DOZENS of organisations are tackling a large but hidden problem in Ryedale and the rest of rural North Yorkshire - stress. Based at the Yorkshire Rural Community Council's (YRCC) headquarters at Skelton, is the Yorkshire Rural Support Network (YRSN).
FARMING advisor Patrick Stephenson has beaten off stiff competition to become UK Agronomist of the Year. "It was great to win such a prestigious prize," said Patrick, who works as an independent advisor in the Ryedale and Wolds areas - and is also the
A NATIONAL Farmers' Union survey of 2,000 farmers in England and Wales illustrates the extent of environmental activity carried out by farmers. Each of the 2,000 people surveyed carried out some form of environmental management. The key findings: - the
A REPORT recommending electronic identification of livestock has been welcomed by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The recommendations, put forward by an industry steering group, include electronic data transfer for cattle,
ROBERT Goodwill, MEP for Yorkshire and Humber, called for an immediate lifting of the French ban on British beef on his recent visit to Bishop Burton College. And the Terrington farmer encouraged members of the public to lobby newly-elected President
NICKERSON (UK) Ltd has launched a new conventional variety of winter oilseed rape, Ontario. It is described as a high yielder with good resistance to lodging and "exceptional resistance" to light leaf spot. Updated: 08:55 Thursday, July 04, 2002
WELL, surely you didn't expect a radical change in direction? The fifth Oasis studio album has already taken a pounding for a continuing belligerent refusal to admit any musical influences since the White Album (apart from Liam's Better Man - the Stone
THE surprise is not that MMR vaccination levels have dropped, but that they have dropped by so little. Despite being confronted with a scare that links the triple jab to autism, most parents are still having their children vaccinated. In North Yorkshire
SOME cities boast great shops. Others have wonderful historic attractions. Few are blessed, like York, with both. Most people know about this city's unrivalled heritage trail. So the tourism bureau is now promoting York as "Shopping Heaven". They have
FLAMINGO Land says it will appeal to the "highest court in the land" to overturn a council's decision ordering it to strip a ride of its red-and-white striped cladding. Theme park boss Gordon Gibb warned today that if it succeeds, it will press for full
VILLAGERS were celebrating today after out-gunning the Ministry of Defence over plans to surround their homes with a ten-foot high security fence topped with barbed wire. Furious residents living in married quarters at Ulleskelf, next to RAF Church Fenton
STEPHEN LEWIS offers advice on how to avoid being stung by hefty premium-rate telephone bills WHEN Phil Shepherdson got his telephone bill and found he'd been charged £45 for a premium rate call he couldn't remember making, he thought it would be easy
RUSS Howarth could become the second of York City's bright young stars to leave the club within a week after the England Under-21s 'keeper was handed a two-week trial by Wolverhampton Wanderers. Howarth, who is only on a week-to-week deal at the Minstermen
THE recent knee-jerk reaction in favour of helmet-wearing by cyclists is another instance of trying to achieve "road safety" by tackling the effect rather than the causes (Letters, June 25 and 28). Wearing a helmet will not prevent dangerous behaviour
THE achievements of Archbishop Holgate's School pupils have been celebrated at the school's speech day. Managing Editor of Radio York and Editor of BBC North Yorkshire Barrie Stephenson attended to give out the awards. Head teacher John Harris said it
PEACE campaigners today gathered at a North Yorkshire military base to demand an Independence Day for Britain. TV satirist Mark Thomas, Green MEP Caroline Lucas and Labour member Lynne Joans joined hundreds at the US spy base at Menwith Hill. The base
THE Sugababes say they don't know who Gary Numan is. He, of course, knows them. Are Friends Electric?, his electro-pop classic, was snatched up by the pop poppets' latest producer, giving them a Number One hit and reinventing Numan. This double album
A junior sculler from York City Rowing Club has realised her ambition to row for the Great Britain Rowing Team. Seventeen-year-old Caroline Jones went to final trials at the National Water Sports Centre at Nottingham last week end and was selected to
Players are reminded that entries for the City of York Tennis Championships close at Sunday lunchtime. Full details can be obtained from the referee Tony Precious, 8 Glen Avenue, Heworth, York YO31 OXN (Tel 01904 421995). Updated: 12:19 Thursday, July
TWO new teams have been admitted to a restructured Scarborough and District Football League. They are Dolphin Dynamics and Westover FC, who were elected at the league's annual meeting. Both new teams will play in division three next season. Last year's
