HUGE traffic jams have built up on the A64 as scorching August Bank Holiday weather tempts thousands to try to head to the Yorkshire Coast. Coastliner tweeted that its buses on the A64 to Scarborough and Whitby were running more than an hour late
MEMBERS at Thornton-le-Dale Bowls Club are enjoying a successful year. The Ryedale club took the knockout plate for the second year running in the Aussie Pairs bowls competition by defeating Newby at the Ayton ground. The line-up included David
A TRACTOR unit was destroyed by a fire on Sunday afternoon. Helmsley and Thirsk crews were called to the Rievaulx area just after 1pm to a tractor fire. A spokesman for the North Yorkshire Fire Service said: "The tractor had a trailer which
A MAN had to be rescued by firefighters after slipping on a ladder. A fire crew from Pickering were called to Thornton-le-Dale just after 3pm on Sunday. A spokesman for North Yorkshire Fire Service said: "Pickering crew attended and assisted
A FIRE from an agricultural baler spread to a corn field in the Malton area on Saturday afternoon. Firefighters from Malton were joined by the water browser from Tadcaster to tackle the fire just before 3pm.
FIREFIGHTERS were called to 50 metres of hay stubble on fire. Crews from Malton were called just after 8am on Friday to Duggleby where there was a fire measuring approximately one metre by 50 metres. They used one hose reel to extinguish it.
FIREFIGHTERS have issued a warning about bonfires after they were called out to Coulton near Helmsley on Saturday afternoon. Crews from the Helmsley station attended a fire in the open which involved a hedgerow, just after 4.30pm. They used two
MEMBERS of Ryedale Jazz Club have hosted the seventh Ryedale Traditional Jazz Festival. Visitors from near and far enjoyed a week-long festival of jazz from bands across the country at Pickering Memorial Hall. Tickets for next year’s festival
A HOUSING association has been doing its bit to help with the survival of one of our most enigmatic birds. Yorkshire Housing has been working with a local group in Helmsley to provide homes for swifts - a species that spends much of its life in
