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Outdated and discriminatory rules
SOCIAL security rules state that pensions must be cut for hospital stays longer than six weeks. At any one time, more than 30,000 sick older people are enduring these cuts, which also results in other benefit cuts, including income support, housing and
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Charm school in action
THE suggestions that all farmers are to be issued with computers with a direct link to the Department for the Extermination of Farming and Rural Affairs, has caused shock waves through our local farming fraternity. Computers? E-mail? I foresee uprisings
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A Poem From The Quiet Book
HERE they sit this friendly pair Their curly heads a closeness share. Shining eyes say so much Secrets shared, a gentle touch. The world around might stand still, They don't notice, plans to fill. What to do, where to go The day is theirs, and so One
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70th birthday treat for Gentleman Jim
REACHING three-score-years-and-ten may be reason enough for most people to adopt an armchair by the fire with pipe and slippers at close quarters. But not if you're Jim Dent. When Jim's 70th birthday came round last week, he marked the occasion by doing
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Prime sites are for sale
TWO of Scarborough's best known landmarks - The Futurist Theatre and The Mere - have been put on the market in a bid to attract multi-million pound investment into the resort's holiday attractions. This week, the borough council's development and regulation
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MP pleads for flood scheme to get go-ahead
Pleas were made this week by Ryedale's MP John Greenway for the big flood defence scheme for Norton and Malton to go ahead as a priority, despite the cost rocketing £1.3m. He has written to Professor Roy Ward, chairman of the Yorkshire Regional Flood
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70th birthday treat for Gentleman Jim
REACHING three-score-years-and-ten may be reason enough for most people to adopt an armchair by the fire with pipe and slippers at close quarters. But not if you're Jim Dent. When Jim's 70th birthday came round last week, he marked the occasion by doing
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Taking the green route
THE recently-appointed chairman of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group in North Yorkshire, Pauline Nicholson, is out to persuade farmers of the benefits of looking to changing their outlook. Mrs Nicholson - the first woman to hold the post - said:
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Twin bill - oh yes they are!
CINDERELLA goes to the ball twice this Christmas at Scarborough! As a result of what has officially been described as 'a breakdown in communications' Britain's favourite pantomime is being staged at both the Futurist and Spa Theatres. But both British
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Rosedale cross raised
A LARGE stone cross has joined the landmark crosses and stones on the North Yorkshire Moors - the first to be erected for hundreds of years. The imposing structure has been put up by residents of Rosedale and Hartoft to mark the Millennium, and last Sunday
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'I'm just off down the pub to get some cash'
RESIDENTS in Norton are used to finding cashpoints in unusual places - but the latest one is the strangest yet. Regulars at the Derwent Arms, Church Street, can now get to their cash without hiking all the way to Malton if they are caught short in need
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Public consultation on A64 plans
A PUBLIC consultation is about to be launched on what should happen to the A64. A series of meetings has been arranged along the route of the road. The consultation is part of the Highways Agency's route management strategy for Britain's trunk roads over
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Councillor quits as two more are appointed
JUST minutes after appointing two new councillors, members of Norton-on-Derwent Town Council found themselves with another vacancy on Monday night when Coun Howard Griffiths resigned. He told the Mayor, Coun Keith Mennell, in a letter that he had decided
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Great strides for young Woodhouse
BEN Woodhouse is clearly making significant strides in his new role as pupil-assistant to Nicky Henderson, one of Britain's leading trainers. Henderson sent out his 49th winner of the season at Doncaster last Saturday and, having opted not to make the
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Black Swan soar to victory
Scarborough and District FA Junior Cup third round Filey Town reserves from the second division of the Scarborough and District League were no match for current Beckett League champions Black Swan, Pickering, who were convincing 3-0 winners. Swan's Rob
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The pub is the hub
PRINCE Charles this week at The Craven Heifer at Stainforth, North Yorkshire, launched a new report called 'The Pub is the Hub'. Why?, well... six rural pubs a week are closing in England and Wales, according to British Beer and Pub Association property
