MIDDLESBROUGH rider Michaela Wood took the spoils at a showing competition held at the famous Hickstead course. Wood won the Jackson Fine Homes (Cornwall) Ltd RIHS Supreme Intermediate Championship with Royal Angel at the Longines Royal International
EQUINE enthusiasts from far and wide enjoyed an annual show last weekend. Around 120 horses and ponies were exhibited in the Dales Pony Society summer breed show at Streatlam Farm, near Barnard Castle. The event is the second of two breed shows
SINCE Philip Kirby relocated to Middleham he hasn’t looked back and he kicked of the new week with an across-the-card double starting with Triple Eight who scored nicely at Ripon. Running in the colours of the Well Oiled Partnership, he was confidently
A County Durham firm is attracting overseas interest for its specialist “blue room” technology. The room creates a “real world” with participants interacting in various scenarios without having to use goggles, headsets or any other additional equipment
YORWASTE, the Northallerton-based waste management and recycling company, has been awarded a five-year contract to process and sell recyclable material for Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Starting in September, the company will begin handling
A FLEDGLING sausage company is flying high after only five months in production. Heck sausages are going down so well that 200 a minute – around 500,000 a week – are being produced to keep up with demand. Andrew and Debbie Keeble launched the
A DARLINGTON firm of solicitors is celebrating 60 years of business in its Priestgate offices. Latimer Hinks Solicitors was established in 1892 and is one of County Durham’s longest established law firms – a recent celebration was attended by current
THE Government has been urged to boost farmers’ confidence. For despite many positive signs in demand at home and abroad, uncertainty over CAP reform and the Government’s stance is stopping many beef and sheep farmers from investing in their businesses
THE Lawson family from Wharfedale bagged their second Craven Dairy Auction championship and reserve championship double at Skipton mart on Monday. David and Claire Lawson, and son Matthew, run the Newbirks pedigree Holstein herd at Mill Farm, Arthington
ARABLE farmers have been urged to produce early financial information on this year’s harvest to allow scope for possible reductions in January 2014 tax payments. Mike Harrison, a partner in Saffery Champness Landed Estates and Rural Business Group
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to encourage more farmers to produce Blue Grey cattle. It follows rising demand and a tremendous response to a recent promotion of the quality of beef from Blue Grey steers. The Blue Grey Cattle Group recently commissioned
AGRI-CRIME fell by almost 20 per cent in 2012 – but still cost the UK an estimated £42.3m. NFU Mutual said the drop was due to a significant decline in tractor and quad bike thefts – down 32 per cent and 17 per cent respectively – which accounted
SHEILA Robinson has been awarded a lifetime achievement award for outstanding service to the Holstein and British Friesian breeds. Her 36 years’ service to the dairy industry began in 1969 as a milk recorder for the Milk Marketing Board where she
THE cat has got fleas again. I say the cat. She likes to scatter them around the house so we’ve all probably got them by now. The infestation comes despite a significant expenditure on chemicals to kill the little blighters. I’m not sure
ROSEDALE, deep in the North York Moors, is famous for three things that are no longer there. One is the priory, second is the iron ore mining industry and third is the chimney that gave name to the steep hill at the southwest of the village. It
Headline news from the Darlington & Stockton Times 50, 100 and 150 years ago From this newspaper 150 years ago. - Post Office. Acceleration of the Mails. - From August 1st, the mail train will reach Barnard Castle station at 7.40am on week
OUR sweltering July probably prompted many gardeners to reach for the hosepipe. In fact, according to The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), less than 3% of the annual water consumption of an average household is estimated to be from garden use, but
Chasing beautiful scenery and the midnight sun, Nel Stavely discovers the benefits of taking a land-based trip through the Norwegian fjords THE instructions from the mountain guide sound like a punchline: “A cowboy mouse on the way to Everest,”
THE weather may have already broken by the time you read this, but I’m writing of a perfect summer’s evening, begun with a drink on a sunny terrace. Hawnby is a hilltop haven deep in the North York Moors. Known as the Hawnby Hotel when we last
IIT has been an interesting few months for one of Yorkshire’s, nay, the UK’s, finest artisan cheesemakers. Shepherds Purse at Newsham, near Thirsk, has never been far from the headlines. In June the firm, run by the Bell family, was picked by Blur
RIPON Cathedral will again host the Great North Art Show, which this year will feature more than 250 pieces of work by some of the UK’s finest contemporary painters, printmakers and photographers. Subject matter ranges from still life to portraits
AAFTER being twice torpedoed by German U-boats and surviving almost two weeks marooned in a lifeboat with only a compass and hope, battling malaria in a makeshift clinic in Sierra Leone, and bravely carrying dangerous cargoes around the world without
Sir, – Christina McIntyre’s tedious review of Sheridan’s farce The Critic at The Georgian Theatre both baffled and waffled (D&S, Aug 2). The brilliance of the presentation, the awesome mastery of a complex script by the principals, the director
Sir, – I see that in Hambleton and Richmondshire the subject of car parking has reared its ugly head again (D&S, Aug 2). Councillors must wish they had never started charging. At the time nobody wanted it apart from Hambleton District Council
Sir, – I have recently returned from a cycling holiday in Germany and was amazed at the huge volume of cyclebased tourism there. I suspect our tourism industry still does not appreciate the tremendous potential for business from cycling tourists. Cyclists
Sir, – My wife and I also saw the Richmond Amateur Dramatic Society production of The Critic at the Theatre Royal and we think it deserved far more praise than your own critic, Christina McIntyre, gave it (D&S, August 2). Perhaps it was because
Sir, – Just how much of our council tax money is being frittered away on road surface improvements for the Tour de France nonsense? I ask because I am incensed by the arrogance of attitude of Coun Gareth Dadd, North Yorkshire County Council highways
Sir, – I would like to comment on your article on the crisis in British farming (D&S, July 26). I have regularly noticed that the National Farmers Union always quotes struggling hill farmers when berating the state of British farming. It doesn
Sir, – Your readers will not be surprised to learn that Great Ayton has a traffic problem. Any traffic entering or leaving the centre of the village from the north (Guisborough direction) must travel along Newton Road that is particularly narrow
Sir, – New builds and conversions of buildings within national parks usually attract conditions on ownership and tenancy. They typically restrict ownership/tenancy for eternity either to current residents within that park or to somebody taking up a
Sir, – I refer to your report (“Village protest in vain as children’s home approved”, D&S, Cleveland edition, Aug 2). The residents are against the plan as stated in your article which you supported with the quotes of Councillor Walmsley.
IT seems our appetite for top quality locally-produced food is not easily satiated, if the evidence of Saltburn’s first food festival last Sunday is anything to go by. Spectator paid a visit and, like the organisers, was amazed by the turnout.
IT WAS to be expected that there would be a degree of negativity surrounding the Tour de France’s arrival in Yorkshire, and specifically the Dales, next year. We didn’t, however, expect that negativity to emanate from Whitehall. It was well known
