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Geologist takes on tough challenge in race to North Pole
AN INTREPID fundraiser is braving sub-zero temperatures as he races across 400 miles of frozen wastes to the North Pole. Gareth Ellis has taken up the Polar Challenge to trek over barren ice floes to reach the magnetic pole. His three-man team is taking
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Dismay as county announces new bus system before protest tabled
CAMPAIGNERS fear a bus service could be scrapped before local people have tabled an official protest. Residents in the Masham area were just completing a survey to show there was a need for the timetabled service between Masham and Bedale, via Thornton
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Food and drink festival
PREPARATIONS are well underway for a popular three-day celebration of local produce taking place next month in the Yorkshire Dales. Thousands of people from across the region are expected to attend the 2008 Dales Festival of Food and Drink, being
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House made famous by Michael Caine film goes on the market
A FAMILY home known to millions of film fans as a macabre murder mansion is up for sale at a price of £1.75m. More than 30 years after it was the backcloth to some of the most dramatic scenes in the 1971 cult movie Get Carter, Dryderdale Hall, near Hamsterley
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Victorian ticket office conversion criticised
A COUNCIL conservation officer has claimed control over the future of a Victorian ticket office was limited because English Heritage failed to add the structure to 40 listed buildings in Saltburn during a survey of the town in 1999. Stewart Ramsdale,
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Text service aims to combat rural crime
POLICE and trading standards officers have teamed up with farmers to launch a text message service to help combat rural crime. The Ringmaster service will see instant mobile phone messages sent to more than 1,000 farmers across North Yorkshire, giving
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Rail museum reopens after £1.7m revamp with new name
A RAILWAY museum has reopened after a £1.7m revamp with a new name and fresh displays. Head of Steam - formerly Darlington Railway Centre and Museum - was officially opened at a VIP launch last Friday, ahead of opening to the public on Saturday. The
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Town councillor quits in wake of 'hurtful' dispute
A RICHMOND town councillor has resigned after an internal dispute which she says has made it "impossible" for her to stay. Coun Linda Curran, a former town mayor, is the second councillor to resign from the authority in the space of a week. Both Coun
