Help for local businesses to capitalise on new cycle route
Friday 22 JanuaryTWO workshops to help local businesses get ready for the new Way of the Roses Cycle Route are being hosted by Craven District Council.
Early spring clean
Friday 22 JanuaryTHE World of James Herriot re-opened on Tuesday after an early spring clean - and with a new exhibition.
At last, a supermarket Ombudsman
Thursday 21 JanuaryTHE Government has done a U-turn on its long term refusal to appoint a supermarket Ombudsman to ensure that farmers and growers get a fair price for their produce.
Love your birds? give them a nest box on Valentine’s Day
Thursday 21 January2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity and people all over the world are being encouraged to look at ways to safeguard the variety of plants and animals on their doorstep.
Local Food Matters
Wednesday 20 JanuaryMEMBERS of a Northallerton group committed to ‘greener’ living are sowing the seeds for a future without oil.
Deadly horse disease intercepted
Wednesday 20 JanuaryA VIRULENT disease which can kill horses has been discovered in a group of animals imported to Britain from Romania.
Cash help for Dales parishes
Tuesday 19 JanuaryONE of the ancient trades of the Yorkshire Dales, the parish lengthsman, is to be partially resurrected long after the job disappeared, thanks to grants from the LEADER programme organised by the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust.
User-friendly Rights of Way ‘Blue Book Extra’ now online
Tuesday 19 JanuaryRIGHTS of way campaigning and research has just been made easier, with the addition of an all-new search function to 'Blue Book Extra’ (BBE); the on-line companion to “Rights of Way: A Guide to Law and Practice”.
Woodland trusts three small steps, one big leap for the planet
Monday 18 JanuaryIF you are stuck for new year resolutions that (a) you will keep and (b) will make a real difference to you, your family and the planet, look no further than these three simple steps you can take with the Woodland Trust to a better world for 2010 and for impact well beyond it.
Region tops survey of green energy leaders
Monday 18 JanuaryYORKSHIRE and the Humber is leading the way in using home-grown bio-energy according to new figures from Forestry Commission England.
