Public booking for the Ryedale Festival opened yesterday, and popular events fill up quickly, so it’s time to get organised if you want to be sure of getting your choice of tickets. If you haven’t already got a brochure, you can pick one up at the Memorial Hall, or contact the box office on 01751 [...]
Janice ARRAND of Pickering died peacefully on May 15 aged 55. Her funeral service and cremation will be held at the East Riding Crematorium, Octon, at 12 noon on Tuesday May 28. Family flowers only, please, but donations may be made to St Leonard’s Hospice and Macmillan Waterlily, and a plate will be provided at [...]
Sight Support Ryedale, the local charity providing services for blind and partially sighted people in the area, has arranged for Action for Blind People’s pioneering mobile Sight Loss Information Service packed with the latest aids, equipment and specialist advice for blind and partially sighted people, to visit Ryedale. The mobile Sight Loss Information Service, run [...]
Kirkbymoorside based NDSM Limited is one of the UK’s leading crop trials specialists and has been operating for nearly 23 years. We are currently recruiting a Trainee Trials Officer to work initially with experienced team members. On satisfactory completion of training, the successful candidate will be expected to take a leading role in the implementation, [...]
A delegation from the Indonesian Government has visited the North York Moors National Park on a fact-finding mission. Indonesia has 50 national parks and more than 117 conservation areas. Six of the parks are World Heritage Sites. The parks are home to a wide range of animals, birds and ornamental fish including the three-metre long [...]
Creators of the display of embroidered textile book covers that will be on display in library are The Textile Experimental Group. They meet once a month at Ayton Village Hall and enjoy traditional embroidery but also like to do modern experimental work. The members of the Textile Experimental Group come from Helmsley, Pickering, Sinnington, Nawton, [...]
A wonderful opportunity to see the Ryedale Folk Museum site being taken over by re-enactors – showcasing what country living was like during the war. The weekend is a wonderful mixture of displays and activities to get every visitor involved! Displays include: Land Army: a chance to meet a real land army lady! Dorothy and [...]
Phoenix Dance Theatre presents REfined a mixed programme packed with solos, duets, trios and quartets taken from some of Phoenix`s most popular pieces from the last five years. Put together by the company`s artistic director Sharon Watson, this programme showcases some of the most breath-taking movements from Phoenix`s 31 year history, choreographed by some of [...]
North Yorkshire Open Studios is a free event that combines culture, breathtaking views and a chance to hone your navigation skills. From the remote hills of the upper Dales across the Vale of York to the North York Moors and the Yorkshire coast, a wide range of painters, printmakers, jewellery-makers, sculptors, potters, textiles artists, photographers [...]
On 16 May, the North York Moors National Park Planning Committee approved the EA’s planning application for the Pickering flood storage scheme. The approval comes with a number of conditions mostly relating to highway matters. The next stage in the planning process is consideration by the County Council Planning Committee on 4 June. The EA [...]
Ryedale Walking Group will be trialling a weekday walk on Wednesday 22nd May at 11.00am. The walk will be in the Bulmer area, 6 miles (easy) 600ft/180m. Park/Start: Bulmer phone box (SE698675). New members welcome. On Saturday 25th May there is the Falling Foss Wainwright C2C 40th Anniversary Walk of 11.75 miles (moderate +) 1300ft/395m. [...]
It’s all happening at the lovely Helmsley Walled Garden – tomorrow the Festival of Writing is there but on May 25th no less than a roving restaurant arrives!! Running the event is The Laden Table – a sustainable catering company embarking on a 12-month 12 location dinner series. Here’s their description of what they do: [...]
Come along to Dalby Forest on the 2nd June for a fun fuelled day of family activities. We’ve got plenty planned from bushcraft and bird of prey talks to paper making, face painting and competitions. We’re also running a stream-dipping session, so make sure you bring your wellies! The event will run from 10:30am until [...]
This is the heading in the recent Moors Messenger which dropped through the letterbox earlier in the week. Published by the North York Moors National Park Authority the article outlines what is described as the biggest planning proposal in the history of the North York Moors National Park. So big an issue is this that [...]
May is Veterinary Nurse Awareness month, a national campaign supported by the British Veterinary Nurse Association. It aims to raise awareness of the great work qualified veterinary nurses do caring both for our poorly and healthy pets. The hope is also to promote veterinary nursing as a career. Edgemoor Vets are very proud of our [...]
