstanding debut running for the Women’s Wales Under 20s
PUPILS at Rosedale Abbey Primary School ensured their pet rabbit Pumpkin was in good health with an educational trip to the vets. The children took Pumpkin to Eastgate Vets, in Pickering, for a check over as part of a project about vets. Headteacher
POLICE have unveiled their latest tool to help curb drink-induced incidents. Breathalysers, or Alcoblows, have been given to door staff at The George and The Yard, in Malton, to help stop people who have had too much to drink from entering the
BRIDLEWAYS are a subject close to most horse rider’s hearts, whether you are a happy hacker who just enjoys getting out and about locally or you’re into long distance riding, bridleways matter. What’s more, as the roads get busier, it is increasingly
THE British Eventing classes Jumping and Style (JAS) took place at Bishop Burton Colleges international arena last weekend. Many of the riders were taking the opportunity to get some practice in readiness for the beginning of the eventing season
RECENT exploration of the North York Moors revealed four places called Kirkdale, all fairly close to each other. The two elements of that name provide clues to its origin – Kirk is a very old word used in the north of England and Scotland to indicate
AS Valentine’s Day approaches I can’t help noticing how much of the wildlife about me is also preoccupied with some form of complex courtship ritual or other. While we humans rush about trying to shop for the perfect gift or book the best restaurant
JILL KNIGHT rightly made the case for sustained investment in the NHS in her letter to the Gazette & Herald (January 20) and asked parliamentary candidates for a prescription to make it happen. As Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate for
AS our towns are now actually growing, as opposed to development being discussed for years in the Malton tradition, surely it is time to address the single greatest problem –the fact there is only one way to cross the rail line and drive or walk from
RYEDALE and District Mencap are delighted their collections in Ryedale during 2014 raised the following amounts: Pickering £220.65, Helmsley £184.79, Kirkbymoorside £247.34, Malton £217.95. Thanks to all donors and volunteers who attended these
We read Councillor Luke Ives’ column in last week’s Gazette & Herald and agree with some comments he made. Many Commercial Street residents and the town council are opposed to using the ATS site for such dense housing. Not only is it on a flood
THE British Riding Club’s Area 4 had a busy two days show jumping over the weekend at Bishop Burton College. Riders were competing for four of the available qualifiers on offer, with the novice championships taking place over the Easter weekend
WE are being stalked. Two figures hang around the back porch waiting to pounce, even daring to come into the house if the door is left open. They know no fear. Apparently starving, they will even mug the dogs if there are any crumbs, scraps or
THE local community is indebted to the Gazette & Herald for the prominence given over the past few months to the fracking debate. Thanks, I feel, to you and to pressure exerted by various groups, such as Frack Free Ryedale and the Green Party
MARTIN CRUTWELL (January 21) can take heart. In his “reflections”, Malton’s greatest MP Edmund Burke wrote, “The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever
I FELT that I must say how much my consort and myself enjoyed the pantomime Robin Hood. As ever it was a wonderful production involving much hard work by Malton and Norton Theatre group. We have so much talent here in Malton and Norton especially
THE High Street revolution rolls on. We thought it was a recession thing, a cull of businesses too weak to survive, but we were wrong. Well into the economic recovery, the shopping landscape is still changing. Helmsley, as ever, provides vivid examples
