This column is supplied by Derek Knight on (01430) 861988 and Julie Cartner (01904) 491478 who are consultants for ADAS in East and North Yorkshire. LAST month, I wrote an analogy comparing the performance of the farm business to a journey. It is a journey
STRUGGLING upland farmers on the North Yorkshire Moors have been given a lifeline by being paid to carry out age-old skills in the countryside. The North York Moors National Park Authority and The National Trust have joined forces to set up the new Bransdale
THE BSE Inquiry Report "must mark a watershed in the way we deal with food safety issues in the future," is the initial response from National Farmers' Union president Ben Gill. The report sets out clearly the mistakes that were made - they must never
A FREE seminar to help farmers take advantage of the internet is being organised for November 10 at the pavilions of the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate. The programme is to include getting connected and making the best use of the net, weather forecasting
FARMERS are bracing themselves for another potential crisis in the industry with news that a ban could be imposed on the consumption of UK lamb if sheep were found to be suffering from mad cow disease. One North Yorkshire farmer said he feared "scaremongering
FARMERS in North and East Yorkshire are being charged for the air they breathe by a 'scam' business deal which has targeted the area. The business, known as the Wayleaf Partnership Ltd and apparently trading from Shropshire, has been sending mail-shots
A SHEEPDOG trial was staged on October 29 at West Knapton to raise funds for the church, St Edmonds. Results: N Jones with Gyp, 74; D Thompson with Lassie, 71; M Collins with Tweed, 71; D Bowman with Fly, 70; L Jones with Bliss, 68. The event was held
DRIFFIELD Forward on October 26 were five sheep; 130 pigs (including 31 sows). Sheep: spring lambs, standard to £26/head or 73p/kg. Pigs: gilts to 75kg to 84p, 76-85kg to 86p (84.7p), boars to 75kg to 80p, others to 80p; sows to £132.01 or 46.5p (42.8p
The River Ouse is not expected to rise for 24-hours, a City of York Council spokeswoman said this afternoon, but more severe weather conditions are on the way at the weekend. The council today began bus services for stranded residents of Elvington and
AT last the Government is throwing its weight behind kerbside recycling and encouraging new creative investment in this industry. I returned from Canada with memories of one small plastic bag full of rubbish from each home - that was all the garbage trucks
THE bus service to and from Strensall gets worse by the day. The buses, some of which should be scrapped, are very often late or do not arrive. Elderly passengers have to stand waiting, holding shopping, without seating or shelter opposite the Theatre
Knaresborough's town crier, Nancy Buckle, has quit the post for the second time in only a few months - but this time she says its for good. The 57-year-old retired nursing sister said it was becoming increasingly difficult to do the job because of all
An environmental group has backed "visionary" plans to turn the proposed Coppergate II site into a landscaped open space. York Natural Environment Trust (YNET) gave an enthusiastic welcome to plans for the park at its monthly meeting yesterday. The idea
City councillors said today they were already looking at different ways of rebuilding four York schools. Hob Moor Junior and Infant Schools, in Acomb, Fulford St Oswald's Primary and St Barnabas' Primary in Leeman Road are all in need of rebuilding work
York and District IBC started their defence of the Egham Trophy in the most unsatisfactory way with a walkover against Huddersfield. The West Yorkshire team were unable to stage the home leg because of poor lighting and, after declining York's offer to
North Yorkshire's chief constable, David Kenworthy was today urged to step in personally to have the overtaking lane on Golden Hill, on the A64 Scarborough to York road near Malton, closed off. The call by County Councillor Mike Knaggs followed yet another
York's top panto dame Berwick Kaler took a break from rehearsals to open the St Leonard's Hospice Christmas shop today. Berwick, who is preparing for Dick Whittington, his 22nd panto, was joined at the shop, at 11 Blake Street, by Martin Barrass, and
Paul Ingle has issued a "come and get me" challenge to Prince Naseem Hamed ahead of his world featherweight title defence next month. Scarborough pocket rocket Ingle will put his IBF and IBO crowns on the line against South Africa's Mbulelo Botile in
"My dad is keeping his spirits up, it's just a good job my mum is in hospital with a broken leg because I don't think she could cope with another flood," said Ann Scurry. She and her husband, John, were making their way along a submerged Derwent Close
The flooding crisis will not speed up the construction of flood defences in Ryedale, a senior Environment Agency boss has warned. Craig McGarvey, the agency's Dales area manager, told an emergency meeting that the latest floods would have no bearing on
A business leader warned today that the cost of the flooding across North Yorkshire will come to many millions of pounds. Adam Sinclair, of York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, spoke out as a former Mayor of Malton called for a national state
GNER boss Christopher Garnett describes the efforts taken in the wake of Hatfield to keep trains running and to keep people informed. IMMEDIATELY after the tragic derailment at Hatfield, two things happened. We put our emergency response procedure into
What's it really like trying to get to London and back at the moment? Liz Page reports 5am Tuesday: No trains at all yesterday, but I've got to be in central London by 10.30am for a meeting. Ring national railway inquiries line. All lines are already
A REGIONAL rail union boss has called for maintenance of all track in the UK to be carried out by Railtrack itself rather than being contracted out, as a "first step" towards renationalisation of the rail network. Speaking in the wake of the Hatfield
REGIONAL Railtrack director Nicholas Pollard has unreservedly apologised to victims of the Hatfield rail disaster - and pledged no expense would be spared in ensuring such a thing could not happen again. In an exclusive interview with the Evening Press
GAUGE corner cracking, the form of rail metal fatigue believed to have been partly responsible for the Hatfield tragedy, has become an increasing problem on rail networks around the globe over the last five years. It is caused by heavy trains running
