Working with oak is a labour of love for a true craftsman
	11:45am Fri 22 Aug 08
	JONATHAN Manby loves his job. As one of only two traditional brewer's coopers still working in England, he spends his days in a sap-scented workshop making and repairing oak-hewn casks at Theakston's in Masham.

	A nostalgic collection born of a refusal to allow ICI memories to die
	12:17pm Fri 8 Aug 08
	WORKERS from humble messengers to top managers at ICI's 1,000-acre chemical complex on the banks of the River Tees at Billingham have written their story.

	Living a little easier but Hannah’s still Hannah
	12:46pm Fri 1 Aug 08
	SHE'S famous for her simple but back-breakingly hard life running a farm in remote, bleak Baldersdale single-handedly, not seeing a soul for three weeks at a time.

	‘Brakes to slow, and gears to go’ – how I learned to save precious petrol
	1:08pm Fri 25 Jul 08
	AFTER 18 years of holding a driving licence, I had always presumed I was a fairly competent driver - forever sensible and considerate to my fellow motorists.

	Finding ways to waste less food, help the planet and save money
	12:38pm Fri 18 Jul 08
	JUST before Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged us to throw away less food, RUTH CAMPBELL spoke to a woman who knows how to get the most out of a weekly shop

	Scouring for clues to the true nature of a towering international figure
	12:29pm Fri 11 Jul 08
	THIS is not what you expect to hear from Capt Cook's home ground: "Among the numerous people he honoured on his voyages by naming capes, bays and islands after them, not one was related to himself or came from the places where he had been brought up."

	Reminders of a poignant love story and the awesome power of nature
	12:09pm Fri 4 Jul 08
	A BOX full of old newspaper cuttings and dialect poems has brought together the stories of a long-lost love and the great flood which inundated Askrigg in June 1908.

	Providing a home from home for pets of all descriptions
	11:39am Fri 27 Jun 08
	EVERY pet has its little ways one little dog, for instance, had its own bedroom, its own bed and its own routine, which meant that every night when Sallyann Gray was looking after him, she tucked him up in bed and pulled the duvet snugly over him.

	How pain gave way to joy in a tale featuring some equine gentle giants
	11:01am Fri 20 Jun 08
	THE story of the Rutters and their magnificent Clydesdale horses is a tale of tragedy and triumph, with the latest chapters involving life and death - and the mystery of the phantom foal.

	A family business in preserving fruit and and a dale’s heritage
	11:31am Fri 13 Jun 08
	LESLEY Kettlewell and her family have pots of fantastic jams and pickles to sell, and put pots of energy into conserving the countryside where they live. SHARON GRIFFITHS reports.

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