New National Park bridge open for business
A BRIDGE built by dry stone wallers in the Yorkshire Dales National Park is now open for business.
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Public views sought on water needs
THE Coalition Government announced today (September 9) a major new enquiry into the future of England’s water supply industry – and will ask members of the public for ideas on how it can be made better.
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Opportunity for Dales lover
A UNIQUE opportunity for an individual with a passion for the Yorkshire Dales is becoming available with the retirement of the current Administrator of the Yorkshire Dales Society, Anne Webster.
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Horse disease reported in the North
A HORSE with a deadly disease has been put down by Government vets in Northumberland shortly after being imported from Holland, Defra reported yesterday.
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250 new woods in ten years
IT IS now ten years since the launch of a Millennium drive to help Britain regain its once heavily forested status – and as a result, the Woodland Trust is celebrating the planting of no less than 250 new woods.
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National Park welcomes the Way of the Roses
CYCLISTS visiting the Yorkshire Dales National Park will be able to try out a new route from this weekend (Sep 11).
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Act now for quarry village grants
YORKSHIRE Dales communities affected by quarrying are being urged to act quickly to obtain grants available to help mitigate the noise and traffic created by one of the area’s key industries.
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“vintage year” for archaeology, says English Heritage
THE presence of long past civilisations is being uncovered in amazing detail thanks to the exceptionally dry early summer weather.
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Water quango under the microscope
AS the Coalition Government continues with its “bonfire of the quangos” the next body to be subjected to minute performance inspection is Ofwat, the water regulator which, in the past, has been accused of being too close to the major public utilities.
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Thousands of miles of hedgerow destroyed
Despite of almost twenty years of protection, thousands of miles of English hedgerow are still be grubbed out at great cost to wildlife and the landscape, according to figures published yesterday.
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Heritage sites across the Nidderdale AONB open their doors
HERITAGE Sites across the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) will be opening their doors to visitors between the 9th and 12th September.
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New fruit and veg task force
MARKET gardeners and fruit growers have joined with Defra advisers to set up a task force to see how Britain can produce more and better fruit and veg at a time when world food shortages are growing.
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New artist on display at Yoredale
PROFESSIONAL landscape photographer Ged Hickey will be putting some of his work on show next week in the Bainbridge offices of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA).
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CPRE welcomes de-cluttered countryside
THE Coalition Government’s decision to “de-clutter” the countryside by ordering local councils to remove unnecessary road signs was welcomed today (August 26) by the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
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A delayed autumn?
PUBLIC observations suggest seasonal delay on the cards.
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Cut waste, save money
YORKSHIRE businesses are being offered advice on how to cut waste and save money by cutting raw materials costs, refuse collection charges and the use of increasingly threatened water supplies.
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Bank Holiday adventure in the National Park
A FREE taste of adventure sports will be on offer for young people visiting the Yorkshire Dales National Park next week.
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Flora locale heathland and conservation grazing workshop at Ingleborough
THE workshop will look at an innovative approach for grazing high environmental value land which takes account of the positive contribution grazing animals can make to climate change mitigation.
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Campaign to save grey partridge
FARMERS and landowners in Northern England are being asked to join a campaign to save one of the countryside’s most threatened birds, the grey partridge.
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Wildlife crusaders enter the bat cave
BATS will be stirred from their slumber to help conservationists keep tabs on their welfare.
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Sense the Dales
FREE event in the Yorkshire Dales National Park to stimulate the senses for people with disabilities of all ages and their families.
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Who do you think you are? find out with the help of NYCC
TO coincide with the new series of the BBC's hugely popular television series Who Do You Think You Are, the North Yorkshire County Record Office is to stage more of its popular Family History events.
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Keep local planning promises – CPRE
AS the Government begins to explain what the ‘Big Society’ might mean for local communities, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) are calling on Ministers not to pull a U-turn on their promise to rebalance rights of appeal in the planning process.
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Help needed to tackle bird disease
SCIENTISTS are appealing for public help in the battle against a virulent avian disease which appears to have jumped species and is now attacking some of Britain’s most popular garden birds like greenfinches and chaffinches.
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Income threat to rural vets
THE Tenant Farmers Association has written to DEFRA Minister of State, Jim Paice, arguing against proposals to take responsibility for TB testing away from local vets.
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“Do or die” rural challenge
A CONSORTIUM of countryside bodies today (August 16) publishes what it calls a “do or die” demand for Government action to save the countryside and the future of its local residents.
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Gervase Phinn’s new book ‘Yorkshire Journey’ published
GERVASE Phinn’s new book is “a personal tour of places which have meant a great deal to me” says the bestselling author.
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Dry stone wallers build new bridge
A DRY-STONE bridge created as a display at a spring event will be relocated in Wensleydale.
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“Glorious” start for Glorious Twelfth
TODAY’S start of the Glorious Twelfth – the opening of the grouse shooting season – should lead to glorious bags, according to the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).
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Archaeologists unravel stones mystery
A STONE feature in a Yorkshire Dales village is proving to be a time detectives’ challenge for a group of local archaeologists.
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