Malton, England News

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

TELEVISION presenter Selina Scott has scotched rumours that she planned to stand for Parliament at the General Election.

POLICE are investigating the death of a woman who was found unconscious outside her home in Barton-le-Street near Malton.

IT was the best of times for the hundreds of people who descended on Malton for its first Victorian Weekend.

THE medieval men-folk of Malton had their hands full, according to a new archaeological study.

THE future of minor operations being carried out at Malton Hospital is in doubt - " resulting in pleas for the service to be retained by town mayor Coun Jason Fitzgerald-Smith. The hospital, it has been disclosed, needs to undergo some refurbishment, along with Whitby Hospital, by the NHS North Yorkshire and York.

A SECRET garden in Malton is proving a big hit with a group of tots. Lying across the road from House Martins day nursery in Saville Street, the A 8,000 garden has an outdoor chimney to keep the children warm and for toasting marshmallows, a couple of gazebos, sensory areas, a construction site, den, planting garden and much more.

The 133rd annual Westminster Dog Show will take place February 15th and 16th of 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

A BAND which helps would-be musicians hit the high notes has tuned up for its 30th anniversary with three Christmas concerts at Castle Howard.

ANGRY residents are demanding more action by police to stop boy racers in their tracks.

MALTON is to become the first town in North Yorkshire to be targeted for improvements to the polluted air in its town centre.

NUISANCE a boy racersa who have blighted the lives of residents for years are to be tackled in a new clampdown by police.

A MAN who was left in a critical condition after being hit by a car while walking on the A64 had been stopped by police from doing the same thing on the same night.

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CHRISTMAS has come early to the Stephen Joseph Theatre with a little help from local school children.

A PEDESTRIAN is in a critical condition at York Hospital after being hit by a car on the A64 last night.

A LIMITED edition mug featuring St Marya s Priory in Old Malton will go on sale this weekend to raise funds for the church.

A STRING of snags which have dogged a restoration project at a Ryedale landmark are to come under the spotlight next week.

THE festive season got underway in Malton on Friday evening with the Christmas lights switch-on. Hundreds of people gathered in the town's Market Place to see Father Christmas turn on the lights.

A ROAD bridge spanning a North Yorkshire river is being replaced with a stronger and wider crossing that will cost more than a quarter of a million pounds.