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Racing world remembers Norton fire jockeys

Jockeys Paul Hanagan and PJ McDonald join mourners at the memorial service for Jamie Kyne and Jan Wilson

10:40am Monday 6th September 2010

THE WORLD of racing joined Ryedale residents to remember Jamie Kyne and Jan Wilson, the two jockeys who died a year ago when fire swept through their living accommodation at Norton.

Sporting venture partner is sought by Scarborough Borough Council

10:26am Monday 6th September 2010

A NORTH Yorkshire council has opened the door for companies to bid for a contract to develop new sports facilities in the town.

Quarry grants available in North Yorkshire

10:27am Monday 6th September 2010

NORTH Yorkshire communities affected by quarrying can get central government money for local environmental projects.

Tragic York soldier gave up pilot dream for his family

James Ashdown

9:00am Saturday 4th September 2010

Updated: A SOLDIER from York killed in a crash which left his pregnant wife and baby daughter injured sacrificed his dream of becoming a pilot for his family.

Allerton Park incinerator contract decision postponed

8:30am Saturday 4th September 2010

WASTE management bosses in York and North Yorkshire have postponed a key decision on their controversial incinerator project.

Witness plea over Northallerton swimming pool death

POOL PROBE: Kaimen Ward

8:10am Saturday 4th September 2010

WITNESSES are being urged to come forward as investigations continue into the death of an eight-year-old boy at a swimming pool in Northallerton.

Search on for Scarborough attacker

7:40am Saturday 4th September 2010

A MAN suffered injuries to his face after being knocked to the ground in an attack in a North Yorkshire town.

Toy weapons confiscated at Sunday market

Trading standards officer Kevin Stace with one of the seized guns fitted with potentially lethal laser beams

7:30am Saturday 4th September 2010

TOY guns fitted with potentially lethal laser beams have been seized in an early morning raid by trading standards officers at a Sunday market in North Yorkshire.

Keeping check on bin lorry movements

7:05am Saturday 4th September 2010

NEW high-tech tracking systems have been fitted with to waste collection vehicles so supervisors can instantly see where they are working.

Going green on the North York Moors

6:33am Saturday 4th September 2010

SCHOOLS, businesses and community groups in and around the North York Moors are being challenged to come up with a green project idea.

30,000 people enjoy new gym

6:29am Saturday 4th September 2010

THIRTY-thousand people passed through the doors of Thirsk and Sowerby Leisure Centre’s new gym in its first year.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service celebrates improvement in response times

11:44am Friday 3rd September 2010

Yorkshire Ambulance Service – which had the worst response times in England last year – is now hitting the national target.

Winner of Kyne-Wilson Scholarship to ride rare coloured racehorse, Rummy, in coming season

Jockey Paul Pickard with Angrove Rum Baba

10:33am Friday 3rd September 2010

A RARE sight is set to greet racegoers across the region when a horse nicknamed Rummy appears on the track this season.

Archers actor in one man show at Black Swan Hotel, Helmsley

Charles Collingwood who plays Brian Aldridge in The Archers

10:11am Friday 3rd September 2010

THERE will be a chance next month to put a face to one of Britain’s most recognisable voices when The Archers star Charles Collingwood comes to the Black Swan Hotel at Helmsley.

Wetland landscapes reintroduced to farms near Scarborough

Landowners Helen and Andrew Wrigley and wetland officer Tim Burkinshaw check out the project

10:18am Friday 3rd September 2010

WATER, water everywhere – that’s the plan for a group of North Yorkshire farms where wetland landscape is being reintroduced to encourage wildlife.

Cyclist seriously injured in accident on B1257 near Helmsley ‘stable’

10:24am Friday 3rd September 2010

A cyclist who was seriously injured in a collision in North Yorkshire this week remains in a stable and comfortable condition in York Hospital, police have said.

Roof repairs start at Malton Town Hall

10:24am Friday 3rd September 2010

REPAIRS to the roof of Malton Town Hall will take place next week.

Cast selected for Easingwold Players’ autumn production of Peter Pan

10:46am Friday 3rd September 2010

Easingwold Players’ autumn production of Peter Pan is off to a flying start with the selection of a strong cast. More than 75 adults, teenagers and children auditioned for the show.

Veteran, 91, to return to Arnhem to mark 66th anniversary of Operation Market Garden

Raymond Whitwell, 91, who is to return to Arnhem, in Holland, on the 66th anniversary of the wartime assault there

8:30am Thursday 2nd September 2010

A SECOND World War veteran from Malton is to make an emotional return to the site where he landed in Holland during the largest airborne assault in history.

Nurses in Yorkshire and Humberside have ‘no time’ to check elderly for malnutrition

8:13am Thursday 2nd September 2010

MORE than half of nurses in Yorkshire and Humberside say they do not have enough time to screen elderly patients for malnutrition, a report has shown.






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