A teacher and canoeing enthusiast from Richmond, who has travelled across the UK and around the world, has written a book about his favourite paddlesport region – North Yorkshire and the North-East. Nigel Wilford, 40, a design and technology teacher
Sir, – Spectator’s Notes (D&S, April 20) really made my blood boil. It is unfounded, unsubstantiated and ridiculous comments like this that cause so many problems. Ofsted may be a pain in the neck, but they are not stupid. It is illegal and impossible
Sir, – I would like to point out an incident which occurred just prior to noon on Sunday, April 8. As I travelled the A67, westbound through the village of High Coniscliffe, near Darlington, I saw the Durham police road safety camera van parked in the
THE search for what Richmond MP William Hague has described as an “innovative solution” to the issue of providing paediatric consultant cover at Northallerton’s Friarage Hospital continues. Those campaigning against the current proposal to downgrade
Sir, – The lengthy dialogue between Martin Hooper and Richard Akers over several weeks does not seem to be getting anywhere. They should remember the old Chinese proverb “A picture is worth a thousand words”, although I am not sure how their sentiments
Sir, – Is it intentional to stop people parking anywhere near Darlington town centre without incurring parking fees. I must have tried for 30 minutes to find a spot. I spotted overzealous traffic wardens as far away from the town centre as the Art Centre
Sir, – The time has come to take the Friarage Hospital at Northallerton out of the clutches of the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and show the rest of the country how a community hospital can best provide the service required. This concept
Sir, – I refer to the letter from R P Davies (D&S, April 20) in which he accuses Hambleton District Council of “bullying” the Yorkshire Air Ambulance into vacating Bagby (where there is an airfield for leisure flying enthusiasts) and relocating to RAF
Sir, – I refer to your leading article (D&S, April 20) regarding the proposed development at Cherry Garth in Thirsk and Sowerby Gate. While potentially this could be a positive contribution to the growing challenge of elderly care, there are questions
Sir, – I was sorry to read that the county council is unable to help Masham Parish Council with the cost of providing signs on the A1M to their township (D&S, April 20). However, I see that the council found money a couple of weeks ago to erect four,
Sir, – So once again the planners at Hambleton District Council have failed to do their job properly, this time in relation to Bagby Airfield. While I am fully in agreement with the residents being compensated, who is to pick up the bill? We the taxpayers
Sir, – The recent ruling by the Ombudsman, justifying the claim of maladministration brought by Action 4 Refusal over Bagby Airfield, needs some further examination. The decision to do this was not taken lightly by A4R. Hambleton District Council has
IN Ormesby Church, a pleasant 19th century building on the outskirts of Middlesbrough, sits a plaque dedicated to Senior Midshipman Duncan Stubbs. However, the stone-built church with its leafy graveyard is a far cry from the young boy’s final
From this newspaper 150 years ago – The annual soiree in connection with the Cockerton Reading Room and Library was held in the national schoolroom, Cockerton, on Tuesday afternoon. The schoolroom and classroom, which are only small, were well filled,
A PILE of boxes remain unopened in the new house that Christina Schmid and her eight-year-old son Laird have just moved into. Army quarters held too many memories for the young widow, whose husband, Staff Sgt Olaf “Oz” Schmid, was killed trying
The Rib Room Steakhouse and Grill Hardwick Hall Hotel Sedgefield, County Durham. THIS week we shall be mainly talking about steak – as in rib-eyes cooked medium rare. What else can one do when a party of four chooses the above for their
SWALEDALE Festival has commissioned a new work from the Yorkshire-born composer Michael Brough. Enchanted Places, based on a poem about the Yorkshire Dales, receives its debut at Middleham Church, Wensleydale, on Thursday, May 31, performed by Canadian
PAINTINGS and glass work exploring contrasts and textures at Fountains Abbey, near Ripon, go on show from tomorrow at The Station, Richmond. The work is by Nick Claidon, a self-taught artist, who lives in Leeds and has been visiting the North Yorkshire
A JOINT exhibition at the Chantry House Gallery in Ripley, near Harrogate, sees David Howell back with a range of work covering marine subjects, landscape, horse racing pictures, shooting, life work and anything else that takes his fancy, along with a
Mulching is such a useful process and so simple. You spread a layer of something or other on top of your soil, around your plants, and it stops the weeds coming up and keeps the existing moisture in. It also reduces soil temperature, which will therefore
T OMORROW, Saturday April 28, is the 240th anniversary of the death of Captain James Cook’s goat. Not many people know that. She died on that date in 1772 after circling the world on at least two occasions on board the famous Endeavour. The nanny goat
GREAT British Beef Week was marked with events designed to highlight the quality of this country’s beef. It is appropriate that we do this because of the continuing campaign against red meat. Most recently, this manifested itself in a report of some
