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  • Crews called to combine on fire

    Crews from Malton, Pickering, York, Huntington and Skipton attended reports of a combine harvester on fire near Malton at 1.10pm today (Tuesday) On arrival of crews this was found to be involve a combine harvester, a JCB loader and a field on fire.

  • World's best race horses shine at York's Ebor Festival

    WITH emphatic wins by three of the best horses in the world, last week's four-day Ebor Meeting once again proved that it is one of the best meetings of the entire Flat race season. Although Ryedale yards did not fare quite as well as they had hoped

  • Elderly man rescued after falling between rock and fence

    AN elderly man had to be rescued after he fell and became wedged between a rock and a fence. Fire crews were called at 2.14pm on Monday to Main Street in Scarborough to assist ambulance crews. A spokesman for North Yorkshire Fire Service said

  • Firefighters tackle bathroom fire in Norton

    FIREFIGHTERS are investigating a fire in a bathroom at a domestic property in Norton this morning (Tuesday). Crews were called to the property just off Commercial Street early this morning and used two breathing apparatus, one hose reel jet and

  • Fire crews extinguished a farm baler on fire

    CREWS from Pickering and Kirkbymoorside extinguished a farm baler on fire near Sinnington at 7.35pm yesterday (Monday). They used two hose reel jets and a light portable pump at this incident.

  • COLUMN: Avoid the pitfalls of diversifying

    WITH this year’s Glastonbury festival behind us, where the working dairy herd at Worthy Farm in Somerset makes way for the world’s biggest music festival, many farmers may have been wondering what innovative ideas they too could explore to boost their

  • Pop-up pilates raises £1,250 for Saint Catherine's Hospice

    A SUCCESSFUL “pop-up pilates” event for Saint Catherine’s was held at Cedar Barn Farm Shop and Café in Pickering. The event was organised by Angie Macdougal and instructor Wendy Harding. Angie has organised various fundraisers following the death