STEPHEN LEWIS braces himself for the ordeal that is Mischief Night. IT MAY be asking a bit much, but try to imagine for a moment that by the weekend the rain has stopped. If there's a dry street or road left in North Yorkshire by then, we will all be
IT'S all very well my lambasting the unelected bureaucrats of Brussels for issuing dotty directives at a faster rate than Jeremy Paxman firing questions on University Challenge; but the disease may have progressed closer to home, spreading through Ryedale
Kevin Darley travels to Doncaster tomorrow secure in the knowledge that the jockeys' championship is finally his for certain. The Sheriff Hutton-based rider stretched his lead to 14 over nearest rival Richard Quinn when scoring on Mayville Thunder at
With Christmas looming, STEPHEN LEWIS discovers a shopping guide with a difference. THERE could hardly be a better time for the appearance of a new book on some of Yorkshire's best "character" shops. With just over 50 shopping days to Christmas: and already
WHAT a week for the petrol crisis to be double-parked on the horizon. All around us weather of biblical incon-venience throws up storms, floods and snow. And then the petrol-heads resume their menacing moans. In one of the many ironies that come the way
A CONFERENCE to help farmers survive the current agricultural crisis is being organised for the Yorkshire Agricultural Society Showground, Harrogate, on November 7. It is being organised by Farmers Weekly in association with HSBC Bank and Deloitte &
Tony Blair was due to fly into York this afternoon to see the flooded city. The Prime Minister made a last-minute decision to visit York, Shrewsbury and Bewdley - three of the places worst affected by the disaster enveloping England. As he made the journey
I WRITE in response to your report: 'Should councillors be forced to pay £18,000 planning bill?" (October 25). City architect Matthew Laverack thinks they should and I agree with him. Coun Derek Smallwood doesn't think so but he would wouldn't he? I wonder
Congratulations to Adam Sinclair for having the guts to say what most people are thinking about the Coppergate II development (October 27). While I believe he represents what remains of independent business in York - of which it is unlikely there will
WHILE passing the Friends' Meeting House last week, I was disgusted to see white peace poppies on sale. What an insult to the Royal British Legion and the Haig poppy fund. I urge anyone seeing these white poppy sellers to boycott them absolutely. Left-wing
I suggest that Miss C Pode extends her trip through Warthill to Stockton-on-the-Forest (Letters, October 26). She would see opposite the road to Murton the results of where her travelling friends had camped. The true gipsy may have been "in touch with
JUST as I was thinking a David Essex-style purple tunic, fastened with silver studs, would go well with my denims and Docs, concealing (in my case) a multitude of sins, I read the Evening Press review (October 27) of David's Thank You Tour. Thankfully
Seven police officers who raided the North Yorkshire home of Colin Jordan, former leader of the right-wing British Movement, seized thousands of documents, many of them racist in nature, a court heard. And the search of Thorgarth at Greenhow Hill, near
Yorkshire next season will make rare Championship visits to both Swansea and Bath where they will also play Somerset in a Norwich Union National League Division One match. They last played a Championship game at Bath in 1974 while their last visit to
Grave concerns have been raised about the marking of A levels and GCSE exams after 24 students from Easingwold School had their grades raised. Teachers asked for the papers to be remarked because they thought they had got a raw deal in the summer. In
Heworth face two important dates inside three days as they seek to climb the National Conference division one ladder and then defend themselves at a disciplinary meeting on Monday. The Elmpark Way club face the music at Leigh Miners on Monday when BARLA
Scott Rhodes made a disappointing World Cup debut last night as Scotland were beaten 18-6 by Ireland at Dublin's Tolka Park. The York-born youngster was brought in at scrum-half as a late replacement for the injured Andrew Purcell. But he got off to a
A young man lost his life when his car caught fire after a tragic series of smashes on an unlit road, an inquest heard. Steven Kenyon, 20, of Huby Road, Sutton-on-the-Forest, was apparently trapped in his burning car after the accidents on York's outer
Dejected York City club captain Peter Swan has revealed his heartache over the injury that is threatening to end his career. The career of the former Leeds and Hull defensive kingpin's future is hanging in the balance after medical experts advised him
Residents of the Leeman Road area of York feared the worst when water started gushing out of the sewers. Manhole covers were dislodged and toilets came dangerously close to overflowing as water from the River Ouse forced its way into the sewerage system
Two North Yorkshire MPs today called for the Government to take back a stake in Railtrack. Hugh Bayley, York MP and Social Security Minister, believes if millions of pounds of taxpayers' money is being pumped into Railtrack, the Government should have
RAILTRACK may have to pay a hefty compensation package to train operating companies such as GNER for the rail chaos that has followed the Hatfield tragedy. Train cancellations, delays and the sheer frustration felt by stranded passengers have all combined
York woman Janet Mawer relates her own tale of rail misery I RETURNED from a holiday in Italy on Saturday, travelling back from Gatwick to York by train. My Saturday evening journey from Kings Cross to York took no less than six hours! To begin with,
Only a few days ago, the misery of passengers stranded on a rail network half paralysed in the wake of the Hatfield tragedy was making all the headlines. Then some of the worst floods and storms in living memory struck, and suddenly the emphasis had shifted
WE must preface any discussion on the rail crisis with a tribute to the workers. Britain's railways have come close to a standstill in recent weeks, and the industry is the target of unprecedented criticism. Through it all - and sometimes in the face
WHISKEY is the hound who shed the pounds. Struck by double tragedy - Whiskey's first two owners died - he took to comfort eating. Soon he could not go for walkies, only waddles. With support from his present owner and the Fatty's Club at Minster Veterinary
