THE weather had its first impact on the Pilmoor Evening League season when three of the eight fixtures were rained off, with no play possible at Thirsk in the first division and at Helperby and Stillington in the second division. Both Crayke and
MORTON-ON-SWALE driver Charlie Taylor continued his recent run of good form to claim a superb podium finish on last weekend’s Jim Clark Historic Rally and maintain his bid for the Motoscope Northern Historic Rally Championship. Along with co-driver
THE weather got the better of last week’s fixtures, with only three games starting and only one completed. The Division One match between Middleham and Spennithorne and Harmby saw the visitors get off to a very good start in the field. Middleham
A FILM on the life of East Cleveland’s internationallyknown folk singer Vin Garbutt is to be launched this summer. A packed audience at Teesside Archives, Middlesbrough, saw a 22-minute clip a few weeks ago. Film-maker Craig Hornby, of Saltburn
ENGLAND has many musical- sounding village names. Think of Yorkshire’s Giggleswick, Lickey End in the Midlands or Devon’s Broadwoodwidger. However, do any of these names comes even close to Ugglebarnby, near Scarborough, a name that sounds as
Spotted Dog 2 Robert Thompsons 2 SPOTTED Dog got the point they needed to keep them in division one and send Blue Star down instead with a dramatic draw against league runners-up Robert Thompsons at Aldborough St John on Sunday. In a season prolonged
FOR his first appearance in Richmond, pianist Andrew Brownell presented his reconstruction of the famous occasion in Vienna in 1781, when Emperor Joseph II staged a contest between two renowned composer-pianists, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Muzio
THE giant image of a lamb feeding from a bottle is the latest subject for an installation on the side of an office building in Darlington. The Lingfield Lamb is the fourth 45ft-diameter image under the Futurescope project, a two-year sequential
MORE than 120 artists will take part in this year’s North Yorkshire Open Studios event, which invites visitors to venues as different as beach huts and bus shelters as well as conventional locations. The event starts next Friday and continues
Sir, – Could I remind all walkers, especially with dogs, that at this time of year cows with calves can be very aggressive. I was injured in the face using a bridlepath on Monday when a herd of about 20 cattle decided to charge my wife, myself
Sir, – I would like to issue an appeal for help from your readers. I run the Seafield Caravan Park in Seahouses, Northumberland, an award-winning holiday venue that I know from my records is hugely popular with people in your part of the world.
Sir, – Behind the Government’s intentions in the Queen’s Speech must be the restoration of Local Government to the floors of the council chambers. The Conservatives particularly are challenged to scrap the cabinet system of controlling councils
WHENEVER possible, my wife and I visit Bempton Cliffs between Filey and Flamborough Head. Spring is one of the best times and so we returned a couple of weeks ago while some of the birds were nesting and feeding their chicks. By chance, we had
Wine, laughter and song are all on the menu at a popular North Yorkshire venue, as Jenny Needham found out. MARK and Emma Ryan run Great Northern Wine, a specialist independent wine merchants, with a shop and a lounge for live music and comedy
WELL, we may have had swimmer Jo Jackson doing Richmondshire proud at the last Olympics, but there’s to be no chance of similar World Cup glory for Leyburn’s own Michael Dawson, after the inform Spurs defender was left out of Fabio Capello’s final
Sir, – A Potto farmer has applied to remove a hedgerow (D&S, May 28). Hambleton Council has refused permission both because the hedgerow contains at least six woody species and is therefore “important” and because it may also contain woodland
Sir, – In the D&S (May 26) there is an article referring to Royal Oak Day. Several weeks ago, I was trying to find people who remembered this day and could only find one friend who did vividly remember, as we used to go to a kind couple who every
Sir, – I notice that the new Government is not practising what it preaches. Bearing in mind that David Laws is clearly regarded as an able politician for the position he was given, he should have kept up-to-date with the changes in House rules
Sir, – The Chantry Hall in Bedale, which belongs to St Gregory’s Church, is now warmer and will use less fuel in the years to come thanks to work done with help from Hambleton District Council and the Hambleton Strategic Partnership through their
