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  • Council agrees £22.95 per year rise in police precept

    COUNTY councillors have agreed a contentious rise in the so-called police precept - the council tax which goes towards funding North Yorkshire Police. Julia Mulligan, the police, fire and crime commissioner for North Yorkshire, had originally sought

  • School gives air ambulance a £10,000 boost

    PUPILS, parents and staff at Terrington Hall School have raised £10,566.28 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA). Nominated as the school’s charity of the year, the YAA has been the beneficiary of a number of fund-raising initiatives at the school

  • MBE for Shakespeare theatre boss

    THE Ryedale man who brought Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre to York celebrated with a Yeoman from the city after being presented with the MBE by Princess Anne. James Cundall, the chief executive of Lunchbox Theatrical Productions of Malton, which created

  • Green light for railway station improvements

    MALTON railway station is set to get improvements, including a new ticket office, waiting room and accessible toilet. TransPennine Express, which runs the station, is allocating the funds to make the changes. Thirsk & Malton MP Kevin Hollinrake

  • Drop-in session at surgery to discuss building work

    PATIENTS will be able to find out more about building work taking place at Pickering Medical Practice at a drop-in event on Friday. Nicola Scott, Patient Support Team Manager, said the aim was to give residents the opportunity to view the work and

  • Rugby volunteer work recognised with Twickenham trip

    THE head of women and girls rugby at the Gannock in Malton has enjoyed a visit to Twickenham Stadium for a volunteer recognition lunch hosted by RFU president Chris Kelly. Ian Hepworth relaunched the girls’ teams at Malton and Norton RUFC just