Join Welcome to Yorkshire at one of a series of road shows across the county to celebrate the world’s largest annual sporting event – the Tour de France – coming to Yorkshire in 2014. Find out more about our successful bid to host the Grand Départ and most importantly, what your business can be doing [...]
York Theatre Royal has joined forces with Helmsley Arts Centre, Pocklington Arts Centre, Easingwold Galtres Centre and Selby Town Hall to run a project together, between now and September 2015, called On Our Turf. On Our Turf is about finding new ways to make high-impact, nationally recognised theatre and performance in rural communities. WE NEED [...]
New grants for good ideas have been launched by the North York Moors National Park Authority. The grants for environmental innovation and tourism aim to help the local economy prosper in difficult times. Chief Executive Andy Wilson said: We have a long history of offering grants to individuals and communities for conservation work and environmental [...]
Thanks to a request from a reader of the Kirkbymoorside Town Blog asking if posts can be made print friendly they now can. The solution was very simple to implement using what is known as a plug-in. You will now see at the bottom of every blog post and page a little ‘print-friendly’ icon button [...]
Foster Care Fortnight is the annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and is the UK’s biggest foster carer recruitment campaign. This year’s Foster Care Fortnight runs from today until Sunday 26 May 2013 with a call for people to get in the frame across the UK.. The campaign aims to highlight the need for [...]
As every gardener knows, compost is key to growing healthy flowers and vegetables, and the York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership is making compost bins available at cut-price rates. The bins are available in two sizes. A 220-litre bin costs £18 and a 330-litre bin costs £20. These prices include delivery of £5.49 per order. [...]
A beautiful, tiny chapel and its unusual sculptures will be open to the public on three special visitor days this year. Scotch Corner Chapel is near the village of Oldstead in the North York Moors National Park. Built by local man and Ampleforth College master John Bunting, the Chapel is a war memorial to those [...]
An evening of one-act plays. Last Scene of All is set in a retirement home for ageing thespians. Ibsenite and Shakespearean actresses, Francesca and Anthea vie to be queen bee. Showgirl Cherry and one time Ingénue Bobbie are happily unaffected by the warring queens. Gladys, Dame Anthea’s dresser, doggedly irons everything in sight while offering [...]
The free ‘Hears a Note’ concert by young musicians from Scarborough Area Music Centre took place in Sinnington on Saturday night and provided a wonderful evening of entertainment for a sizeable audience. Conducted by Wendy Standish, leader of the Intermediate Orchestra and Strings instructor across Ryedale, the musicians played a mixture of classics, folk and [...]
Come to Helmsley’s beautiful walled garden on Saturday 18th May and take part in a Book Festival event for all the family – part of the Helmsley Festival of Writing. Activities on the day will include a World Premiere performance of Donna Iliffe-Pollard’s poem The Squizzle followed by a Q&A with the poet herself, a [...]
“There are six of you in this room, and one of you is a killer.” What can I say about “The Mousetrap”? Everyone has heard of it, you’ve either seen it or been resisting it for 60 years – yes, truly 60 years, it opened in 1952, and has been running ever since, breaking all [...]
On Sunday 19 May, 2pm at Pickering Memorial Hall, there will be a talk by Margaret Atherden of People, Landscape And Cultural Environment of Yorkshire (PLACE), a charity formed to advance the education of the public in the people and the natural and cultural heritage of Yorkshire and elsewhere. Everyone is welcome to attend this [...]
Macmillan Cancer Support is looking for people who can donate some time to help them with their forthcoming annual collections across the area. Sally Millington, fundraising manager for Macmillan, said the charity was organising collections over the next few months and needed help to make them a success. “Whether you can spare an hour or [...]
Pickering residents are being urged to become more involved in the town’s life by Coun Sue Cowan, who becomes the town’s new mayor on Monday, May 20. As well as serving on the town council, she has also been a member of Ryedale District Council. We need to keep Pickering vibrant, striking a balance between [...]
An army of racing frogs made a dash for cash with local Rotary and Lions clubs to raise funds for new community facilities in Pickering. The night of frog racing meant big winnings of £2,000 to help the Wilf Ward Family Trust provide a new changing room which has a shower and disabled toilet with [...]
