A MILLION is not easily come by, but Richard Fahey achieved the target of the 1m prize money mark at York last Friday. Although he had no winner that day, a second by Flying Clarets was among the tally. His stable jockey Paul Hanagan achieved the same
WHILE Mowden Park shrugged off their dire performance in the previous week's derby to beat Morley 38-13, Darlington slipped to third from the bottom of National Three North when they were thrashed 54-7 away to Rugby Lions. As they have another tough match
THE Champion family from Castleton had plenty to celebrate last weekend as Ryan Champion won the International Trackrod Rally and his mother, Joyce, co-driving for Yorkshire's Peter Slights, won the classic section in the Trackrod Historic Cup. The Trackrod
Division One, Tow Law Town 2 - Northallerton Town 1: TWO goals in the last two minutes saw Tow Law Town come from behind to beat Northallerton Town in division one last Saturday. It was a bitter pill for Town boss Paul Burton to swallow after he had
HOME-BASED knitters are needed to help revive Richmond's traditional wool industry. Ethical clothing label Izzy Lane, launched by Richmond businesswoman Isobel Davies, hopes to recruit skilled craft workers for its knitwear collection. During the 1800s
BARNARD CASTLE. - Tues of last week. Show & sale of second Mule gimmer lambs. Prizes: 1 JE Tallentire & Sons £60; 2 RW&H Atkinson £61; 3 JS&SE Bainbridge £56. Prices: L Guy & Sons £46, £38, £35; M Souter £53, £40; JS&SE Bainbridge £56, £47,
YORK trials rider Tom Hick kept his head while all around were losing theirs to win the East Yorkshire Centre Trial for the second time on most cleans from David Pye. The pair enjoyed a tremendous battle over two days and 70 sections. In a low-scoring
A NEW book promoting some of the finest local food in the Yorkshire Dales was launched at the weekend. Deliciously Dales features local producers, chefs and food trails, devised by authors Rebecca Roberts and Sally Scantlebury. The trails journey through
MARIANN Fischer Boel's speech, as reported on these pages in last week's issue, does contain many positives for the industry. Mrs Fischer Boel is not only an EU Commissioner but she is also the wife of a Danish farmer. Possibly, on her return home, she
A MEETING on effective mink control to help save the water vole takes place later this month. The North Yorkshire Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group has joined forces with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to stage the event at Amblers Farm, Whinneythwaite
KEVIN Pearce has been appointed head of food and farming for the National Farmers' Union. A former popular and well-respected senior policy adviser for the NFU's North-East region, he will be based at the NFU headquarters in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire,
FOR a major chunk of a local lad's work, try David Hockney Portraits (National Portrait Gallery £35). The book is timed to accompany an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, which opened yesterday and continues until January 21. There
JON Middlemiss, best known for his ceramics, turned to painting to trace the journey along the Drover's Path taken by his father when walking sheep to market in Kilnsey or Kettlewell. Born in Nidderdale on a hill farm, he has been painting for a number
Ever mindful of the recommendations of our readers, we are doubly urged to try the Fox Hall Inn, just off the A66 at East Layton. Unfortunately, neither of our correspondents offered any reason why. And so, left guessing as to what exactly prompted their
OPERA North has entered a new era after a peripatetic year during the multi-million pound refurbishment and renovation at Leeds Grand Theatre. The season has started with a new production of Verdi's melodramatic opera Rigoletto, updated by director/designer
AFTER attending one of the many consultation meetings organised so that Darlingtonians can hear the cases for and against a very large supermarket near one corner of our market square, one speaker's point stuck in my mind. Darlington, he said, was a market
Be direct Sir, - Hambleton District Council wants to support rural post offices by asking the government to maintain the subsidy ("Plea for rural post offices, D&S Oct 6). Would it not be more practical if the council supported the post offices direct
THE Darlington players who suffered a humiliating defeat in front of their home crowd last Friday night will have the chance to restore some professional pride when they visit Hereford United tomorrow. The Quakers team chosen by caretaker manager Neil
PIPPA Allen has achieved the dream of every show jumper by scoring a win at the world-famous Horse of the Year Show - for the second year running. The 14-year-old from Thornaby claimed the 138cm championship at the NEC, Birmingham, adding to the 128cm
Braes of Derwent PC. - Oct 22: team show jumping at Holmside Arena, Durham, triers, novice and open classes, open to all, sae for schedule to Linda Middleton, Grange Farm, Sunniside, Bishop Auckland DL13 4LZ. BHS County Durham. - Oct 15: Streatlam Park
BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 2,620 sheep. Lt lambs to 100p av 88.4p; std to 107p av 98.5p; med to 111p av 103.2p; heavy to 104p av 100.9. Ewes: Cont £53; Suff £37; Mule £38; Swale £29. DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 482 cattle
From this newspaper 100 years ago. - There is at Brompton an octogenarian who has been 78 years in the employ of one firm. Mr William Smith (aged about 84) started work when he was about six years of age for the linen manufacturing firm, now owned by
The 138 objections to plans to upgrade the A1 between Dishforth and Barton to a three-lane motorway will not, we hope, derail the long-awaited project. In suggesting this, we do not belittle the sincere and real concerns individuals and organisations
THE military air base at Dishforth is to remain open, it was announced this week, ending months of uncertainty about its future. Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram said there were no plans to axe the base, which is home to a fleet of Apache attack helicopters
WENSLEYDALE Camera Club has been awarded £4,000 by the Arts Council to preserve part of the Dales photographic heritage. In this digital age when many black and white negatives and colour slides are being consigned to the waste bin and so lost for ever
WHEN is a pavement not a pavement? That was the question demanded by councillors at the discovery that the word "non-pavement" has entered the planners' dictionary. The explanation was requested by Coun Shirley Fawcett of Harrogate Borough Council planning
AN AWARD-WINNING family fish business has proved it is not trailing behind when it comes to investing in transport. A local firm of coachbuilders made a major contribution to a new self-contained mobile shop being shown off to North Yorkshire market visitors
TOURISM chiefs in Teesdale were celebrating this week after the area brought home three gold and three bronze prizes at the One NorthEast Tourism Awards. Teesdale Marketing, a non-profit organisation which promotes the area, left the awards ceremony in
BUS drivers in Darlington claim they are being forced to put lives at risk every day because of the hours they are being made to work. The Stagecoach drivers say they are being left "absolutely shattered" after sometimes working for ten hours a day with
THE first Single Payment entitlements sold as part of a farm sale in the region have gone under the hammer. Tom Oates, auctioneer for George F White, said that, as they had never been sold on the open market, no-one was sure how much they would make.
