YOUNGSTERS from the Riding for the Disabled Team at Welburn Hall School excelled themselves in a regional championship.The four pupils competed in the RDA North East and South Yorkshire Regional Finals for The Countryside Challenge and Dressage Competition.Zac
PROVING that he is still on winning form, North Yorkshire's Paul Barker secured his second ticket to the Horse of the Year Show, this time taking top spot in the British Horse Feeds Speedi-Beet HOYS Grade C Qualifier held at Bramham International
A FOOTBALL club on the brink of closure will play on but on a different day.Earlier this month, Wearhead United Football Club issued an urgent appeal for new players after finding it increasingly difficult to field a team. The committee feared the problem
IAN CRANE fulfilled a life long ambition to compete in the Tour of Tameside based on the villages of Ashton under Lyne, Stalybridge, Hyde Mottram and Glossop.The original week long tour was founded in 1983 by marathon legend Dr Ron Hill and was brought
CONTRARY to national trends at the decline in Saturday 11 a-side football, a brand new team has been formed at Rillington to be known as Rillington Rovers who were hoping to get elected into the Newitts.com Beckett Football League at its AGM.How did the
Richmond Motor Club national Mintex Trophy Trial, Hurst, Sunday APPRENTICE plumber Ryan Brown, 16, won the National Mintex Trophy trial on Sunday at Hurst and matched the result achieved by last year's winner Duncan MacColl exactly with a best
THIS week the harriers were out and about at Jarrow, York, Aycliffe, Middlesbrough, Penshaw, Pudsy and Portland, Oregon, USA.Marc Scott continues his rehab from an injury that has kept him out of racing for 10 months and his first race back was the 5,000m
AS I write this, I’m recovering from the emotional turmoil of watching the final episode of the latest series of The Yorkshire Vet. One of the main protagonists, Peter Wright, lost his beloved canine companion, 10-year-old Alf. Peter’s sadness was tangible
I FOUND the huge bin of old-style milk bottle tops quite irresistible and I plunged my hand deep into the silvery pile of crinkly foil.It made a very satisfying noise and reminded me of the days when everybody had milk delivered to their doorsteps in
A WALK of considerable interest on the outskirts of the Howardian Hills and variety taking in the delights of Kirkham Priory, Huttons Ambo (!) and always staying close to the River Derwent. The walk passes through quintessentially English countryside
WHAT makes an award-winning pub? There are probably no people better positioned to answer that question than Gil Richardson and Phil Spellacy. For they are at the helm of not just one accolade-accumulating hostelry but two. The two pubs, the
A beautiful Richmondshire garden created from farmland is opening to the public for the first time this year. Jenny Needham takes a seat by the pondIT’S such a lovely spot to sit on a sunny day - a bench by a pond, in the shelter of a beech hedge, watching
What happened? AS the father of a 42-year-old son with Downs Syndrome I write to you regarding my concerns about Ripon Community Link. The “Link”, as it is fondly known, was founded 30 years ago as a charity offering care and support to adults
A ‘THRIFTY’ reshoot of the famous one-take seafront scene from hit movie Atonement is taking place on Redcar beach this summer as part of the build-up to a popular festival.The organisers of the Festival of Thrift have commissioned artist and film-maker
FILMING has been taking place for a new series of Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year – against the spectacular backdrop of Fountains Abbey.The World Heritage Site near Ripon was chosen as the location for two of the heats as a “truly magical” spot
STAFF from a power tool manufacturer helped to spruce up the area around Darlington's Cocker Beck.Employees from Husqvarna, which has a factory in Newton Aycliffe, dedicated a working day to the area to give it a much-needed makeover.The area was
NEW gardens at Mount Grace Priory have been officially opened by celebrity gardener Chris Beardshaw – who was also the creative mind behind the design.Fresh from his recent win at RHS Chelsea Flower Show for Best in Show, Mr Beardshaw has been supported
A SMALL-scale scheme to sell tea, waffles and crepes in a conservation area overlooking a historic fishing village has overcome a wave of concerns it will lead to national food and drink outlets flooding the tourist hotspot.A planning meeting of the North
A WOMAN flipped her car when she got behind the wheel after drinking wine. Hilary Hallimond, 57, was found by police trapped in her Vauxhall Corsa off the A688 at 12.45pm on May 21. Magistrates in Newton Aycliffe yesterday heard her first words
RACING driver Max Coates showcased his Renault car ahead of his performance at Croft circuit this weekend.Mr Coates posed for pictures at RMB Renault in Darlington promoting the car designed to compete in the Renault UK Clio Cup. The Scorton-born motorist
A PLAN to site a Turner Prize-winning artists’s concrete sculpture of a Nissen hut, which has been likened to an “inner city bus shelter”, in a national park has been approved.Members of the North York Moors National Park Authority’s planning committee
RESIDENTS of a "hidden hamlet" in Teesdale will be offering visitors the chance to discover its secrets for one day only in a bid to support their local church.Those who live in Little Newsham are preparing to throw open the doors to intrigued
A STATE-OF-THE-ART MRI scanner has been installed in a hospital thanks in part to the generosity of the local community.The machine at Darlington Memorial Hospital follows the installation of an identical scanner at Bishop Auckland Hospital in December
WHEN the world-renowned Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre performs at The Georgian Theatre Royal next month, the audience will be able to choose which play it sees just before the curtain goes up.In Shakespeare’s day, when a company went on tour, the actors
ONE of the first photographers to capture live fashion is to be celebrated with an exclusive exhibition.The Bowes Museum, in Barnard Castle, is preparing its summer exhibition CATWALKING: Fashion through the Lens of Chris Moore.Moore, 84, was one of the
A GRAND reopening is planned for the Majestic theatre in Bondgate, Darlington, followed by a programme of shows and workshops.Management company, Lyall Events and Entertainment, is organising a free opening event on July 1. Space is limited and tickets
THE National Sheep Association has announced that one of the UK sheep industry’s main biennial events will be hosted in North Yorkshire next year.NSA North Sheep will take place at Frankland Farms, at Rathmell, near Settle, on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
CHILDREN from four primary schools in Tees Valley and County Durham are to play an important part in helping a company that runs a unique project linking industry and schools to celebrate its 30th anniversary.They will take part in demonstrations, exhibitions
THE young winners of North Yorkshire Police’s 2017 Lifestyle Challenge have attended a five-day residential activity holiday as part of their prize for taking part. About to start its sixth year in 2018, the Lifestyle Challenge runs over the summer holidays
COMMUNITIES across the Ryedale district are being urged to apply for lottery funding for projects exploring the First World War.The district is among just six per cent of local authority areas still to apply and secure funding since centenary commemorations
A GROUP of unemployed young people have been rolling up their sleeves to help revamp an unused school building in Catterick.The volunteers, who are taking part in The Prince’s Trust Team programme, could now see their efforts help bring alternate opportunities
A CYCLING event had been given a boost with a grant from the North York Moors National Park Authority.More than £7,000 has been donated by the authority’ to help re-establish the Ryedale Rumble as an annual event on the cycling calendar.The money will
A CALL has gone out for all market traders whether regular, casual or new to pitch up and book a place at Thirsk’s first artisan food and drink market.Following the major promotional campaign for Hambleton’s markets announced earlier in the year, the
