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  • Older residents' chance to have their say

    MEMBERS of North Yorkshire's expanding aged population are to be given more opportunities to air their views about how services are provided in the county. The number of North Yorkshire residents aged 65 or over will increase to almost a quarter of the

  • Education Sri Lanka-style

    PUPILS in North Yorkshire have been learning about schools in Sri Lanka from one of its top education officials. The youngsters at Thirsk School have been visited by Sri Lanka's deputy director of education Prayatha Nanayakkur. Along with Sri Lankan

  • Advice for farmers

    A RURAL development expert is to address North Yorkshire farmers at a meeting organised by a local MP. Anne McIntosh, the Vale of York MP, has invited Helen Owens, who is part of the Yorkshire Forward Rural Development Programme, to attend. Also set

  • Football fun for families

    SOCCER experts are teaming up with a local authority to encourage parents to take a greater interest in their children's education. Middlesbrough Football Club in the Community have joined forces with North Yorkshire County Council for the initiative

  • Bird in a besom show

    YOUNGSTERS have brought their own creative ingenuity to an unusual exhibition at the Dales Countryside Museum at Hawes. A Brush with the Media was inspired by a bird's nest in a besom, or witch's broom, and 43 artists, a poet and a writer have freely