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  • The canal which came back from the dead

    FOR this week’s Way We Were we are heading to Pocklington Canal. The canal is a popular destination for walkers and canal boat users alike. It is navigable for more than half its nine-mile length, and the tow paths are open throughout the length

  • COLUMN: Why not all birds like to flock together

    THE saying ‘Birds of a feather flock together,’ like many such homilies, is often true but not exclusively so. Some avian species are particularly solitary by nature and don’t flock at all; robins, for instance, are so intensely territorial that they

  • COLUMN: May the best beast win

    BACK home from Scotland to face the usual pile of holiday washing and eternal question as you unpack as to “why did I take so much stuff in the first place?” After all this was a holiday with close friends, no need to dress to impress. The cottage

  • LETTERS: We need sustained campaign of action

    I STRONGLY support John Crosland’s (Letters, Gazette & Herald, November 27) call for safety improvements to the Norton railway crossing junction. Not only is the traffic congestion getting worse, the junction is also a safety hazard for pedestrians