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Stories for 23 February 2005

Ryedale Business

Bring on the Racing girls

A rally team from Ryedale is boosting their profile by taking the idea of sponsorship a step further.  more...

Ryedale stylists cut a dash in national finals

HAIRSTYLISTS in a Ryedale market town have shown that they are top of the chops.  more...

Windows firm hails £5,850 business fund aid

A KIRKBYMOORSIDE window and door firm is entering an entirely new market thanks to a business grant scheme.  more...

If you want to get ahead, hire a hat

Hats off to a Norton woman who aims to fill a gap in the market by bringing a hire service to the area next month.  more...

Ryedale Features

How hypnosis released me from the Jaws of fear

CAROLINE MOONEY was one of the many people who have a phobia - hers involved a fear of fish. So, she decided to take the bull by the horns (or should that be, shark by the fins?) and consulted advanced hypnotherapist Robert Williams, who works in Kirkbymoorside and York, in a bid to cure her problem.  more...

From the Gazette and Herald of Friday, February 25, 1955

SNOWPLOUGHS from Driffield battled their way through deep drifts on the Yorkshire Wolds yesterday to reach 100 Hull people marooned in three buses at Wharram, near Malton, since 2am.   more...

Swinton, a village with a sea of welcoming faces

CROSSING the main road through Swinton needs to be done with great care. It can be a hair-raising, even life-threatening, experience!   more...

Ryedale News

Prices at the stock markets

Prices as reported on 23/02/05  more...

New scheme could hit organic farmers

HUNDREDS of pioneering organic farmers in North Yorkshire will be massively disadvantaged as a result of the new single payment scheme, according to the Soil Association.  more...

Meat supply depends on getting right price

A GUARANTEED future supply of quality British beef and lamb is now dependent on farmers getting the right price signals from their customers.  more...

Vets amazed by triplets birth

AN ELDERLY cow has baffled vets and the farming world by producing triplets at nearly 16 years old.  more...

Taking the plunge with the SP form

WITH a modest show of courage I took the plunge last week and fought my way through the 20-page SP application form.  more...

Mum's terror as blaze traps her son, 18

A TERRIFIED mother-of-four returned to her Ryedale home to find it plunged into darkness and filled with thick, black noxious smoke - with her son inside.  more...

Dylan arrives on the A64

A BABY was born beside the A64 in Ryedale during a snow shower as his two young sisters looked on dumbfounded from the back of the family Ford Fiesta.  more...

Town clerk quits over `differences'

KIRKBYMOORSIDE'S town clerk Martin Brampton has resigned after differences of opinion with the market town's authority.  more...

Ryedale remains in grip of winter

SNOWFALL at the weekend brought with it an extra day off school for many Ryedale children - with sledging opportunities a-plenty.   more...

Crowds turn out as hunts stand united against ban

HUNTS in the Ryedale area had their biggest turnouts in living memory on Saturday - just 24 hours after the new ban on hunting with dogs came into force.  more...

`Local people will get priority on housing'

HOUSING bosses have made reassurances that local people will get higher priority for social housing in Ryedale.   more...

`Improvements needed' in wake of toddler's death

CALLS for better communications between social services, the police and health services have been made following a major inquiry into the death of a Ryedale toddler.  more...

Chance to share in half million dollar bonanza

IT'S that time of year again - when Gazette & Herald readers have a chance to share in a half-million-dollar bonanza.   more...

Fears over siting of mast in town centre

COUNCIL leaders at Pickering fear that plans to put up a 15-metre high telecommunications mast in the heart of the town could jeopardise future development plans.  more...

Ryedale Sport

Top placings for local teams

The snowfall failed to stop crews and spectators turning out for what was to be a great weekend of motorsport when two rallies took place in Pickering.  more...

Draw sees Pickering Town drop in table

Thackley 1, Pickering Town 1  more...

Hurdler prepares for Festival

Bollin Eric, Ryedale's much-celebrated Classic winner, has sired his first foal - and by Royal appointment.  more...

Ryedale Younggaz

No place for hatred in a rainbow nation

Gazette & Herald columnist HANNAH GIBBONS, 17, confronts the problem of racism after looking into the murky world of Britain's far-right groups for a school project.  more...