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  • Your town and village news

    HERE is all your latest Vale and Dale news. Find out what is happening in your neighbourhood, check out when your parish council meets or simply plan ahead with details of events taking place round the corner. AMPLEFORTH Service - Sunday, November

  • COLUMN: Dear readers, I've got a confession to make...

    DEAR readers, I have a terrible confession to make this month. I used to think dahlias were a frou-frou waste of time and effort. I know. I can see you all stern-faced, lips pressed tight in disapproval at this scandalous attitude. But fear not I have

  • Juice project presses home recycling motto

    AS the saying goes: “One person’s rubbish can be someone else’s treasure”. For a Kirkbymoorside project, unwanted fruit scattered around your garden is recycled into a homemade, pristine product. The Kirkbymoorside Fruit Project, founded in 2012

  • COLUMN: Weaving a web in a bid to entice ladies

    I LOVE watching wildlife in winter. By that I mean that I love slouching in my favourite comfy chair with the wood burner roaring while I enjoy a good nature documentary on the telly. Recently I was doing just that, and coincidently it was Ryedale

  • COLUMN: Wood yew believe it?

    THE yew is a more common sight in English churchyards than most other species of tree and there are a number of theories as to why this is the case. Back in Mediaeval times, boys over the age of 16 were obliged to practise their archery skills after