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Kirkbymoorside families urged to get creative in the kitchen

Jane Thomas, Nelly Trevelyan and June Emerson, members of the Kirkbymoorside Environment Group, promote the new home-grown food initiative they have launched

1:06pm Wednesday 15th July 2009

A SEARCH is being made for volunteers in the Kirkbymoorside area to take up a challenge of only eating home-produced food.

North York Moors villages take steps to cut carbon footprint

Appleton-le-Moors, which is taking part in the Community Renewable Energy project that aims to reduce village’s carbon footprint.

12:31pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

REMOTE communities in the picturesque North York Moors National Park are going eco-friendly – and saving money.

Upgraded village hall opens at Welburn

Sandy Hill and Yvonne Myers, members of the management committee, outside Welburn Village Hall.

11:21am Wednesday 8th July 2009

A VILLAGE hall in Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty has gone green thanks to a £200,000 grant.

Pattacakes bakery and tearoom opens in Welburn

Anita Brown and Anita Tasker show off the results of their bakery skills.

12:40pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

Maxine Gordon meets Yorkshire women, Anita Brown and Anita Tasker, who are bringing a slice of Viennese life to rural Ryedale with their pattisserie, Pattacakes, in Welburn.

Developers pull out of Kirkbymoorside housing scheme

11:23am Wednesday 24th June 2009

A MAJOR housing scheme planned for an industrial site in Kirkbymoorside has been drastically reduced, town councillors have been told.

Kirkbymoorside traders unite to build on town success story

Kirkbymoorside traders Gail Thomas, Tony Everett, Andrea Brewster and Mark Simpson.

12:26pm Thursday 4th June 2009

WHILE towns and cities throughout Britain are reporting a slump in trade and widespread closure of shops, Kirkbymoorside is bucking the trend.

Kirkbymooside Golf Club terrace opens in memory of president Mike Shields

Tony Riby, Dave Turnbull, Steve Clements and Graham Ward celebrate the opening of the new  terrace at Kirkbymoor-side Golf Club in memory of Mike Shields.

10:20am Wednesday 27th May 2009

A NEW terrace has been opened in memory of a much-loved golfer.

Tributes are paid to Allen Davison who has died aged 64

Allen Davison

11:23am Thursday 21st May 2009

A FATHER-OF-TWO left blind and paralysed by a crippling virus, but who battled against his condition to be made town mayor, has died.

Craig Hignett and Curtis Fleming turn out for club’s footie fundraiser

The Legends squad

1:30pm Thursday 14th May 2009

HUNDREDS of football fans turned out to see their local team take on a legendary line-up in a long-awaited fundraising fixture.

Picture of Marton through the ages

Illustrations by artist Renee Clark  capture the charm of Marton

1:48pm Thursday 14th May 2009

A BUOYANT picture for the future of one of Ryedale’s prettiest villages has been painted by a top geography professor.

Joan Myers, 67, to take part in Humber Bridge walk to raise cancer cash

Joan Myers, 67, who is taking part in the Humber Bridge Walk to raise money for MacMillan Cancer Care.

1:56pm Thursday 7th May 2009

A RETIRED nurse is taking steps to raise money for cancer support.

Jobs and housing key to Kirkbymoorside’s prosperity

1:52pm Thursday 7th May 2009

THE vision for historic Kirkbymoorside calls for more jobs, housing for young people and a better deal for the town’s infrastructure.

Record numbers go under starter’s orders at the Kirkbymoorside 10k run

Runners begin the Kirkbymoorside 10k.

10:24am Wednesday 6th May 2009

A RECORD 433 athletes completed the Kirkbymoorside 10k run on Sunday when a teenager scooped the honour of being the first female winner.

Legends line up for fundraising football match at Kirkbymoorside

Gary Pallister

12:05pm Thursday 30th April 2009

EX-professional football players Gary Pallister and Craig Hignett have been named among the team to line-up against a Ryedale team next month.

Kirkbymoorside stages transition town launch event

Stephanie Sanderson finds out about bikes from Steve Punchard.

11:34am Thursday 30th April 2009

KIRKBYMOORSIDE’S success in being named one of only a handful of transition towns in Britain gathered pace last weekend when it staged a launch event at the market town’s Memorial Hall.

Work starts on £600,000 library plan

11:03am Thursday 2nd April 2009

WORK has started on converting Kirkbymoorside’s landmark Church House into a new £600,000 library and information centre.

Go ahead is given for ambitious £1m centre

Mike Benson, seated, curator of the Ryedale Folk Museum, with Richard and Edward Harrison.

10:59am Thursday 26th March 2009

PLANNERS have given the green light to a £1 million home for the unique Harrison collection of memorabilia collected by two Kirkbymoorside brothers over half a century.

Football club kicks off fundraising drive

Fundraising organisers outside Kirkbymoorside football club’s changing rooms are Paul Magson, Charlie Abbey, Mike Hodgson, John Harmer, Anthony Farror

9:19am Thursday 12th March 2009

A TEAM of famous footballers will be playing a Ryedale club to help them raise money for new facilities.

Welburn woman to swim the English Channel

Welburn woman to swim the English Channel

9:37am Thursday 26th February 2009

SHE does not like being in salt water – but has set herself the challenge of swimming the English Channel. Julie Ryan, 42, who is a manager at NHS North Yorkshire and York, only learned to swim in 1996, but this summer will attempt to complete the 21 miles between Dover and Calais.

Welburn Parish Council celebrates 115 years

Thomas Thompson, pictured in 1894, was then first chairman of the parish council.

11:29am Thursday 12th February 2009

FIVE hundred meetings spanning 115 years – that’s the record being celebrated by Welburn Parish Council.



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