Sir, – Ofsted reports have repeatedly shown that, educationally, Eston Park School is Redcar and Cleveland’s “jewel in the crown”. Given this fact, the determination of Eston Park to stay open, and the question mark over Building Schools for the
Sir, - Last Saturday, my wife and I had the best evening we have had for many years, from 6pm until 10.30pm. The folk band outside the Black Bull at Reeth was fantastic. A girls’ hen night party was there and danced outside, other locals and visitors
PRIESTLEY is a name to conjure with in the North of England. Every breath we take could be a reminder of the Rev Joseph Priestley, one of the 18th century discoverers of oxygen. But topical is the novelist and playwright bred in satanic mills country
Sir, – The evacuation of Dunkirk 70 years ago has come to epitomise the British fighting spirit. Many of those who fought so bravely all those years ago, might now need assistance themselves. At the Soldiers’, Sailors’, Airmen’s and Families’
Sir, – Reference your report and picture of Mr William Hullah and his parking problems (D&S, may 28), he is quite right about the size and markings of the disabled bays in Northallerton High Street, but he does not make any attempt to help himself
Sir, – It is wonderful to find I have 8,886 friends! I would like to say how grateful I am to everyone of you who took the trouble to vote Liberal Democrat in our delayed General Election. Your support increased our share of the vote by 5.5 per
Sir, – Godfrey Bloom might be an MEP, but he clearly was not elected on the strength of his scientific knowhow. Britain has had a cold winter, he observes, therefore the planet isn’t warming up. One despairs of such ignorance in a public figure
Sir, – Once again, Ms S Crookes of Bainbridge provides us with an insight into her bigoted and ignorant attitude toward her fellow members of society. Following the tragic loss of two people who happened to be riding motorcycles, all she can do
Sir, – I was so fed up with all the litter in and around Northallerton, and people moaning about it, that I decided I would try to do something about it. The council told me there were no vacancies in waste management and yet there continues
A 500-acre tenanted hill farm has been selected as the monitor farm for Upper Teesdale. Cragg Top Farm, in Langleydale, near Barnard Castle, will become a centre of excellence for local hill and upland farmers. The project will be explained
A NORTH Yorkshire dairy farm is looking forward to a bright future after a disastrous couple of years. A breeding difficulty coupled with poor milk prices and workforce problems saw milk production plummet. But brothers John and Mark
TEENAGER Will Porter took the supreme championship title at last weeks 57th annual Tan Hill Swaledale Sheep Show. The 17-year-old took the crown with his shearling tup which was reserve overall as a lamb last year. Will, of JW Porter
AT least 18,000 cattle are without a passport, according to the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS). Without a passport they cannot legally be sold or moved between agricultural holdings and therefore have little value. However, they
THE chairman of the independent advisory committee looking into sharing animal health responsibility and costs has said it is no done deal. Rosemary Radcliffe said she had shared farmers concerns, particularly when the Labour Government announced
ONE of the worlds biggest marine pipe-laying machines set sail from Teesside on Monday. It was built by IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB) at its assembly facilities at Port Clarence where it was loaded on to a ship bound for South Korea.
THE River Bain Hydro Project, in Wensleydale, has cleared its final regulatory hurdle. The Environment Agency has approved its abstraction licence to generate electricity. Yvonne Peacock, Hydro director, said: "Piece by piece, were putting
A PETITION to get British wool to the 2012 London Olympics got off to a flying start at Northumberland County Show when almost 1,000 people added their names. Among them were the new MP for Hexham, Guy Opperman, and Sir Don Curry, the long-standing
A NORTH Yorkshire businesswoman hopes to taste more success by expanding her award-winning fine food and drinks company. Julia Medforth runs Raisthorpe Manor Fine Foods from her farm at Wharram, near Malton. She hopes to increase her
A NORTH Yorkshire ice cream company is in the process of buying the third largest manufacturer in France - and it expects more acquisitions will follow. The bid to buy Rolland by R&R Ice Cream, of Leeming Bar, is currently being assessed by
