A MAN who wrote a number of books about the history of Pickering and surrounding area has died, aged 88. Keith Snowden lived in the town all of his life and was a well-known figure in the community. An insurance sales man for almost 40 years
PUPILS have responded to an appeal to help deprived children by collecting dozens of pairs of Wellington boots. Nigel Richardson, a school transport driver from Kirkbymoorside, contacted a number of schools to help provide footwear for children
Funeral appeal fund for Colin AN appeal is being made to ensure a well-known Kirkbymoorside man is buried in the town. Colin Woof, died on January 15, aged 70, but with no funeral plans in place, the community has stepped in to help. The town
A FAMILY support charity has raised more than £700 to help children facing hardship. Home-Start Ryedale, in Norton, organised the Snowflake Appeal during December and January to support families in the area who are struggling to cope. The latest
A MALTON-based training provider is expanding its premises to meet an increasing demand. Derwent Training Association (DTA) on York Road Industrial Park is planning substantial building alterations to increase the available training area and enlarge
TRAINS will not run on the Malton line between York and Scarborough until February 23. Network Rail has closed the Scarborough rail bridge, in York, for major refurbishment, with coaches replacing First Trans-Pennine Express trains. Phil Verster
HOLIDAY leaders in Ryedale are planning what they believe will be a bonanza holiday season this summer. They have launched their new holiday guide, Visit Yorkshire.Com, of which 60,000 copies are being sent to tourist information centres nationwide
A FARMER whose business was subject to an undercover surveillance operation by the RSPB has been fined £4,000. Michael Thomas Wood, chairman of the Game Farmers’ Association, was found guilty of allowing spring traps strong enough to kill “something
MALTON is to host a second Festival of Cycling this summer following the success of last year’s event. About 6,000 people and 300 competitors attended the inaugural Malton Festival of Cycling and organisers are hoping this year’s event on Sunday
A MUM is launching a new class in Malton to encourage early communication skills in babies after seeing the benefits with her own child. Donna O’Donoghue said she found out about the benefits of baby signing while she was pregnant with her son,
Councillors have approved plans for an anaerobic digester on a farm near Sand Hutton, despite objections from local people. JFS Gravel Pit Farm Biogas Ltd, for Gravel Pit Farm, submitted an application for a combined heat and power plant, three
FILMING is underway in Ryedale on a new BBC adaption of JB Priestley’s classic play An Inspector Calls. Stars of the drama are expected to be at Scampston Hall for the next month before the production team moves to various locations in Malton,
PLANS to expand Norton Primary School to a second £4.5m site have been “overwhelmingly supported” by the community. North Yorkshire County Council is proposing to build an additional school at Brooklyn, in Langton Road, after an increase in pupil
RYEDALE councillors last night rejected calls for a blanket ban on fracking after being warned of potential legal action. Councillors at an Extraordinary Meeting held in Malton’s Milton Rooms, were told by council solicitor and monitoring officer
OLD Malton Blues Under-13s suffered penalty pain in the North Riding U13s County Cup quarter-finals - losing at Coulby Newham in a shoot-out. The Thornaby-based hosts opening the scoring but Malton replied quickly as Patryk Jadczuk was fouled in
WORKING Men’s Club will meet Horseshoe ‘A’ in the final of the Pickering League’s team knock-out after semi-final wins over Bay Horse and Black Sun respectively. Keith Eddon struck first for WMC, hitting three 100s in a 17-dart leg. Liam Allanson
A GOOD entry of 84 riders turned out for the Guisborough District Motor Club trial at Slapewath on Sunday - with 14-year-old Jack Peace, from Kirkbymoorside, finishing just one mark off the leading riders. Scarborough’s James Carr and Faceby’s
In comparison with mountain ranges overseas and in other parts of Britain, the loftiest parts of our dales and moors seem insignificant if tourist brochures are to be believed. Nonetheless, we are immensely proud of our dales, fells and moors and
IN response to the disgraceful letter sent anonymously which was printed in last week’s Gazette & Herald, we would like to say that many Norton residents, including ourselves, say there will be no prizes for guessing who orchestrated this insulting
CONGRATULATIONS to the Racing Welfare Charity on their new premises in Old Maltongate, Malton. The conversion has managed to take an old solicitors office, and some derelict buildings to the rear, and convert them into offices and residential
TOBY HORTON clearly is rather selective, Gazette & Herald February 4, because Burke warned against all political parties. Since we share similar concerns, he and his UKIP pals should join me because I am right on all counts. The party system
Another fine mess you got us into. Congratulations must be in order yet again to the local Highways Department for the Malton Road debacle last weekend (February 7 and 8). On a weekend when the well-publicised A64 diversion resulted in traffic
THE Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards are national awards which recognise the first class that stud and stable staff deliver to racehorses throughout the industry. There are six categories in all, plus the overall Employee of the Year Award
INJURY has hit North Yorkshire athlete Richard Buck with a double whammy. The former pupil at Lady Lumley’s School, Pickering, was scheduled to compete in the 400 metres at last weekend’s British Indoor Championships, held in Sheffield. But
RYEDALE painter and decorator Clive Milson is also pretty handy in other areas. Not only has he penned poems which have been published in the Gazette & Herald, he has now completed two impressive pencil portraits which are to be displayed in Jack
BAGBY & Balk upset newitts.com Beckett League first division leaders Wombleton Wanderers to reignite the title battle. Mid-table Bagby won 2-1, handing the Wanderers only their second league loss of the campaign. Champions Kirkbymoorside
JAMIE HARPER was the hero as Kirkdale United leapfrogged Gillamoor into third place in the newitts.com Beckett League second division. Playing against his former club, Harper hit a hat-trick to win the game 3-2. Kirkdale started the better
THORNTON-LE-DALE moved into the last four of this season’s Ryedale Hospital Cup thanks to a 3-1 win at Rosedale. The result set up a semi-final away to high-fliers Wombleton Wanderers, while the other last-four tie of this newitts.com Beckket League
WITH more data becoming available on the hazards to human and animal health of fracking for shale gas, it is time to put the brakes on the development of the process so that a greater international assessment can be conducted. When the big carrot
THE Alzheimer’s Society has launched a new guidance booklet on Lasting Power of Attorney to help people living with dementia in Yorkshire and the Humber. A Lasting Power of Attorney is a legal tool that allows an individual to state who they would
THANK you so much for reporting on the troubles that Botton Village is experiencing with the managers of Camphill Village Trust. It is so important that things like this get out in the open, so that people cannot just get away with anything. Well
PORT Royal’s dressage competitions are buzzing as per usual with Heidi Woodhead, from Flaxton, preparing her horses in readiness for the British Eventing season. She took all but one of the first five placings in the pick-your-own test series at
FOLLOWING a successful debut year, the manufacturers of nutrient rich Horslyx have launched their second ambassador scheme. Eight amateur riders will represent the brand at events, competitions and online this year. One of the successful applicants
YORK-BASED Fulmart Feeds has announced a new sponsorship arrangement with former Olympic three-day event rider Tiny Clapham. Ms Clapham competed in the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and was part of the silver medal-winning British team. Since the
DERWENT Arms ‘B’ remain strong favourites to take the Malton & Norton League division ‘A’ trophy despite being shocked 4-3 by Bright Steels ‘B’. Steels are fighting for survival and it was that underdog spirit that won through. Derwent
FRUSTRATION sums up the past week as the new BPS mapping tool showed its fragility when introduced to the real world. Here is my update of the current issues: • Registration continues at pace but the more farmers that go online, the slower
