David Mackie

STAFF at Omega Oak Barn Care Home in Beadlam undertook some unique training recently, which saw them take a “virtual dementia experience” on a bus.

WELBURN Primary School raised more than £700 at its summer fete earlier this month.

A SOUVENIR book has been created to mark the 100th anniversary of Thornton-le-Dale Show. The 2019 Centenary Souvenir Edition has been launched in time to celebrate the centenary show on Wednesday, August 7.

A 91-YEAR-OLD is set to saddle up and ride through an historic ford in Ryedale.

TEAM members at a Malton Volvo retailer took on “the world’s biggest inflatable fun run” to raise money for two major UK charities.

PULLING over the car to admire the view of a loch while on our holiday on South Uist, I decided to get out and photograph four Shetland ponies grazing besides the water. Four heads rose instantly. Eight ears pricked alertly. Nostrils flared (theirs not mine) and as if with one brain shared between the group, the four little ponies tramped steadfastly towards the car.

ENTRIES are all in and contestants are getting ready for Tuesday’s Ryedale Show.

A HOLIDAY cottage development near Pickering - which is complete with a swimming pool, sauna and table tennis barn - has been nominated for a top prize in the Rural Business Awards for the second year running.

A “LIKEABLE and talented” Snainton man died of a drug overdose, an inquest has heard.

A FIRM of solicitors in Malton has been nominated for a Yorkshire Legal Award.