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Hollie Taylor, who suffers from epidermolysis bullosa. Her friend Hayley Abbott is pictured below. (S)

Hayley’s hair for the chop

A YOUNG Masham schoolgirl has set out on a fundraising appeal to help a friend with a debilitating skin disease.

Derek Brown (160412VP2)

Medal presentation for Black Sheep

Masham’s Black Sheep brewery has been presented with a London Marathon medal after the company sponsored a tireless charity fundraiser for the race.

CCTV images of the woman who left the Himalayan Garden near Grewelthorpe with several hundren pounds worth of plants which she did not pay for. Her vehicle is pictured below. (S)

Police issue CCTV image of Himalayan Garden theft suspect

Ripon police have released CCTV pictures of a suspect and her vehicle after plants were stolen from a garden sale near the city.

Mandy Reed ran the Swaledale Cheese Company in Richmond

Cheese firm boss died in snow after 21st party

AN AWARD-WINNING cheese maker died when she fell in the snow just yards from her front door after celebrating her son’s 21st birthday, an inquest has heard.

Council’s support for Morrisons plans

Plans for a major development supermarket in Ripon have been given the go-ahead.

Sport rss

hsb  Andy Ellis batting for Pannal against Hampsthwaite.  (120421M3c)

Knaresborough ease to Evening League win

IN glorious sunshine, Knaresborough CC’s Greg Pickles smashed 81 last night to help his side easily beat Pannal in Division One of the Harrogate Evening League.

16th May 2010.   Chatsworth International Horse Trials. Zara Phillips on High Kingdom.
Picture : Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Zara Phillips set for Bramham Horse Trials

ZARA Phillips will ride at Bramham Horse Trials next month, as she fights to secure the final British eventing team spot for London 2012.

Ryan Tucker. (S)

Tucker wins national karate title

WETHERBY’s Ryan Tucker enjoyed victory at the KUGB’s 46th National Championships at the NIA in Birmingham last weekend.

A basketball player and weightlifter found on the roundabout near Morrisons in Boroughbridge (S)

Catch sight of an Olympic ‘athlete’ in Ripon and Boroughbridge

Sporting green figures have appeared in Ripon and Harrogate as the district gets ready to welcome the Olympics torch.

Former Harrogate Railway player Simon Lenighan has signed full pro terms for Leeds United.

Ex-Rail’ ace signs pro forms with Leeds United

FORMER Harrogate Railway youngster Simon Lenighan has signed a professional deal with Leeds United.

Breakfree Holidays

Lifestyle rss

Duane Eddy.

Quick! Free tickets for Duane Eddy this weekend

IT starts with a crazed-and-cantering guitar salvo. Then comes an unmistakable low-string, spy-theme twist – a twang, if you will - that announces the fantastically titled The Attack of the Duck Billed Platypus, the opening track on his new album Road Trip. It is a track that serves as confirmation enough that one of the truly legendary guitarists of our time, the man behind Rebel Rouser and Ramrod, is back.

MP Andrew Jones with just some of the many riders who took part in the event. (1205203AM7)

Cycle day success for Boroughbridge

MORE than 300 people attended Boroughbridge’s Family Cycle Day at the weekend which included a 12-mile return ride to Great Ouseburn Village Hall.

Members of Northallerton Round Table enjoy a night out at Walls Brewery sampling Gundog Ale. (s)

A Round Table trip to Brewery

A great night was had by Northallerton Round Table at Walls Brewery on Standard Way Industrial Estate.

Amy Mackenzie, 11, Rachel Speight-McGregory of Cancer Research UK, Helen Mackenzie and Laura Mackenzie, 13. (1205015AM)

Ripon torchbearer Races for Life

A RIPON woman who has beaten breast cancer will be taking prime position at this weekend’s Race for Life in Harrogate.

Brandon the Lion who has sneaked out of his enclosure to take part in the 10k Fun Run at Newby Hall for Cystic Fibrosis (s)

Brandon set to join 10K fun run

Brandon the Lion, will be sneaking out of his enclosure and heading to Newby Hall this weekend.

Community rss

MP Andrew Jones with just some of the many riders who took part in the event. (1205203AM7)

Cycle day success for Boroughbridge

MORE than 300 people attended Boroughbridge’s Family Cycle Day at the weekend which included a 12-mile return ride to Great Ouseburn Village Hall.

Masham Town Hall

Public meeting to launch new Town Hall charity

A NEW body has been launched to run Masham’s historic town hall.

Ripon City Morris Dancers

Ripon Morris Dancers mark 30th year

Ripon City Morris Dancers are 30 years old this year.

2012 - Margaret Adamson celebrates her 100th birthday with the Mayor of Darlington Coun Lee Vasey (S)

Mayor returns birthday compliments for 100th

Seventy-seven years ago the Mayoress of Darlington, Miss Margaret Waters accompanied her father, the mayor as he called on a resident of the town as she celebrated her 100th birthday.

Retired Chief Constable of North Yorkshire police Grahame Maxwell.

MP condemns bumper payout to shamed police chief

Ripon MP Julian Smith has condemned a compensation payment of almost £250,000 to former North Yorkshire chief constable Grahame Maxwell.

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