Ryedale, England News

COUNCIL chiefs will get an insight into the work of the fire service in Ryedale at a meeting next week.

A PREGNANT woman and a mother with a three-year-old were among several stranded motorists who had to be rescued from the snow at one of the highest spots in Ryedale at the weekend.

YOUNG children in Ryedale are being offered the swine flu vaccine. Derwent Practice in Norton has started writing to families with children aged over six months and under five to have their child vaccinated.

RYEDALE was hit by some of the worst winter weather for more than 15 years this week.

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A PENSIONER is lucky to be alive after going missing in snow during his daily walk in North Yorkshire.

The region was today waking up to fresh snowfall. More than a centimetre had fallen before 6.30am. East Coast trains has cancelled all its services between Leeds and London Kings Cross.

RYEDALE District Council is looking at freezing its council tax bill for residents this year.

THE traditional Boxing Day hunts proved to be a big draw once again for the people of Ryedale in spite of the freezing weather.

AN eyesore on the Yorkshire Wolds is set to be restored and landscaped, thanks to Ryedale District Council.

SHOPPERS in Ryedale are in for a New Year bonus when it comes to prices. Many, especially independent traders, have vowed to keep VAT at the current 15 per cent rate and absorb the increase themselves for the time being.

A district council in North Yorkshire has called for more powers to protect neighbourhood pubs from being closed down when they are sold by national chains.

A RYEDALE woman who campaigned for flood defences for the town where she lived after her home was devastated by rising waters has died, aged 92.

RESIDENTS in Pickering have lost their fight to block a housing scheme on the site of the former Askham Bryan College after councillors were told that the town needs 195 low-cost homes over the next five years.

HOMEOWNERS in the Selby district are being asked to sign up to a scheme to offer homeless young people a bed for the night.

A CONTROVERSIAL housing development next to a Ryedale college has been given the go-ahead despite claims from residents that it would create danger on the roads.

CHRISTMAS has come early for a local charity thanks to a A 95,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund.

By Staff Copy THIS Christmas marks a special anniversary for a Wintringham man. It is 50 years since Eric Copeland, of Deepdale, was stationed on Christmas Island while he served as a senior aircraftsman with the RAF.

VISUALLY impaired people in Ryedale have been given an early Christmas present, in the form of a A 95,000 lottery grant.

RYEDALE became one of the worst-hit areas in the north when Arctic conditions gripped the region at the weekend.