Local Life
Volunteers win Heritage Lottery grant to research the history of Meltham railway line
May 3rd 2012
A project to research the history of a local branch railway line has won a £49,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery
A community approach is all important to West Tanfield's new luxury lodge park
April 27th 2012
A community approach to the creation of a luxury lodge park on the edge of a North Yorkshire village is key to its success say developers Photographs by Andy Bulmer
Ryedale Festival launches 2012 programme with Nash Ensemble concert
April 25th 2012
The Ryedale Festival launched its superb and varied programme for 2012 in a concert held at St Peter’s Church, Norton, where a large audience enjoyed a superb performance by the world-renowned Nash Ensemble.
2012 Harrogate International Festival line-up announced
April 25th 2012
Harrogate International Festival announce Bigger and Bolder line-up for summer 2012
Carr House Farm going organic in East Yorkshire
April 11th 2012
Going organic not only created new wildife habitats but also changed a farming couple’s life as Terry Fletcher reports Photographs by Joan Russell
The official Marks & Spencer archive relocates to Leeds
March 30th 2012
The official Marks & Spencer archive is being relocated to Leeds, as Jo Haywood reports
Help name the newborn cygnets at Markenfield Hall
March 28th 2012
Markenfield Hall owners Lady Deirdre and Ian Curteis asking for name suggestions for five newborn cygnets
The Old Magnesia Well Pump in Valley Gardens, Harrogate gets a new lease of life
March 20th 2012
Is an all but forgotten Harrogate landmark about to spring back into life?
Halifax Organ Academy opens new beginners’ workshops
March 4th 2012
Halifax Organ Academy hopes to hit the right note with its new beginners’ workshops
An early look ahead to The Great Yorkshire Show 2012
February 23rd 2012
England’s premier agricultural show is getting set to open its gates for what will be a unique three days celebrating all that’s best about the countryside and British farming.
Bank House Farm, Glaisdale - Bunk Barn in the North York Moors
January 26th 2012
Sell up, sell out or change direction. That was the dilemma facing North York Moors farmer Emma Padmore, as she explains
The Olympic torch's journey through Yorkshire
January 2nd 2012
More than 70 communities across Yorkshire will welcome the Olympic torch this summer, as Jo Haywood reports
BBC Countryfile’s Matt Baker unveils unique artwork on the Yorkshire Wolds
December 14th 2011
Star of BBC Countryfile, Matt Baker, officially unveiled a spectacular artwork created on the Yorkshire Wolds Way as part of a groundbreaking tourism development by Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY).
Volunteers make a real difference to the future of Ilkley Moors
December 9th 2011
Volunteers make a real difference to the future one of the world’s most famous stretches of moorland, reports Terry Fletcher
Families flock to celebrate the ninth anniversary of Countryside Live
November 21st 2011
Families flock to one of the leading winter countryside events in the county
York Minster aims to raise funds with the York Minster Rose
October 19th 2011
York Minster’s non-stop fundraising branches out with a new bloom
Sheffield's Meadowhall measures it's success by it's strength as a community
October 7th 2011
A shopping mall reaches a landmark anniversary this year and measures success not only in profits but by its strength as a community Photographs by Elizabeth Savage
Call of the coast - Yorkshire writers give their reflections on the county's coastline
September 13th 2011
The country’s leading writers reflect on our seashores in a series of extracts from a new book called Edge of Heaven The Yorkshire Coast Photographs by Rod Slater and the David Joy Collection
Yorkshire joining the green revolution
September 10th 2011
Local industry gets the green light as Yorkshire businesses turn to renewable energy sources, as Francesca Clayton reports
Wind of change: Windmills could be a permanent fixture of the Yorkshire countryside
September 10th 2011
The Yorkshire countryside could be transformed by hundreds of giant turbines producing clean green energy, as Paul Mackenzie reports
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