Pickering, England News

Resident Nellie Marwood joins staff Trish Burr, Sharna Stevens and Gillian Sheddon for tea and cake at The Abbey in Old Malton Among the homes open in the area are Arden House, Pickering , which will be holding a coffee morning, 10.30am-noon.

A COUPLE have suffered abuse and vandalism and seen their businesses suffer after being mistaken for a farmer convicted of neglecting animals.

The Royal Oak at Old Malton and Bothams of Whitby , which has a themed tearoom in Pickering , have received TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence for their hospitality excellence.

ERA: Lollipop lady Yvonne Brandon donned her 60s outfit to stop the traffic in a different way as she joined Jim Howie, left, and Bruce Pickup and their sixties cars to promote the Pickering 60s Festival PICKERING will be swinging to the sounds of the 60s this week as the town prepares to celebrate the decade in style.

Eddie Fisher, who works at Hydromotion in Malton, has decided to take on the half-marathon in Newcastle this September as a thank you to Ryedale Special Families.

RYEDALE is set to get its biggest investment in the leisure and holiday industry for decades with plans to build a A 25 million a luxury holiday village, sporting and events complex on the outskirts of Pickering .

Olivia Major is supported by her mum Jackie on her bid to raised A 4,000 for her Camps International trip to Borneo TWO teenage girls are planning trips of a lifetime - but first they each have to raise thousands of pounds from sponsors or events.

Lady Feversham opens the new library and research centre at Ryedale Folk Museum, watched by Tony Clark, museum chairman, Peter Spence of the EU Leader Project, David Stockdale, museum manager, and Kevin Simms, museum director The library has been built in the grounds of the popular museum in Hutton-le-Hole, alongside the home of the Harrison ... (more)

A A 2 MILLION scheme to improve flood defences in a North Yorkshire town has been given the final go-ahead, and work could start in the autumn.

NEW flood defences for a North Yorkshire town which has been badly hit by rising waters in the past are set to get the final go-ahead, despite a heritage railway's fears over the scheme.

SEVENTEEN young people from Ryedale were confirmed at a service at St Leonard & St Mary's RC Church, Malton , last week.

A COUPLE have made a desperate appeal for help after their eight-year-old daughter's violent behaviour spiralled out of control.

A PIONEERING scheme to combat flooding in Pickering has been given the go-ahead by the North York Moors National Park's planning committee.