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MORE than £16m has been secured to bring high-speed internet access to businesses and communities across North Yorkshire.

Have you ever fancied running a festival to benefit your town? Read about our festivals workshop that took place on 28 September 2011 and included presentations from 3 towns that had already done just that.

Get some top tips and find out how to avoid the common pitfalls to make your town’s festival a roaring success.

Ripon’s Gem Racecourse held its annual Ladies’ Day on Thursday 16 June – with the sun holding out it was set to be a lovely day. The prize at stake for the “Best Dressed Lady” competition was a 2 night B&B stay at Luxury Castle Hotel Swinton Park, a £50 tote betting voucher, Hair Cut [...]

An ambitious project to create a 1940s allotment in Northallerton has been marked with the erection of an Anderson Shelter. The wartime garden at Northdale Horticulture will provide a range of volunteer activities for members of the local community. Co-ordinated by Northdale – in partnership with Age Concern and the Northallerton and Villages Community Forum [...]

The seventh Alt-Berg Richmond Walking and Book Festival takes place from 23 September to 2 October 2011. Not only does it boast 54 fantastic guided walks over the glorious Dales but also an impressive list of writers and entertainment including local crime writer Peter Robinson, Baroness Shirley Williams, Pam Ayres, Ann Cleeves (author of ITV [...]

A critical and commercial triumph – now dubbed ‘Ludlow of the North’ The historic market town of Malton attracted more than 10,000 enthusiastic visitors to its Food Lovers Festival weekend on 21 and 22 of May. This was the first complete festival weekend for Malton celebrating Yorkshire’s finest foods and drinks, and it received glowing [...]