SCHOOLCHILDREN got their elf on to support the Alzheimer’s Society charity yesterday.Pupils at Staindrop CofE Primary School, in Staindrop, Teesdale, took part in the charity’s national Elf Day campaign which is officially held across the country today.Everything
POLICE have been spreading some ‘festive fear’ as they launch a crackdown on rural crime with the warning – ‘We’ll lock you up for Christmas’.Operation Checkpoint is a cross-border initiative targeting offenders who are known to break into properties
A RUGBY club that dates back more than 130 years has won the seal of approval from its national governing body and MP.Northallerton RUFC is now a Rugby Football Union-accredited club and its certificate was presented to the club chairman at its home game
DRIVER Dennis Tyerman has reached a remarkable milestone – after clocking up half-a-century of service with the same company.After 50 years behind the wheel he has become the longest serving member of staff at Stokesley-based Armstrong Richardson – itself
A CHEESE made at a family-run dairy has been named among the best in the world, after scooping a prestigious award at the World Cheese Awards.Thirsk-based Shepherds Purse Cheeses has been awarded Super Gold for its sheep’s milk cheese, Mrs Bells Blue,
By Philip SedgwickA TEENAGE business woman from North Yorkshire has finished as a runner-up at a national enterprise awards evening.Having been shortlisted in the Young Entrepreneur of the Year category of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, at the
A CAMPAIGN to urge volunteers to come forward and save their local libraries has launched this month.Libraries are recruiting volunteers to help with a variety of duties, from running children’s story sessions to helping customers and organising books.There
A VETERINARY company has invested some £118,000 in state-of-the-art equipment for its equine unit.Minster Equine, which has branches in Ripon, Malton and York, serving equestrian and racing community, now boasts the most up-to-date technology.The company
A SCHEME which provides emergency food parcels for those who would otherwise have to go hungry is closing for one day for the first time in more than three years.Hambleton FoodShare usually operates on a Monday, handing out parcels from the Zion Church
PATIENTS are being encouraged to only order the prescribed medication they need to avoid waste.NHS Scarborough and Ryedale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is making the appeal after a survey has found returned medicine to a typical Scarborough pharmacy
A SCAFFOLDING instructor who was once a "roadie" for the likes of the Rolling Stones and Madonna is retiring after a 40-year career.Fran Mincha is now settled in Yarm after retiring from his most recent job as a college instructor – but in his