A COMMUNITY in Darlington is celebrating after £300,000 was promised to transform a run-down park over the next three years. News of the funding comes after a long campaign by councillors and the Friends of North Park. A host of new facilities will be
THE closure of the youth club in Middleton St George has been blamed for an alarming rise in youths' rowdy behaviour. Middleton St George Parish Council heard over the past month there had been 19 reports of anti-social behaviour. Darlington Borough Council
FEARS for the future of post-16 education at the Wensleydale School have been voiced. Changes to the way funding is calculated could mean the Leyburn school's sixth-form budget is down by a third by 2008-9. After that date, the future remains unclear,
ROAD chiefs are being forced to call in the police as motorists speed through major roadworks. The Highways Agency this week admitted more people were speeding over the A66 Surtees Bridge, being rebuilt over the River Tees at Stockton, than they had anticipated
RESIDENTS of the village that is home to North Yorkshire Police Headquarters have criticised its employees for breaking the speed limit and putting lives at risk. Villagers from Newby Wiske are campaigning for a 20mph speed limit and signs urging drivers
FAIRHOLME Rosettas Rhapsody, owned by Diane Morton and bred at Sandhutton, near Thirsk, by Linda O'Malley, won the overall supreme pony championship at the Horse of the Year Show. Ridden by Chloe Willett, the nine-year-old pony by Willowbay Symphony out
A WATER company has been fined £6,000 for polluting the North Sea. Representatives from Northumbrian Water appeared at Guisborough Magistrates' Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to two incidents of pollution of the North Sea at Marske. The company
CRICKETER Stephen Pennock, one of the Great Ayton cricket team which won the North Yorkshire & South Durham Premier League title this year, will be playing in Australia this winter while England defend the Ashes. Recently, Mr Pennock was invited to join
HISTORIC almshouses have closed their doors to spontaneous visitors after a catalogue of misbehaviour by guests. Visitors to the Sir William Turner's Almshouses, at Kirkleatham, near Redcar, will be limited to pre-booked groups in the future in response
A FARMING family from North Yorkshire is to star in a prime time television series.Sue and Angus Gaudie and their three sons were filmed throughout the summer for BBC1's The Great British Summer.A four-part series of hour-long programmes, narrated by
A NORTH Yorkshire farm is supplying the foundation stock for the first pedigree Charolais herd in Romania.Mike and Margaret Atkinson own the noted Mowbraypark Herd at Kirkby Malzeard, near Ripon.Romanian businessman Michael Mirran, who owns a ten-square-mile
THIS weekend marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the North Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary.It was established on October 14, 1856 and its jurisdiction extended throughout the county with the exception of the boroughs of Middlesbrough, Richmond
THE Foxberry Chasers team have been clocking up the miles in their quest for the thrill of team chasing.The team, based at and sponsored by the UK Chasers course at Foxberry, Caldwell, headed to the Atherstone Hunt event in Bedworth, Warwickshire.Helen
CHILDREN took a step back in time by wearing Victorian costume for a trip to Ryedale Folk Museum, at Hutton-le-Hole.Pupils of Pickhill CE Primary School are learning about the Victorian era, so the girls dressed in long skirts and shawls and boys donned
A TEESDALE school went conker crazy for a competition which was judged by a Russian visitor.Ingleton C of E Primary School held their conker creation competition, with Leo Grafkin, a Russian trainee teacher, deciding the winners.Mr Grafkin, from the city
A LEGENDARY travel writer was in deepest Stockton this week.American-born author Bill Bryson, famous for books like Notes from a Small Island and A Short History of Nearly Everything, toured Stockton in his role as chancellor of Durham University.The
MORE than a year has passed since the death of Countdown host and Wensleydale resident Richard Whiteley, but the pain of losing him is still horribly raw for his long-term partner, actress and radio presenter Kathryn Apanowicz.Not a day goes by without
