COUNTRYFILE presenters Matt Baker, Anita Rani, John Craven, Steve Brown, Tom Heap and Ellie Harrison joined chef Brian Turner at Castle Howard last week to launch this year’s BBC Countryfile Live events. The event, in the grounds of the stately
A FAMOUS furniture business was "lucky" to avoid being badly damaged by a blaze at a neighbouring pub thanks to the "due diligence" of firefighters. Crews from across the county were called to the fire at The Forresters Arms in Kilburn, near Thirsk
POLICE are trying to find a man who went to the aid of a teenage girl who was being sexually assaulted nearly two years ago. Humberside Police said a 15 year-old girl has recently come forward to say she was attacked on Chapel Hill in Pocklington
TRIBUTES have been paid to a stalwart of the community and a “true countryman”. Edward Wardle died at home in Harome on May 9, aged 92. Known as Tot, Mr Wardle was born in Leppington and spent many years as an agricultural contractor, initially
RYEDALE District Council has controversially decided to elect a leader for the first time in two years - with one councillor describing the appointment as “a con”. The authority, which is under no overall control, chose Conservative Cllr Keane Duncan
VOTERS in Ryedale will go the polls tomorrow (Thursday) to cast their votes in a ballot that was never meant to happen. Polling booths across the district will be open from 7am to 10pm for elections to the European Parliament. Ryedale is part
RYEDALE residents are being encouraged to take up an offer of discounted compost converter bins. North Yorkshire County Council has teamed up with getcomposting.com to offer residents the converters online for home delivery from £9 for a 220-litre
MALTON will host its 11th annual food lovers festival this weekend. The two-day event on Saturday and Sunday will include almost 150 stalls across the two days, along with chef demonstrations, interviews, live music, cooking classes and children
A FORMER pupil of both Ryedale School and Ampleforth College is representing Great Britain in the modern pentathlon this summer - with her sights set on the Paris Olympics in 2024. Clementine Cooper, 19, only started swimming five years ago - in
RYEDALE District Council (RDC) has decided who will lead the authority’s various committees. Nominating last year’s chairman Cllr Michael Cleary to take up the role once again, Cllr Keane Duncan, who is the new leader of the district council, said
THE leader of North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) has described the Government’s apparent reluctance to commit to dualling a key section of the A64 as “unacceptable”. Addressing the council’s full meeting last week, Cllr Carl Les said the road
A DEVELOPMENT of 39 new homes in Old Malton is “coming soon”, the developers have said. The development of two, three and four-bed houses and bungalows, by the award-winning house-builder Duchy Homes, is being built on two hectares of conservation
A COURT has ordered the death of a Ryedale dog unless its owner lodges an appeal within 21 days to save him. Kieron Philip Shepherd, who is 25, did not attend York Magistrates Court to try to prevent his dog Brandy being put down under the Dangerous
HELMSLEY has been chosen to host the National Town Crier Championships next year. The 42nd Ancient & Honourable Guild Of Town Criers Championships (AHGTC) will come to the town in 2020. Following last year’s highly-successful Helmsley Town Crier
THE spectacular British Wildlife Photography Awards exhibition has returned to Nunnington Hall. The awards were created in 2009, and celebrates both the work of amateur and professional photographers and the beauty and diversity of British wildlife
A FOOTBALL tournament to highlight the stigma around men’s mental health is being held in Malton after one of the players’ friends took his own life. Tournament organiser Steve Mason decided to hold the event after his friend of 30 years died last
