Can Trees grow from Plastic Money?
Friday 05 October 2007DALES, environmental charity Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT) is hoping to raise thousands of pounds via a new debit card scheme.
Hidden History exhibition returns home
Friday 05 October 2007A SPECIAL exhibition highlighting the history of Black and Asian people in the Yorkshire Dales is returning to the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes after a summer tour.
Leaflet shows trail bikers the right way to go
Thursday 04 October 2007TRAIL bike riders will soon be able to get guidance on what parts of the Yorkshire Dales National Park they can use.
Grey squirrels to go on the Pill?
Thursday 04 October 2007GOVERNMENT scientists are working on a contraceptive pill for grey squirrels, it was revealed today. The aim is to control the spread of the invading American greys before they wipe the few remaining pockets of the native red squirrel, some of which survive in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Climate change drama for Dales children
Wednesday 03 October 2007Schoolchildren will be getting to grips with the problems of climate change at two special events being held in the Yorkshire Dales next week.
Music and dance in Northallerton
Wednesday 03 October 2007Hundreds of people gathered in Northallerton for two days of music and dance.
Dismay over massive Yorkshire building plans
Tuesday 02 October 2007THE Government has scrapped house building targets projected by its own supporters in Yorkshire and Humberside - and doubled them. It will mean half a million new homes in the region by 2020, claims the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
When will FMD controls be lifted? - CLA
Tuesday 02 October 2007FARMERS and landowners are asking Defra to predict when foot and mouth restrictions will be lifted in the North of England, more than 200 miles away from the Surrey outbreaks.
Hill farmers welcome mart re-opening
Monday 01 October 2007LIVESTOCK marts in the Yorkshire Dales will re-open this Thursday, October 4, after foot and mouth travel restrictions are lifted in "low risk zones" - a massive relief for hill farmers who need to get their stock, and particularly sheep, to market before precious upland grazing runs out.
North Yorkshire residents - you be the judge
Monday 01 October 2007RESIDENTS of North Yorkshire are being given the opportunity to hear criminal cases and give their verdict on which sentence best fits the crime as part of an interactive event next month been held as part of Inside Justice Week.