Attention! Lads' Army star Mark Sullivan tells STEVE CARROLL exactly what he thinks of him "Don't smile at me! Don't you dare even look at me! You cretin! You 'orrible little man!" I consider myself a polite sort of bloke. And this wasn't the best way
YORK Tourism Bureau has launched a major campaign aimed at positioning the city as the number one shopping destination in the country. The new initiative, with the slogan York - It's Shopping Heaven', is being supported by the city's retailers, who have
A MODEST Holgate man has been honoured for his work in the community and hailed a "local hero" at the age of 83. Jack Archer attended a ceremony at Central Hall, Westminster, where he was presented with an award for outstanding service to his local community
A FRIDGE mountain built up by European legislation could soon be chipped away by newly-formed companies. But it could cost York taxpayers up to £23 per fridge. Up to 100 defunct fridges and freezers a day are being taken to a Yorwaste warehouse in Hessay
I WAS hovering near the coffee pot and the Aga on a typical British summer Sunday morning, when Radio 4 broadcast its in-depth investigation into the FMD crisis. For the next half hour or so we were treated to a string of damning statements from eye-witnesses
FORTY-one people died in agricultural accidents during the last year, the joint lowest figure since records began. Commenting on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures, Linda Williams, HM Chief Inspector of Agriculture, said: "While 41 deaths is
THERE are nearly 8,500 entries for the various classes in the Great Yorkshire Show. And honorary show director Christopher Hall said show officials are "very pleased" with the numbers. "We had feared the figures could have been halved given the current
WHEN the Guilford Stranglers first appeared in 1974, few would have believed the phenomenal success they would achieve. After playing the pub scene, the band went on to play in much larger venues all over the world. Now, thanks to Adidas, the band have
ONE live album represents a remarkable re-awakening, the other a sad if well judged farewell. Hello again, Brain Wilson; goodbye James, whose Clifford-born singer, Tim Booth, is to pursue other projects, both musical and beyond. The life of Brian went
YORK and North Yorkshire's "community heroes" are poised to carry the Queen's Golden Jubilee baton when the world's longest relay race sweeps through the region this weekend. Dozens of people will participate in the event after being nominated for sterling
A HEART attack victim lived on for more than two days at York District Hospital after his wife and daughter were told he had died. A York inquest was told that a doctor made the mistaken diagnosis after attempts to revive John Friend had apparently failed
YORK City's players may have hoped for a gentle return to the fold, but they got anything but when pre-season training started yesterday. New fitness coach Kevin Hornsby, who was only introduced officially to the players at the session, ensured the squad
I FIND the comments by members of the Royal British Legion regarding the new wall adjacent to the Memorial Garden in Leeman Road rather extreme (June 26). One would imagine from reading the report that the garden had been enclosed by a massive structure
MRS Ida Goodrick of Tadcaster is wrong to feel insulted and bitter because Millthorpe School children lay a wreath for German war dead (June 29). She will never forget what happened between 1933-1945 but things have improved enormously since 1946 in Germany
SCIENTISTS in their never ending quest for knowledge have discovered that caffeine is toxic to slugs. The deadly dose is the equivalent of 40 cups of coffee - some drink, some thirst, some slug! Have the consequences been thought out? Even higher flying
I AM trying to trace Jonathan Daniel Townend (born in 1969). He qualified as a psychiatric nurse in 1993. He moved to Selby in 1992, to Newcastle upon Tyne in 1994 and back to York in 1998. If anyone has any information, or if you are reading this yourself
THE England and Wales Cricket Board have written to Yorkshire seeking an explanation over the low attendance at the NatWest Series one-day international clash with Sri Lanka at Headingley on Tuesday. Only around 9,000 spectators turned up at the 15,000
HUNDREDS of youngsters in York are to benefit from two of the city's schools being granted "specialist" status. Education Minister David Miliband today announced Archbishop Holgate's School had succeeded in a bid for science college status, and Fulford
ENERGY efficient schools are going to the top of the class after taking part in a fuel-saving project. Joseph Rowntree School, St Aelred's Primary, Huntington Primary, Park Grove and Haxby Road Primary are in line for thousands of pounds of grant aid
LOOKING for links keeps the columnist's mind occupied, even if there is a danger that complicated events are reduced to a crossword, with nine across being coerced to fit with six down. So it is that a war widow's undimmed grief ties in with a losing
