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  • Point season ends on a high

    IT was the final meeting for the Yorkshire point-to-point season last weekend at Sedgefield racecourse as the curtain came to a close on the northern scene this year. Although the fields were on the low side, organisers had put a lot of effort in

  • LETTERS: A no-deal Brexit is a serious threat to jobs

    LEAVING the EU without a deal would be a disaster for farmers in Ryedale. Currently, a substantial amount of Ryedale meat is sold tariff-free to the EU – but a no-deal Brexit would put export tariffs of 46 per cent on lamb, 65 per cent on beef

  • COLUMN: Egg-cellent planning

    THE lucky survivors of the shooting season have a new purpose in life at the farm of friends we were staying. Ostensibly there for their daughter’s wedding (my primary focus), John was looking forward as well to helping with the deer, pheasants and

  • WAY WE WERE: Aerial views of North Yorkshire

    WE’VE headed skywards again for this week’s Way We Were and picked another five photos from our aerials collection. This selection shows the villages Stamford Bridge, Weaverthorpe, East Lutton, West Lutton and Helperthorpe. These aerials were taken