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  • National park is set to home 'sensational' art

    A WORLD renowned artist has moved a step further towards completing his most important work in the heart of a national park after the area’s custodians decided it was too good an opportunity to turn down. After almost two hours of debate the North

  • Appeal to join organ donor register as Christmas comes around

    ACROSS the region hundreds of people are facing Christmas waiting for a call that could ensure their future with a life saving organ transplant. In North Yorkshire 93 people are on the organ transplant list, in Durham 99 people are waiting for life

  • Beauty spot on the market

    WITH the For Sale signs going up at the Yorkshire Dales beauty spot at How Stean Gorge there's a real opportunity but also a concern. It's a fabulous spot and has been known as Little Switzerland for many a year. While such names can be bandied around

  • Miscanthus can help to stabilise waterlogged soils

    A NEW study has found that Miscanthus not only grows well on flood-prone land but hit helps to stabilise the waterlogged soils. Dr Jason Kam, lead author on the study by the Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences at Aberystwyth

  • Entrepreneurs intervene to save Swaledale Cheese

    A GROUP of Yorkshire entrepreneurs have acquired the UK’s only producer of Swaledale cheese from the liquidators and have ambitious plans to re-vitalise the award-winning brand. Richard Darbishire, Bob Bigley and Bengt Odner bought the Richmond-based

  • Gallery marks 50 years of Tees Valley art

    AN exhibition featuring work from half a century of artistic talent from the Tees Valley has launched in Middlesbrough. Paintings by established artists, including one of David Bowie’s favourite artists William Tillyer, are displayed alongside emerging

  • Doubtful Bottle going worldwide

    A BAND from North Yorkshire is hitting the international music scene after being signed with a German publishing house following a recent tour in Europe. Indie band The Doubtful Bottle, whose members come from Bedale and Masham have signed a publishing