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Spring is coming
JOHN is weighing up his options for spreading tillage on the corn. Most of our fields are looking well - too well. The lush growth encouraged by the warm wet weather has created plants that are too leafy and too tall. Some weeks ago John put the ewes
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O For The Westerlies!
A double duvet of a fog (15 to 20 togs weight) settles over the Vale of York. From Helmsley to Halifax the land is enveloped, swaddled, swathed and stifled gagged and muffled. Even the rooks above the Hag at Oswaldkirk can't find a flight path and perch
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From Uganda to Yorkshire
A CAREER which has included caring for orphaned baby monkeys in Nigeria and working with wildlife in Uganda has taken a massive new turn for Lucy Saggers, who has become the lead officer for a major new project aimed at helping businesses in the North
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Rallying call to get money for transport
"THERE'S lots of money out there and we can access it to improve public transport." That's the rallying call from Natalie Warriner to urge the public to attend a meeting next month to thrash out public transport in the Pickering area. This is not just
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Ryedale communities 'sleeping' claims report
NORTON and Helmsley have been labelled as "barely active" towns along with dozens of Ryedale communities in a shock report to the Government. Several others have been graded as "sleeping" in the survey. But the findings by the Countryside Agency could
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We're talking telephones
WHILST I can manage to bumble along with my mobile phone, it has certain facilities which I am (a) unlikely to use and (b) unlikely to understand but, having mastered text messages, I find these an economical and enjoyable pastime at only 10p a time.
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Ryedale car crime spate probed
A SPATE of recent car crimes around Ryedale may be linked, say police. Residents are being told to be more security conscious after a series of thefts from cars in the area. In the last few days thieves have smashed windows and broken into cars parked
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In search of European reform
YORKSHIRE Conservative MEP Timothy Kirkhope believes the European Union needs to become more open and more democratic. He is part of a convention, formed last month, which is debating EU reform ahead of its enlargement in 2004, when several Eastern European
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A brush with history
HAVE you ever fancied looking behind the scenes at one of the National Trust's properties to see some of the things not normally on view to the public? Now's your chance as this is one of the events taking place at Nunnington Hall this season. The 17th
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Viscount Downe - a sportsman and champion of rural life
VISCOUNT DOWNE, landowner, motor racing enthusiast and champion of rural life, has died after a long illness at the age of 67. Lord Downe - his Christian name was John - held many positions in his public life. He was a former independent member of North
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'Heavy lorries are making life a misery for residents'
HEAVY lorries thundering through Malton and Norton are damaging homes, roads and making life a misery for residents, claims a newly-formed action group. But the main fear for the Malton and Norton Traffic Concern Group, which held a protest meeting at
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Cross mystery goes on...
ON the trail of the mystery roadside cross.... A convincing explanation has been put forward for the existence of the granite cross, which stands alongside the A64 between Sherburn and Potter Brompton. It would also appear to reconcile the two opposing
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Wasps have six days to save themselves
YORK Wasps have been given a six-day deadline to save the club. At an emergency meeting yesterday between Wasps officials and the Rugby Football League, the club officially handed in their resignation from the league. However, the RFL have agreed to give
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A fitting feast
HISTORY lessons took on a new dimension for youngsters at West Luttons Community School near Malton when they re-enacted a medieval banquet. The children added to the authenticity of the occasion by dressing in Tudor outfits made by the school's nursery
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Ryedale Flame Toni tumbles into first national finals
TONI Ledden will make history for the Ryedale Flames when she takes part in the national tumbling finals in Stoke-on-Trent this Saturday. The 14-year-old, of St Augustine's School in Scarborough, will be the first gymnast to represent the Pickering-based
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Farming in the blood of young businessman
BEN Hebron is the kind of young man you would expect to be a farmer. Born and bred in Rosedale, farming is in the blood of this 21-year-old and both his grandfathers are still farming - Bill Hebron in Rosedale and Herbert Flintoft in Westerdale. With
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CCTV for Kirkbymoorside could cost up to £10,000
A CCTV camera to cover Kirkbymoorside's town centre is likely to cost up to £10,000, councillors heard this week. In addition, the Town Clerk, Robert Horne, said there would be the cost of transmission and running costs. However, such a camera would be
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Whale bones to the rescue
AN imposing whalebone arch which welcomes visitors to a picturesque stretch of North Yorkshire coastline is finally set to be reborn. The famous arch, a gateway to Whitby's waterfront for nearly 40 years after the bones were donated by Norway, has deteriorated
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Reseeding can help cut costs
RESEEDING worn out grassland provides yields of higher quality fodder and significantly reduces the need to use brought-in concentrate. The view was outlined at a meeting for farmers organised by farm equipment dealer RBM Agricultural Ltd, grass harrow
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Vaccination for sheep
SWIFT whole-flock vaccinations in the case of enzootic abortion is recommended by Novartis. Vet Matt Colston of Frame Swift & Partners in Pentrith notes that farmers who have restocked following FMD may not know the status of the sheep they have bought
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TB breakthrough
AN important breakthrough has been made in the battle against TB in cattle. And the research indicates that thousands of years ago it may have been man who gave the disease to cattle. The sequence of the entire genome of the organism that causes bovine
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Off to a cracking start
FOR the first time in 13 months, there was a live auction of live cattle in Malton Market last Friday; and the attendance in human terms outnumbered the hundred or so animals by three to one. The ring was absolutely packed and there was a great atmosphere
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Peter lands a 31-pound beauty
MALTON angler Peter Ascough had the catch of his life earlier this month - a huge pike weighing a whopping 31lb (pictured left). Mr Ascough said he had always hoped to break the 30lb barrier but admitted his catch had come "out of the blue". The prize
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Beaumont's back after Festival win
Back in the big time. That's Peter Beaumont, who hit the heights at last week's Cheltenham Festival when producing Hussard Collonges to beat the best that Britain, Ireland and France could muster in the £72,500 Royal & Sun Alliance Novices' Chase.
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Massive win puts Malton in box seat
Malton and Norton 18 Stocksbridge 5. Cometh the hour, cometh the team. Malton and Norton have now established themselves as promotion favourites after seeing off one of their nearest challengers in a hard-fought battle at The Gannock. With rivals Leeds
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Protest pledge after hunt vote
THERE will be a large wave of protest from the countryside when the Commons votes on hunt legislation. That was the pledge this week from the Countryside Alliance as the Government prepared to announced details - perhaps as early as today - of the bill
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Ryedale close to glory
Ryedale League: Ryedale SC A 6 Swinton A 4. Ryedale SC A are on the verge of ending Swinton A's seven-year reign as champions of divsion one, after their narrow victory in what was effectively the title decider. They are now four points clear of Swinton
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Vision for the future
AT last one councillor, and a Tory too, is urging his colleagues to come up with a vision for the future - and some action. It is, in fact, a call for sensible and pragmatic leadership, admitting the appalling lack of it. The continuing buzz-word at Ryedale
