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MEP named as candidate for coastal seat
LEADING Ryedale politician Robert Goodwill has taken on a new role. An MEP who is one of North Yorkshire's representatives at Brussels, Mr Goodwill has now been adopted as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Conservatives in the marginal Scarborough
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Councillors wary over confusing road signs
TOWN councillors at Helmsley are at loggerheads with North Yorkshire County Council's (NYCC) highways department over the erection of new signs. The town authority has told NYCC's agent, Mouchell, that it does not agree with its design and detail of the
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Results from show jumping
A SHOW jumping competition was held at Irton Equestrian Centre on Sunday, December 21, judged by W H Downs. The winners were: Horse clear round - Hannah Grevette on Mr B, Josie Kawood on Charlie, Claire Holliday on Harmony, Jane Jennings on Holly, Natalie
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Free advice service extended
GROWING enthusiasm from Yorkshire farmers whose businesses have benefited from the free Farm Business Advice Service has resulted in a last-minute funding boost from DEFRA for farms in the region that apply between now and the end of the financial year
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Looking to the non-food future
A PIONEERING research centre which was formally opened in November hopes to make York the national focus for crops of the future. The National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC) brings together farmers, scientists and industry, providing a world-class science
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It's time for common sense
A RECENT issue of the Gazette & Herald was so full of controversial subjects that if I were to comment on them all I should need a whole page. It was the issue where the headlines were about farmer Andrew Wainwright and his problem with flying our
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CAB at risk of closure
A DESPERATE bid is being made to raise £50,000 by January 12 by a group which helps thousands of people with debt and other problems on the Yorkshire coast - or it faces closure. Part of the problems of the Scarborough and district Citizens Advice Bureau
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No to Fylingdales health study
THE Ministry of Defence has refused to fund a 'vital' long-term health study around RAF Fylingdales to establish whether there is a link between radar emissions and cancer. Setting up the study was one of the assurances the North York Moors National Parks
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Tourism chiefs prepare for new season
WHILE Ryedale is still enjoying the festive season, leaders of its tourist industry are preparing for another busy year. The district council has just taken delivery of 60,000 holiday brochures which in the next few weeks will be sent to potential visitors
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Hot streak puts Tinkler in frame
Six winners in the week leading up to Christmas, and a further double on Boxing Day, has put Andrew Tinkler in line for title honours as the new year dawns. The teenage riding sensation (pictured right) now finds himself on the heels of the leaders in
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Pikes return to winning ways at Glasshoughton
NCEL Premier Division Glasshoughton Welfare 1, Pickering Town 3 THE Pikes ended 2003 in winning style - coming from behind to record their first league triumph since November 8. Glasshoughton is never an easy place to visit, with a difficult playing surface
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Chris aiming for the big time after Norway spell
NORTON-based Chris Hudson is hoping to make it into league football after a successful spell in Norway. The 26-year-old centre back has returned to Ryedale after a one-and-a-half year stint at second division Larvik Fotboll. Now, the former Pickering,
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Richard ready for journey into the unknown
A FORMER Thornton-le-Dale resident, who grew up watching rallying in Ryedale, is taking part in the sport's ultimate challenge in the new year. Richard Thompson is the technical director for the Nissan Rally Raid team which is entering five cars in the
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Retirement
YOU'VE heard how young Francis Newman At Pickering, up the street one year Chanced by a job in a shoe shop, Coverdale's was its name, so I hear. Before long things were changing, Talk of tellies, kettles, things new. And before you could say "Bob's your
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Cruelty and beauty sit side by side
THIS winter, we are experiencing the real joys of living in the heart of the countryside and spend most lunchtimes sitting in the conservatory watching the birds feeding on our bird-table as we eat our sandwiches. There are two main differences between
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Flames in tumble action
The Pickering-based Ryedale Flames gymnastics club competed at various national levels and age groups in the national tumble league at Birmingham earlier this month. They competed well against strong opposition from all over the country, with the under
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An industrial revolution
I HAVE noticed in the last few years, that ruined castles and abbeys have started to put on shows, as if they no longer trust their inherent beauty or historical interest to attract visitors. Last summer, my friend and I were in fact visiting Rievaulx
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100 years young!
A STAMFORD Bridge woman celebrated her 100th birthday this month. Mrs Ann Mellor was born Annie Millward Hickman, on December 19, 1903, in Newcastle-under-Lyme. She moved to Hull aged about four and attended Thorsby Street Primary and Newlands High School
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Cost of staying warm is a big burden in Malton
HOME-heating costs are a greater burden in Malton that anywhere else in Ryedale. Indeed, a new report states that more than one in four households in the town live in "fuel poverty", in part a reflection of relatively low household incomes. The figures
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Village landmark restored
A RELIC of Ryedale life of yesteryear has been restored in the village of Terrington. A decade ago, a tree fell on to an historic pump on the village green, causing extensive damage. Castle Howard Estate which owned the tree agreed to repair the pump
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We'll meet again
HUNTSMEN and supporters turned out in force in Malton's Market Place confident that they were not attending the last traditional Boxing Day meet. A small group of local anti-hunt protesters was also present and hoping not to be back on December 26, 2004
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Office complex from farm buildings
A FORMER farm complex on a North Yorkshire estate is being given a new lease of life as a haven for new and existing rural businesses. Wykeham Business Centre is being developed by Rural Solutions on the Dawnay Estates at Wykeham, near Scarborough, and
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The eco-friendly way: always ask questions
There doesn't seem to be much ecological awareness in the construction trade. It would be helpful to customers, good for the environment and possibly more profitable for the builders themselves if they could make their approach to customers more ecologically
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Teenage drinkers still a problem
I was very surprised to read the comments of Couns Andy Suter and Gaynor de Barr regarding a ban on drinking alcohol in the streets of Kirkbymoorside. This has been an on-going problem for some years. Having had to escort grandchildren past foul-mouthed
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Malton pupils put on a Christmas treat
MUSIC, comedy, drama and dance featured in the annual Christmas show in Malton School hall. Junior and senior choirs performed, including a rather unusual interpretation of The Twelve Days of Christmas. The orchestra played Rudolf and the Hallelujah Chorus
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Of Christmas trees and ginnybods
A guinea fowl, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a gallinaceous bird with slate-coloured white spotted plumage, domesticated in Europe. It also has a pretty red and white head, an endearing call which seems to be saying 'comback-comeback'
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Ryedale lands share of £200m lottery handout
A MASSIVE £200m has been given in the past year to more than 700 projects by the Heritage Lottery Fund's (HLF) Yorkshire and Humber Committee, including several in Ryedale. Committee chairman Ian Carstairs, of Butterwick, near Malton, says the wide range
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Former priest was source of £100,000 donation
NEW details have emerged on the bequest which is set to benefit the £150,000 appeal to renew the roof of St Joseph's Catholic Church at Pickering. The parish priest, the Very Rev Dr Bill East, says a legacy was left to the Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough
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The best present of all
WELL our family's best Christmas present has arrived a little early, but none the worse for it. Oliver William Richard, weight 7lb 5oz (NHS does not seem to have gone metric, unlike the farming community) is now with us, but not very sure about it all
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Bradshaw beauty wins derby
Leeper Hare York and District League Premier Division Malton Bacon Factory 0, Old Malton 1 A crowd of well over 100 people turned out for this season's second local derby. MBF won the first game at the Gannock by a 3-0 margin, so Old Malton were eager