Stunning photographs of the UK’s National Parks taken by some of the country’s best landscape photographers are now on display at York Hospital. The exhibition was compiled by the North York Moors National Park Authority to celebrate the outstanding legacy of Britain’s National Parks. Accompanying each photograph is a statement by the photographer about its [...]
Part time – mornings only at this stage Competitive salary depending on experience Within this Pharmacy an opportunity has arisen to expand our team and take on another dispenser. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and initiative who will become part of an experienced and supportive team in our friendly, rural pharmacy. The role [...]
A ‘Ryedale Skills Summit’ is to unite local business leaders with Ryedale schools, training providers and school children to help ensure that local people get the skills and training needed by Ryedale employers, and so boost their job opportunities. Ryedale District Council has invited businesses and schools to attend the half-day seminar on Wednesday, 15 [...]
Last night the Ryedale School Parent Teachers Association enjoyed a hugely successful auction of gifts and promises that raised over £3k for the school minibus fund. Members of the PTA had worked extremely hard to gather over 50 high quality lots for the large number of school friends and parents to bid for – these [...]
Donald Michael (Mac) McCANN died peacefully on April 26, aged 60. His funeral will take place at 12 noon on Thursday May 9 at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Pickering, followed by interment. Family flowers only, please, but donations may be made to Macmillan Nurses and Pickering District Nurses, and a plate [...]
Presented by the St Paulinus Singers – a friendly chamber choir in North Yorkshire. They present three or four concerts each year. The repertoire is very wide, ranging from the sixteenth century to the present day. Their aim is to bring to our audiences the best smaller scale-choral works and raise money for local churches [...]
Many thanks to Barrie Tuck from Kirkbymoorside Camera Club for sending these images across.
The North York Moors National Park Authority’s innovative Lime and Ice exhibition has been shortlisted for the museum ‘Oscars’. The Heritage Lottery funded exhibition at Sutton Bank National Park Centre tells the story behind the creation of the area’s dramatic landscape and how it shaped people’s lives through the ages. It is shortlisted for the [...]
The Beadlam 11th Anniversary Charity Tractor Run took place on Sunday the 5th of May. Tractors all over the place with people giving money for The Yorkshire Air Ambulance, a very good show – followed by a cuppa’ Yorkshire Tea – Very Refreshing! With thanks to Mike Ward from Kirkbymoorside Camera Club.
The 11th Annual Beadlam Charity Tractor Run takes place on Sunday 5 May 2013. The Tractor Run raises money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, and the event continues to be extremely successful. Last year’s run attracted 205 tractors and raised the grand total of £8,379, with the running total raised for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance [...]
Message from Sue Hollows of Mencap: I am the co-ordinator for Ryedale and District Mencap and next week we are having an open Needs Assessment Forum in order to see what the needs are in our area for people with a Learning Disability and their families and carers.If anyone cannot get to the meeting but [...]
Back in March some 86 Pickering residents of all ages braved the elements on a Friday night for the town’s first sponsored SASH sleepout. They spent the night outdoors finding what shelter they could from the rain to highlight the plight of young people facing homelessness in North Yorkshire. SASH has issued this poster to [...]
Results of the elections from Thursday 2 May 2013 will be published here during Friday 3 May 2013. North Yorkshire County Council will publish the results live on this website as soon as they are announced.
The first Ryedale Jazz Festival is heading for a sell-out, say organisers. The event, from Friday, July 26, to Sunday, July 28, will include Ron Burnett’s Mardi Gras band from York, and Ryedale Jazz, a group of leading musicians in the district. Wilson Hepplestone, the main organiser, said the events were being held at Pickering [...]
Police and wildlife workers have condemned criminals who shot a buzzard in Ryedale – the fourth bird to be killed since the beginning of the year. The female bird had to be put down after being found with shotgun wounds at Farndale. Unable to fly, the bird’s wing was nearly severed and scabbed over, meaning [...]
The BBC were there for the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the railway, which we reported earlier today. Click here for the news item, with some great film of the steam journey to Whitby.
Dry conditions forced the North York Moors National Park Authority to announce a fire alert today (Thursday). Visitors to the Park should be extra vigilant as continuing dry weather has led to an increased risk of moorland and forest fires. Staff from the Authority will be putting fire risk warning signs up on moorland sites [...]
Ryedale Folk Museum is taking part in ‘Museums at Night’, a nation-wide festival of events in museums and galleries outside their normal opening hours, over the three evenings May 16 to 18; details below. [...]
