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Friday 27 July 2007FARMERS and land owners have offered to cooperate with the Government to prevent future large-scale flooding by creating artificial floodplains - areas of open land set aside to take up excess water in order to protect towns and villages downstream.
£55 million bill for farm payments IT
Friday 27 July 2007THE much-troubled Rural Payments Agency, still struggling to sort out subsidy payments for thousands of English farmers, has been landed with a £55 million bill for extra computer software capable of dealing with the new single farm payments scheme, Parliament was told yesterday.
Government says no to North Yorkshire super council
Thursday 26 July 2007DISTRICT COUNCIL leaders have welcomed the announcement that plans to create a single unitary council for North Yorkshire have been thrown out.
Yorkshire spy base to be part of controversial missile defence system
Thursday 26 July 2007A NORTH YORKSHIRE spy base is set to form part of America's highly controversial missile defence shield following a UK government announcement.
Safety roadshow at Dales reservoir
Wednesday 25 July 2007BRAND NEW signs have been erected around one of North Yorkshire's most popular beauty spots in a bid to cut out illegal parking.
Better testing finds more TB in cattle
Wednesday 25 July 2007The Badger Trust has welcomed the latest bovine TB statistics, which reveal that new testing procedures are finding more TB-infected cattle herds.
CLA Game Fair cancelled
Tuesday 24 July 2007THE CLA Game Fair has been cancelled for the first time in its 49 year history following adverse, and worse than predicted weather, which has hit Harewood Estate over the last 48 hours.
Cash for young homeless project
Tuesday 24 July 2007AN innovative new project to tackle homelessness amongst 16 and 17 year olds in one Yorkshire Dales district has won Government funding.
North Yorkshire Police officers honoured
Monday 23 July 2007A NUMBER of North Yorkshire police officers will receive recognition this coming Friday (27 July) for their commitment to communities across the Yorkshire Dales.
Dales hamlets celebrate the works
Monday 23 July 2007TWO Yorkshire Dales villages used their communities' recent annual sports day and gala to celebrate connection to the Yorkshire Water sewerage network for the first time.