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email this page to a friendWorking dogs: MP's to consider tail docking ban
Friday 10 March 2006As the Animal Welfare Bill makes its way through the Parliamentary process one of the country's leading shooting organisations has welcomed a Government amendment that would exempt working dogs from a ban on tail docking.
Bedale Station on track for success
Friday 10 March 2006A £1.5 million scheme aiming to encourage tourism, create employment and improve public transport around Bedale is gathering steam.
Ripon man to face murder trial
Thursday 09 March 2006A Ripon man will go on trial at Leeds Crown Court later this year, charged with murder.
Farmers leaders welcome end of beef ban
Thursday 09 March 2006Farmers' leaders have joined the Government in welcoming the end of Europe's export ban on British beef.
Students forced to pay for transport
Thursday 09 March 2006Students in further education across North Yorkshire are to be made to pay for school transport.
Tourism operators prepare for start of season
Thursday 09 March 2006As the Yorkshire Dales gears up for the annual influx of visitors this spring, tourism operators from across North Yorkshire will be swapping information at an event in Thirsk today.
Boost for farmers as Europe lifts beef ban
Wednesday 08 March 2006Exactly ten years after it disappeared from menus across Europe, British beef is back.
Missing Jenny: search continues
Wednesday 08 March 2006Police investigating the disappearance of a Richmond teenager are to search woodland near her home.
Crisis day for environment scientists
Wednesday 08 March 2006A CRISIS meeting of some of the Government's top scientists will today discuss plans to sack dozens of experts searching for ways to slow-down damaging changes in the environment - plans described one of the country's leading pressure groups as "blinding ourselves" in our efforts to protect the countryside and its wildlife.
Hospital stubs out smoking
Wednesday 08 March 2006One of the region's biggest hospitals serving the Yorkshire Dales is stubbing out smoking from today.
Dales town hounours its cricketing hero
Wednesday 08 March 2006The latest in a long line of famous sons will be honoured today in a Yorkshire Dales market town.
Race for recycling prize hots up
Tuesday 07 March 2006The race to win £1000 by recycling more is hotting up.
Knife-edge vote paves way for Council to leave Richmond
Tuesday 07 March 2006There is more controversy for Richmondshire District Council after the second highly contested decision in recent weeks was passed on a knife-edge vote.
Tourism plan for reprieved Henges
Tuesday 07 March 2006Just two weeks after plans to increase quarrying at a major North Yorkshire archaeological site known as the Stonehenge of the North were rejected; proposals to turn it into a tourist attraction have been unveiled.
Gardeners save the goldfinch
Tuesday 07 March 2006BRITAIN'S bird-loving gardeners are being given a big vote thanks by ornithologists for saving one of the country's most colourful song birds, the goldfinch.
Body found in Skipton Canal
Monday 06 March 2006Detectives are investigating the discovery of a body in the Leeds-Liverpool Canal at Skipton.
Training for owners of historic Dales buildings
Monday 06 March 2006Owners of historic and listed buildings in the Yorkshire Dales will be able to learn about ways to help them keep their properties in tip top condition.
Local businesswomen to meet continental counterparts
Monday 06 March 2006Two local businesswomen will get the chance to network with their continental counterparts this week as they travel to France to attend a conference held as part of International Womens Day.
Passengers to face disruption as Settle-Carlisle line upgraded
Sunday 05 March 2006Passengers on the Settle-Carlisle Railway are to face disruption over the next month as engineering works get underway tomorrow (Monday, March 6).
Yorkshire Dales Society: latest to welcome windfarm ruling
Saturday 04 March 2006A charity dedicated to preserving the beauty of the Yorkshire Dales has become the latest organisation to welcome a Government decision that effectively kills off plans for a massive windfarm on the Northern edge of the National Park.
