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After a miserable, wet start the small number of visitors swelled as the rain stopped, and fears of a low turnout were dispelled as cars and coaches made their way into town, with many people taking advantage of a free shuttle bus service.

Barbara Haywood and her daughter and gingerbread maker Liz Druce, of the Gingerbread House, at the Malton Food Lovers Festival ORGANISERS promised the biggest and best Malton Food Lovers Festival yet - and the thousands of visitors who flocked to the town over the weekend were not disappointed.

A landlord has been jailed for violating fire safety regulations after a blaze that left two young jockeys dead, firefighters have confirmed.

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THE GENERAL Medical Council has begun an assessment of the professional performance of a GP who was strongly criticised over her treatment of a North Yorkshire cancer patient.

The third edition of The 202 Jewellery Beland Music Festival takes off tomorrow Friday 10th May with Kevin Borg, coming all the way from his base in Sweden to perform in a full live free concert.

A heritage design consultant and a former chief executive officer have been appointed by the Environment Secretary to serve on the North York Moors National Park Authority.

The British are getting tired and fed-up with the ever-maneuvering Middletons, especially with Mamma Carole Middleton, who is now trumpeted by none other than "Tattler Magazine" as being the new "power behind the throne," due mostly to her insistence upon controlling William and Kate, and now getting her talons into the new royal baby.

THE tradition of maypole dancing proved to be thriving in Ryedale when crowds watched the May Day celebration on Monday.

TWO A 50 notes stolen from an Italian visitor to North Yorkshire were found on the thief when his car was stopped by police on the A64 near Malton .

At the launch of the Taxi Watch scheme are, from left, Gail Cook, Ryedale District Council's community partnership officer, Steve Hollinshed, a taxi driver with Ryedale Taxis, Sam Hawes, the council's community services team leader and Sgt Craig Malia TAXI drivers in Malton and Norton are taking part in a new scheme to help to reduce crime in the ... (more)

THE new faces representing Malton and Norton on North Yorkshire County Council have set out their vision for the next four years with a focus on education and libraries.

THE Milton Rooms in Malton is making positive steps towards becoming a leading regional theatre with the venue's reputation growing both locally and across the country.

More than 500 entries have been received in advance of the exhibition and presentations hosted by Terrington Hall Preparatory School on Saturday, May 18.

ACTION to prevent future flooding in Malton is vital, the town mayor, Coun Jason Fitzgerald-Smith, told the annual town assembly.

CONSERVATIVE party members have organised a petition deploring a decision not to automatically readopt Anne McIntosh as a Tory candidate for the Ryedale area at the next General Election.

THREE generations of a Ryedale family are tonight continuing their tradition of big show fundraising for the charity that has supported them through cancer.

S et on south-facing slopes at the foot of the picturesque Yorkshire Wolds, Ryedale Vineyards is not only the most northerly commercial vineyard in England, it's also the largest.

Betty Swinhoe, left, and Sonya Burton with some of the scarecrows which will be on show in the Dunnington Scarecrow Festival DRY weather is forecast for this bank holiday and there are plenty of events and activities going on in York and North Yorkshire.

A Fitz's Stockton about a local choir singer who was a pop star on Malta brought this from Dan Wolthers: "But first, Malta is where the Apostle Paul shipwrecked.