RESIDENTS of a Ryedale village are appealing for motorists to slow down and take more care after a car crashed into a stone wall – only three weeks after it had been rebuilt following an earlier crash. It is estimated there may have been up to 20 separate
NEW steps are being taken to crack down on the use of drugs and substance abuse in Ryedale. And police have warned they also aim to target motorists who drive after taking drugs. The move coincides with a Government initiative entitled Tackling Drugs
LATE-night taxi travel is set to be made easier and safer across Ryedale as a string of new ranks swing into operation. Three new full-time sites which will allow hackney carriages to pick up passengers have been set up around the county, together with
THE father of missing Malton chef Claudia Lawrence has spoken of his family’s despair that no one has come forward with any information about a possible sighting of his daughter. Peter Lawrence, speaking at a press conference in Hovingham on Monday,
SOME of Ryedale’s finest craft workers and artists will be opening their studios to the public later this month. They will be among 100 who will be inviting visitors into a host of intriguing studio spaces from caravans on the North York Moors to harbourside
NEW homes could be built on the site of a doomed Ryedale satellite college, but the proposed development is already facing opposition. An application to build 13 houses on land where Askham Bryan College’s now-defunct Pickering centre currently stands
FOUR talented young thespians from a Ryedale youth theatre group are enjoying stunning success. The teenagers are all members of 1812 youth theatre group, which meets at Helmsley Arts Centre each week. Nathaniel Priestley, 19, has been accepted into
HELMLSEY is set for a buoyant future, according to the new town council chairman. The only woman member of the council, Coun Jane Barker has taken over from Coun Brian Thompson, and is optimistic the town will gain from the increasing number of people
A WELL-known policeman is retiring after 30 years’ service and setting himself a new challenge. PC Terry Triffitt, the popular face of community safety in Ryedale, will hang up his handcuffs for the last time on the June 24, and head off on a 280-mile
MALTON’S counting feet – to help boost the market town’s economy. Pedestrian counting sensors, known as footfall counters, have been installed in key areas to provide a way of measuring the level of activity in the town. Jane Wilford, chairman of Malton
