Farm couple hit by attacks in neglect case mix-up

12:31pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A RYEDALE couple have suffered abuse and vandalism and seen their businesses suffer after being mistaken for a farmer convicted of neglecting animals.

Local history expert was ‘wonderful man to know’

Historian, author and lecturer John Rushton

12:26pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

JOHN RUSHTON, the leading Ryedale historian and author, has died after losing his battle against cancer.

Former Lady Lumley’s pupil wins prestige composer award

12:23pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A FORMER pupil of Lady Lumley’s School has won a prestigious national award for music composition.

Helmsley couple join appeal for bereaved parents

Annika and James Dowson, from Helmsley, who are helping to launch the Snowdrop Appeal for Scarborough Maternity Unit

12:19pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A COUPLE whose first baby was stillborn have helped launch an appeal to help other bereaved parents.

Kirkbymoorside Sportsfield Association officials resign

12:14pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

THREE officials at Kirkbymoorside Sportsfield Association have resigned, posing a dilemma for a town council.

New reporter joins the Gazette & Herald team

Victoria Prest from Slingsby has joined the Gazette staff as a news reporter

12:14pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

THE Gazette’s new reporter Victoria Prest is returning to Ryedale after nine years working and studying in Scotland, New Zealand, and elsewhere in Yorkshire.

Malton choir boosted by £1,000 donation

Sid Taylor, chairman  of the Chanticleer Singers, receives a cheque from    Emma Brooksbank, from Malton CIC

12:10pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A MALTON choir has been awarded £1,000 towards the success of its ongoing musical programme.

Beck Isle Museum gets ready to mark milestone

Hilda Sissons, Beck Isle’s  costume custodian, with the pieced quilt made by teachers, scholars and friends of St Peter’s and St Paul’s Sunday School in Pickering in 1888

12:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

BECK Isle Museum has welcomed thousands of visitors through its doors since the attraction opened 47 years ago.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway on track for ten more years

11:49am Wednesday 19th June 2013

THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) has been given a new contract with Network Rail to extend its operations for a further 10 years.

Pickering to hold Community Day

11:33am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A COMMUNITY day is being held in Pickering on Sunday following the success of last year’s Jubilee celebrations.

Mobile phone signal lost in mast switch-off

11:17am Wednesday 19th June 2013

PEOPLE in Pickering have been left stranded after a mobile phone company switched off a mast with no warning to residents and businesses who rely on the service.

Family pays tribute to well-known Norton stalwart, Cynthia Mennell

Cynthia Mennell, 78, who has died following a short illness

11:13am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A WELL-KNOWN Norton woman has died following a short illness.

Ryedale Folk Museum to hold Wonders of Wood event

11:08am Wednesday 19th June 2013

RYEDALE Folk Museum in Hutton-le-Hole is holding its ‘Wonders of Wood’ event at the weekend.

Funding plea for Pickering Memorial Hall

Tony Danks, right, treasurer of Pickering Memorial Hall, presents his report to hall’s trustees. Back, from left, John Richardson, Joy Andrews and Mal Danks. Front – Betty Hood, Brian Baker, Alan Smith and Anne Wright

11:00am Wednesday 19th June 2013

LOCAL people are being urged to get involved with the running and upkeep of Pickering Memorial Hall.

Group set up to take Malton plan forward

10:35am Wednesday 19th June 2013

MALTON town councillors have set up a working party to take forward its aspirations for the town through its Neighbourhood Plan.

Australian learns to make bespoke cricket bats in Malton

Australian Caleb Grant with Nick Nixon of Nixon Cricket Bats in Malton where Caleb will be working for the second summer

10:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

AN Australian cricket player is spending the summer in Malton to learn the skilled craft of making bespoke bats.

New church leader for southern Ryedale area

Reverend Rachel Hirst

10:17am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A NEW church leader has been appointed for southern Ryedale.

Complaints made about chicanes

12:07pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

Motorists from the Kirkbymoorside area who commute to Malton railway station have complained that chicanes along the route that takes them via Marton have made their journeys longer.

Business hit by phone cable fault

11:17am Wednesday 19th June 2013

PICKERING’S Cedarbarn farmshop and café has been cut off from the outside world since last Thursday after a cable fault brought their internet, phone and credit card facilities down.

Ryedale arts projects receive £50k boost

7:51am Wednesday 19th June 2013

ARTS projects in Ryedale have received a welcome boost of a share of £50,000.

Care homes throw open their doors

Resident Nellie Marwood joins staff Trish Burr, Sharna Stevens and Gillian Sheddon for tea and cake at The Abbey in Old Malton

11:48am Wednesday 19th June 2013

RESIDENTIAL homes across Ryedale are taking part in National Care Home Open Day on Friday.

Search starts for Pickering Recreation Ground treasurer

10:37am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A VACANCY has arisen for an independent trustee who will also act as treasurer for Pickering Recreation Ground.

Organic group backing for potash product

10:00am Tuesday 18th June 2013

POTASH which is to be mined from the York Potash Project near Whitby has been approved by Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G), a Defra-accredited body which assesses the suitability of organic materials.

Crowds enjoy weekend of Sixties nostalgia in Pickering

Doug Finch in his 1957 Hunslett Locomotive Company Scootacar

8:09am Tuesday 18th June 2013

THE sixties swung again as fans of the era turned out in colourful crowds to enjoy a weekend of nostalgia in Pickering.

30 firefighters tackle blaze at North Yorkshire scrapyard

9:57am Monday 17th June 2013

FIREfighters battled for more than two hours to control a fierce blaze in a scrapyard behind a North Yorkshire garage.

Missing girl found after search in Filey

5:04pm Sunday 16th June 2013

A MAJOR search was launched for a missing five-year-old girl who wandered off while on a day out with her parents at Filey.

Swimming lessons plea from MP

8:59am Saturday 15th June 2013

A NORTH Yorkshire MP has called on the Government to tackle the issue of the number of children who do not know how to swim.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway agreement is ‘good news for tourism’

Philip Benham

8:13am Saturday 15th June 2013

A HERITAGE railway in North Yorkshire has won approval to keep running steam and diesel trains for at least another ten years.

Filey Country Park’s lottery bid

7:35am Saturday 15th June 2013

A CLIFFTOP country park in North Yorkshire is preparing to bid for Lottery funding as part of a regeneration scheme which could include a heritage centre.

The rise and fall of RBS chief Stephen Hester

Stephen Hester

9:16am Friday 14th June 2013

Stephen Hester stepped down this week as boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland. JULIE HAYES charts the colourful career of an Easingwold boy







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