Champion Lodge, a winner at York last month, has good prospects of following-up at Sandown's televised programme tomorrow. The James Toller-trained gelding goes for the £60,000 Pentax 'Digital Binocular' Handicap over ten furlongs with the in-form Seb
NEW Earswick All Blacks Open Age Team resume full training on Thursday, July, 18 (7.15pm) at New Earswick Sports Club. All Blacks will be looking to build on their excellent finish to last season and with coaching by Simon Baines and Alan Pallister and
Poppleton United FC begin training for the new season on Tuesday, July 9 with all new and old players welcome along. Players interested in joining can contact Brian Jackson on (01904) 798904 or turn up at 6.30pm. The club run two teams which compete in
BERT Keech, the only team to beat Holgate in the Persimmon Homes/Ideal Standard York Bowls League last season, looked likely to repeat the feat this year when five points up with only three ends to finish. But, due to Holgate taking an 11-shot advantage
THE England and Wales Cricket Board have written to Yorkshire seeking an explanation over the low attendance at the NatWest Series one-day international clash with Sri Lanka at Headingley on Tuesday. Only around 9,000 spectators turned up at the 15,000
ANYONE walking into pre-season training at Harrogate Town could be forgiven for thinking they had turned up at Bootham Crescent by mistake. Nick Richardson, Kieran Darlow, Jon Fielding and Ben Rhodes, who were all released by the Minstermen at the end
AT 16, Victoria Elcock of Haxby, York, will be the youngest soloist taking part in York Opera's Gilbert & Sullivan evening at York Theatre Royal tonight. Victoria, or Tori for short, is a pupil at Bootham School, where she has just finished taking
RUSS Howarth could become the second of York City's bright young stars to leave the club within a week after the England Under-21s 'keeper was handed a two-week trial by Wolverhampton Wanderers. Howarth, who is only on a week-to-week deal at the Minstermen
INCREASING numbers of parents in North Yorkshire are rejecting the controversial triple vaccine MMR - as cases of measles increase in other parts of the country. The take-up rate for the vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella, is 86.3
YORK City's players may have hoped for a gentle return to the fold, but they got anything but when pre-season training started yesterday. New fitness coach Kevin Hornsby, who was only introduced officially to the players at the session, ensured the squad
A TASTE of the United States has come to North Yorkshire to celebrate America's Independence Day. Supermarket giant Morrisons has created a curious new treat for local shoppers, bringing together two classics from across the Atlantic. It has made a bubble
HUNDREDS of youngsters in York are to benefit from two of the city's schools being granted "specialist" status. Education Minister David Miliband today announced Archbishop Holgate's School had succeeded in a bid for science college status, and Fulford
Terry Venables is emerging as favourite for the Leeds United manager's job. The former Spurs and England boss has gone to the top of the list because Leeds are worried Celtic turn down their request to speak to Martin O'Neill, extending the period of
PEACE campaigners today gathered at a North Yorkshire military base to demand an Independence Day for Britain. TV satirist Mark Thomas, Green MEP Caroline Lucas and Labour member Lynne Joans joined hundreds at the US spy base at Menwith Hill. The base
PUPILS will march on York's Guildhall today to take their ideas on improving the school run to council chiefs. Year Five pupils from Poppleton Road Primary School will visit the council chamber to speak on how their journey to school could be made better
RAIL investigators today cast doubt on York-based Jarvis Rail's claims that sabotage was to blame for the Potters Bar rail crash. A report from the Health and Safety Executive said "no evidence has been established" to support a claim by the rail company
YORK-based company GNER was coming under the spotlight today, as an influential Commons committee visited the city. Members of the Transport Select Committee were on a fact-finding mission as part of their inquiry into rail in the North of England. The
by John Parkin Askham Bryan's Mike Hodgkinson took a hat-trick in unusual circumstances in their Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale League division three game against Tollerton Outlaws. He achieved the feat in his second spell of bowling after having
HERE are two live recordings which evoke the genius of Miles Davis, since Shorter and Hancock were members of his remarkable 1960s Quintet. The Massey Hall recording celebrates Miles and John Coltrane - The Sorcerer, So What, Impressions, etc; Footprints
Farmer Raymond Flintoft acted lawfully by shooting two dogs he caught savaging his sheep, magistrates have ruled. STEPHEN LEWIS looks at the wider implications of the case WHEN Sally Flintoft came downstairs after taking a telephone call last Saturday