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Goal feast puts Kirkby second
RJF Homes Beckett League KIRKBYMOORSIDE reserves climbed into second position with a 4-0 home win against Slingsby with two goals scored in each half. Phil Butler and Andrew Ferguson scored in the first period, and Nicky Hodgson and Dan Broadbent grabbed
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Revenge is sweet for Pikes
Sheffield 0, Pickering Town 4 THE Pikes were good value for their four-goal victory at the oldest club in the world - a win which gained revenge for their first defeat of the season at home to Sheffield back in October. The win sets up a big home clash
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Turkey stages its own Christmas Great Escape
WHILE the future looks grim for most turkeys at this time of year, one talented bird is going to extraordinary lengths to ensure he does not end up on the Christmas dinner table. Trevor, an 18-month-old Bourbon Red, has started performing death-defying
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Grapes Inn helps beat the trend by re-opening
THERE were Christmas cheers of a special kind when Great Habton celebrated the re-opening of its village pub. "We've bucked the trend," said resident Paul Andrews raising a pint. "This is a triumph." For 11 months, the pub lay empty. The owner wanted
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Price of justice is just £12,000
RYEDALE councillors and the district's senior coroner and a magistrate slammed controversial plans to close Pickering Magistrates Court claiming it would cause hardship for many people with long journeys, and fewer people willing to become magistrates
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Christmas a time to remember
PERHAPS it's not really the right time to be remembering the youngsters who gave their lives in the service of their country, but on second thoughts, perhaps it is. I am writing of the ATC Cadets who we see marching at Armistice parades and other military
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Everybody says Cheese for Children in Need
REGULARS at a Ryedale village pub are always game for a laugh - and have raised an impressive £2,000 for charity in the process. The wacky drinkers at The Ham and Cheese, Scagglethorpe, spent almost a year dreaming up unusual events, raising the cash
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Bridleway with tolls?
LANDOWNERS and farmers in Yorkshire have been asked to look at creating "toll" schemes to improve horse riding opportunities in the countryside - and boost their income stream in the aftermath of the foot and mouth outbreak. The Country Land and Business
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Prince meets with farmers
NORTH Yorkshire farmers, who are still recovering from the foot and mouth crisis, were given a morale boost - and a string of new ideas - from Prince Charles, who visited them on Monday. The Prince of Wales met a small group of farmers and rural business
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Reindeer movement licence revoked
FOLLOWING my outbursts in the last two Gazette & Herald issues, Tom sent me this latest edict from our beloved Department of Extremely Foolish & Ridiculous Activities (DEFRA). "Due to the 20 day restrictions on livestock movements and a shortage
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County facing ten per cent tax hike
A HUGE council tax increase looks inevitable in North Yorkshire after county councillors sealed a provisional agreement. But political leaders promised to launch their biggest public consultation to discover where residents wanted their limited funds
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MBE for Ryedale man
SQUADRON Leader Andy Sollitt from Crambeck Village, Welburn, is pictured receiving his MBE at Buckingham Palace. His MBE citation is classified, but includes reference to management of air missions in Kosovo, particularly with respect to humanitarian
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Services for Christmas
WITH Christmas almost here, there's only one place many people will be thinking of visiting - a local church to mark the true reason that makes Christmas so special. Churches around the region will be opening their doors, so here we present a round-up
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Old Malton reserves and thirds reach quarter-finals
The reserves and third team made it a hat-trick of wins for Old Malton last week, as both sides progressed to the quarter-finals of the Scarborough and District FA Junior Cup. Old Malton reserves, who won the cup two seasons ago, scraped through against
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Old Malton's bid to retain title gathers pace
Huntington 2, Old Malton 4 Current champions Old Malton are clearly intent on keeping hold of their crown this season, after chalking up their fifth consecutive win to maintain their lead at the top of the York Leeper Hare Premier Division. The management
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Winging in for charity
PERSONNEL at RAF Leeming have raised more than £1,000 for a special-needs school that was the adopted charity, this year, of RAF Leeming Supply and Movements Squadron. Several events were staged over the year, from a beat-the-goalie stall to a '70s disco
