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email this page to a friendRichmondshire's festive freebie boosts market towns
Friday 24 November 2006AS shopkeepers across our region struggle to compete with the big chains and our market towns continue to face the threat of high street "cloning", one local council is set to forgo an important source of revenue in order to provide a festive boost for local businesses in the run up to Christmas.
Skipton robbery - police seek to identify man on cctv
Thursday 23 November 2006POLICE investigating an armed robbery at a Skipton bookmakers are anxious to identify a man whose image was captured on CCTV.
Rural building slumps as population grows
Thursday 23 November 2006THE housing crisis in the countryside has worsened in the past seven years at a time when the rural population has been growing rapidly because of people moving in from the towns and suburbs.
Kestrel joins "birds at risk" league
Thursday 23 November 2006BRITAIN'S best-known bird of prey, the kestrel, which is often seen hovering over prospective prey alongside roads and even motorway verges, has been added to the list of birds at risk by scientists worried about a sudden drop in its breeding success.
Harrogate set for biggest ever Christmas light show
Thursday 23 November 2006STAR of stage, TV and screen, Hugo Speers, will switch on this year's Harrogate in Lights Christmas Extravaganza tonight - described as being the biggest and best ever.
Skipton Police seek stolen paintings
Wednesday 22 November 2006DETECTIVES from North Yorkshire Police are appealing for help from the public in their efforts to trace three distinctive, original paintings stolen during a burglary at a private house in the Skipton.
Dales company reassures as free range "scandal" continues
Wednesday 22 November 2006AS rural affairs department Defra warns consumers that millions of eggs may have been fraudulently passed off as free range, one Yorkshire Dales based company is sending out the reassuring message that it knows exactly where its produce comes from.
Harrogate News
Wednesday 22 November 2006Grants for heritage groups and thoughts of spring; see what's making the news across the Harrogate district.
Making the news across Hambleton
Tuesday 21 November 2006TACKLING environmental crime, folk star performs in Northallerton and training for sports coaches; see what's making the news across the Hambleton district of the Yorkshire Dales.
Yorkshire Dales firm gallops ahead down under
Tuesday 21 November 2006A long established animal feed company based in the Yorkshire Dales is galloping ahead after launching its innovative product down under.
Signs of thaw in farm subsidy war?
Tuesday 21 November 2006AFTER months of bitter acrimony between the chaotic Rural Payments Agency and unpaid farmers, there are signs that the two sides are drawing closer together - despite that fact that there are still thousands of farmers and landowners waiting to receive their 2005 payments.
Fishermen angle for championship on Yorkshire Dales Rivers
Monday 20 November 2006ANGLERS on seven rivers throughout the region - including four running through the Yorkshire Dales - are for the fifth time competing for a coveted angling championship run by a major utilities company.