Features - taken from the pages of the Gazette & Herald newspaper

Old pictures of Whitby

11:23am Monday 20th May 2013

We have three more pictures from North Yorkshire historian Robin Cook's wonderful Whitby Through Time, which featured a couple of weeks ago.

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Readers capture springtime pictures

9:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

READERS have taken advantage of the recent sunny days and headed out with their cameras to capture Ryedale and the surrounding area at its best.

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How businesses can make the most of the Tour de France

11:42am Tuesday 14th May 2013

YORKSHIRE is going pedalling mad following the region’s successful bid to host the first stages of the 2014 Tour de France.

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On border patrol with the collies

10:05am Wednesday 8th May 2013

Border collies are lovely, intelligent dogs – but they don’t always make the ideal family pet. STEPHEN LEWIS visits a rescue centre near York that aims to find a new home for dogs that have proved too much of a handful as pets

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Youngsters set up own group at Norton’s skatepark

8:00am Wednesday 8th May 2013

YOUNGSTERS who use Norton’s skatepark have set up their own group to help develop and maintain the site.

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A pair of lovely ladies looking for forever homes

8:00am Wednesday 8th May 2013

EVERY other week we feature dogs being cared for by Ryedale Dog Rescue in the hope of helping them to find a new home.

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Pictures of Whitby show a proud history

11:28am Monday 6th May 2013

THERE is always a sense of pride to be had when, on being asked to declare your place of birth, you are able to write “Whitby, Yorkshire”, writes local historian Robin Cook.

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Celebrating 40 years of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway

9:22am Thursday 2nd May 2013

It is 40 years this week since the North Yorkshire Moors Railway was reopened by the Duchess of Kent. NATALYA WILSON explains how a meeting in her grandfather’s house in 1967 led to a rescue mission to save the railway after it was axed by Beeching

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On the verge of extinction

12:26pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

North Yorkshire’s wildflower verges are under threat – from climate change, insecticides, and over-zealous gardening. STEPHEN LEWIS reports.

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Photographers spring into action

9:00am Wednesday 1st May 2013

SPRING is catching up after a long winter.

Pale and interesting – with a killer twist

3:47pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Wildlife expert and outdoor education leader MIKE BAGSHAW finds a sinister forest-dweller in our midst.

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Happy couple is feathering a nest

3:45pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

I AM pleased to report that, at least in one small section of the farm, a male has actually got things right.

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Time to sit back and take in the scenery

3:43pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

MALTON, May 14. Having just been chauffeured to Scarborough and back this morning by Kim, my daughter-in-law, I’ve had the pleasant experience of being able to sit back and look at the scenery.

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Food festival is fabulous, but what a contrast

3:41pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE success of the tasty treat that is Malton Food Lovers Festival at the weekend unmasked a tale of two towns.

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Busy, but not too busy to allow this wind farm

3:40pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE last couple of months have been, to say the least, very, very busy.

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