THE creative dalliances of a Ryedale couple have drawn praise from high-profile public figures at the White House and St James's Palace. George and Helen Turner, of Great Habton, are both prolific writers of music and prose, and they like to put their
THIS painstakingly-crafted model of a ship and houses in a lightbulb has been donated to a Ryedale wartime museum where it was made 50 years ago. The rare item was pieced together at Eden Camp, near Malton, during the Second World War by an Italian prisoner
AN ambitious plan to provide Helmsley with a multi-purpose sports and community centre could become a reality if residents and organisations back the idea. The town council has agreed to give £500 towards a feasibility study which is likely to cost between
KIRKBYMOORSIDE Young Farmers' Club is holding its harvest dance on September 13, at Westfield Farm, Cropton Lane, Pickering. There will be dancing to EEZ Entertainment from 7.30pm until 1am plus a bar and barbecue.. Entrance: £5 before 10pm; £7 after
A COLLECTION of garments from Castle Howard tracing 250 years of fashion history is to go under the hammer next month. Up to 10,000 articles of clothing had been gathered in a collection started by the late George Howard. Their sale begins in a Southeby's
OUTSTANDING class has seen a North Yorkshire hotel scoop a prestigious Csar. Original cooking and a mix of the modern and the rustic has earned the Cross House Lodge in Harome, near Helmsley, a top ten spot in this year's Good Hotel Guide. The hotel,
A TV film crew from the BBC has spent the last few months shadowing members of the Scarborough and District Search and Rescue Team. An episode of the regional programme Inside Out, broadcast throughout the north of England, will focus on a group of new
NATIONAL and international publicity will come to Ryedale on the weekend of September 27 and 28 with the arrival of Trackrod Rally Yorkshire. Malton and Pickering will be the key hubs in this event which will attract Channel 4 coverage and up to 100 reporters
HILLS of Gold, a reformed character since undergoing an operation to help his breathing, will attempt to strike it rich at York on Sunday at the fourth annual race day sponsored by our sister paper, the Evening Press. Winner of his last two races, the
Leeper Hare York and District Premier League - Old Malton 0, Malton Bacon Factory 3. The first local derby of the season lived up to its reputation as a big crowd gathered to watch at The Gannock last Wednesday. Old Malton started kicking down the slope
history could be made this weekend at Ganton Golf Club when Great Britain and Ireland take on the USA in the Walker Cup. If the home side triumph, in what is the amateur game's equivalent of the Ryder Cup, they will have won the cup for the third successive
I remember the days when our bread man Delivered his wares in a horse-drawn van, Down our street, clop clippety clop His horse would come at a fair old trot; French sticks and brown bread, iced buns and cakes All smelling delicious, all freshly baked.
After all the violence and realism we see in many of the crime programmes on television and read in many of the books that are published, it is always refreshing to read of the role of the 'bobby on the beat' on the North York Moors. Nicholas Rhea has
Can we improve our lot and, more importantly, can we become a better person for moving on? That is the theme behind this fascinating novel set in the wild and untamed country of 19th century eastern America, where law has not yet been established and
The impact of the murder in front of his pupils of Philip Lawrence, headmaster of St George's RC Secondary School, Maida Vale, in 1995, had a devastating effect on the school. Morale and achievement plummeted through chaos to a point where closure seemed
LOCKTON reached the Scarborough Beckett League for the first time in their history last Saturday. They clinched promotion from the Derwent Valley League division A after winning their final three league games to finish in second place. Though Lockton
MIDDLETON'S landmark village pond is being given a big facelift thanks to retired police officer Ian Haste. He has taken on the voluntary job of cleaning out trailer loads of rotting debris to enable the pond to once again become a haven for wildlife.
A DISPUTE over a scheme for an electricity generator at a Thornton-le-Dale tip looks set to be resolved. Natural Power Ltd wants to build equipment to convert methane gas at the Yorwaste Caulklands landfill site into electricity. However, the scheme resulted
NEXT week, the Gazette & Herald celebrates a milestone. We'll be producing what amounts to the 10,000th edition of the Gazette. To celebrate, we'll have some interesting stories reflecting on bygone times. And a quite fabulous and unusual prize -
THE wife of a biker who died after an horrific accident in North Yorkshire has called for powerful motorbikes to be banned. Susan Sharp, 50, of Partridge Close, Bridlington, has ridden motorbikes with her husband Peter, 51, for almost 25 years, but said
MALTON Forward on August 29 were 58 store cattle; 385 store lambs. Cattle: cows and calves to £485 from R M and M Pickering, Sim bullocks to £678 from D Stark, Sim heifers to £516 from D Stark, Lim bullocks to £520 from W F Kay and Son, Lim heifers to
A FARMING family in Herriot country is offering death with dignity for all creatures great and small. David and Gillian Sanderson have set up the area's first pet crematorium at their 560-acre farm at Skipton on Swale, between Thirsk and Ripon. It can
OLD Malton farmer Brian Douthwaite has diversified - into the equestrian field. On his Bar Farm, he has built a menage for the horses, with assistance from Business Link York and North Yorkshire which helped him secure a DEFRA grant which covered 30pc
FIRSTLY, many thanks to Norman Armour who very kindly left me messages about my query on getting regional news on TV. Ultimately, a letter came from the BBC setting out their new arrangements and, should I want to watch Look North, I can now do so, or
COUN Andrews is absolutely right, bigger is not better and changes to government are very expensive. This latest piece of Prescottism, is simply a distraction, nothing more, nothing less. Edward Heath was the first politician to promote the bigger is
IT'S a time of celebration for Anne Sturdy and Emily Wilsdon. For the two Ryedale School pupils achieved some of the best GCSE results in the area - each notching up eight A* grades and 2 As. Both have their sights now set on sixth form college, with
I AM sure the psalmist had this summer in mind when he wrote his 65th song. "The folds should be full of sheep; the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing." With the harvest been and gone by September 1, there are
THE treasures of one of Ryedale's best-known churches go on show on Saturday when All Saints, Kirkbymoorside, holds an open day. Valuable silver and vestments will be displayed for the benefit of residents and tourists. The vicar, Canon David Purdy, said
MALTON councillors have opposed Government plans for a regional assembly for Yorkshire and Humberside. However, should it get the green light in next year's referendum, which will trigger a shake-up of local government in North Yorkshire, Malton town
WHILE one village mourned the closure of its shop and post office this week, another celebrated the opening of a shop - a unique venture which has been set up in a centuries-old pub and eating house. The closure of a business in the moorland village of
FA Cup preliminary round - Pickering Town 2, Whitley Bay 0. Pickering Town reached the first qualifying round of this season's FA Cup in front of a crowd of just over 200 at Mill Lane last Sunday. The Pikes pocketed £1,000 prize money and booked a trip
ALTHOUGH work on the land to re-drill wheat, barley, rape and beans is progressing well, the variable weather is producing an extreme range of soil conditions for the tractors to work on. Even a day after ploughing a field out, a drying wind and searing
When Clara Pascal, a barrister, who is particular which cases she takes after being a victim of abduction, finds herself reluctantly drawn into defending a man who is a convicted killer recently out of prison, she suffers traumas she hoped she would never
ONE of the delights of travelling to Europe when the crops have ripened is the taste of freshly gathered fruit. Sun-filled grapes, plums, apples, pears, oranges and peaches - and others - which are eaten directly from the tree or even purchased in local
A MALTON youngster had the night of his life recently when he led the England football team out against Croatia alongside David Beckham. Brandon Read, aged eight, won a competition on the England fan club website to be one of 11 mascots in the friendly
