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£1.7m boost for historic railway station

1:00pm Thursday 21st August 2008

AN AMBITIOUS development plan has been unveiled for Pickering’s historic railway station and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway which is set to give a major boost to the market town’s economy.

Musicians will be on a high at concert

12:20pm Thursday 21st August 2008

THREE pioneering cellists will climb Thorgill crags on Saturday to make music 360 metres above the North York Moors village of Rosedale Abbey.

Show turns out just fine

The cattle classes.

12:41pm Thursday 21st August 2008

THREATS of a wash-out day for Rosedale Show were forgotten when earlier torrential rain turned to blue skies on Saturday.

A-level students celebrate success with record results

Lady Lumley’s A-Level students, back (from left) Natasha Turton, Rachael Motley and Emma Tate, and front (left) Pam Bailey and Sarah Williams.

11:40am Thursday 21st August 2008

SCHOOL halls in Ryedale rang with whoops of joy when high-flying A-level students received their exam results.

Garden celebrates its past with hope for green future

A new use for plastic supermarket bags is demonstrated by Sahra Wye, who turns them into garden decorations.

11:00am Thursday 21st August 2008

RYEDALE saw its biggest ever green event on Saturday when hundreds of people packed the Helmsley Walled Garden to help celebrate its 250th anniversary, with its now annual Green Day.

Son gears up for fundraiser in father’s memory

Brendon Smurthwaite of Slingsby with a photograph of his father who passed away in 2002 after recurring heart problems.

10:00am Thursday 21st August 2008

A CYCLIST is to raise vital funds for charity, in memory of his late father who suffered recurring heart problems.

Thumbs up for museum

9:22am Thursday 21st August 2008

TWO FORMER Government Cabinet ministers have been taking a keen interest in Ryedale Folk Museum.

Dickens campaigners get launch off to flying start

John Stone, left, and Sid Woodhams with some of the Dickens memorabilia on display at the awareness day.

9:18am Thursday 21st August 2008

MALTON’S campaign to use its links with the Victorian classic author Charles Dickens to help turn around its struggling economy got off to a bumper start last Saturday when the newly-formed Charles Dickens Group staged an awareness day.

Farndale Show called off

8:59am Thursday 21st August 2008

FARNDALE Show on August Bank Holiday Monday has been called off because of the ground conditions.

Child porn man, 22, escapes jail term

1:00pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

A RYEDALE porn addict who kept a picture of a baby being abused on his computer has escaped a jail term.


UK News

Glitter agrees to return to London

Gary Glitter is in 'limbo' after refusing to board a UK flight

Updated 7:17pm Thursday 21st August 2008

Paedophile Gary Glitter has agreed to return to London, according to police in Thailand.


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