Recently added articles from Whitby Gazette (Whitby, England):
Children's plea on abbey trail.
Aug 04, 2008 ... WHITBY Abbey is looking for assistance from potential young quizmasters as it plans this summer's Treasures Trail at the historic cliff-top site. With pirates planned to visit the Abbey on Saturday and Sunday, participants on the trail will be invited to solve cryptic clues to ...
Fair on the way.
Aug 04, 2008 ... ROXBY Country Fair will take place on Sunday at Park House Farm. It will start at ...
Quartet's 3,000-mile trip to help RNLI.
Aug 04, 2008 ... FOUR lads from Whitby are set to drive 3,000 miles through four countries to raise money for the RNLI. The quartet all work at JRC Motor Engineers in Larpool Industrial Estate and next Sunday, they will set off from the Board Inn in Whitby for San Antonio on the Spanish island ...
Householders' horror as sewage pours into street.
Aug 04, 2008 ... SEWAGE has poured into a Whitby street after heavy rains, leaving the street lined with filth. Drains in Mulgrave Road burst on Friday, sending sewage including toilet paper, used tampons and excrement into the street. It is not the first time the area has been ...
Walk for tragic Sophie.
Aug 04, 2008 ... FRIENDS of the murdered goth Sophie Lancaster have set off on a coast to coast walk to Robin Hood's Bay to raise money for her memorial foundation. The five walkers set off from St Bees in Cumbria on Friday and it is expected to take them 14 days to complete the journey. They ...
Whitby Regatta beats the rain to be big success.
Aug 04, 2008 ... AROUND 10,000 people flocked in to enjoy Whitby Regatta, despite rain showers and changeable weather. The town and West Cliff have been bustling with people enjoying the attractions on the West Cliff, the Regatta Parade, stalls and fun fair which arrived late on Sunday night. ...
Thompson directs second half onslaught.
Jul 28, 2008 ... WHITBY Town continued their 100% pre-season record with their heaviest victory so far against former Northern League rivals Shildon on Saturday. The Blues were without Danny Brunskill (work), Andy Burton (illness), Tony Hackworth (holiday) and Tom Claisse who has been released ...
Lyth blasts maiden Yorkshire century.
Jul 28, 2008 ... WHITBY cricketer Adam Lyth cracked a stylish first century for Yorkshire CC to leave LV County Championship leaders Nottinghamshire in a sweat. Twenty-year-old Lyth hit 132, batting for 95 overs and more than six-and-a-quarter hours until he was trapped lbw by Andre Adams on the ...
Endeavour's Championship glory.
Jul 28, 2008 ... THE John Smith's Eastside Invitation League held its presentation night recently at Whitby Rifle Club. The night kicked off with the final of the darts team knockout, in which The Plough defeated Endeavour 4-1. Trophies were then presented to all the winners and ...
Visiting schoolchildren reel in best fish of the week.
Jul 28, 2008 ... AS in the past couple of weeks, the feeding patterns of the fish have been unpredictable at Scaling Dam. Most anglers have found early mornings and late afternoons have been the best times. The introduction of a further 700 rainbows midweek livened up the resident ...
Noble returns to home circuit in two-stroke.
Jul 28, 2008 ... AFTER a week-long soaking, no-one expected the track at Skelder Banks to be as near perfect as it was for the British two-stroke championship. With the 125cc lap times just a couple of seconds slower than the 250s, racing was very competitive and exciting. All racing ...
Seton claim inter-school honour.
Jul 28, 2008 ... SETON School youngsters won an end-of-term inter-school sports day against Lythe and Oakridge. Pupils of all years from reception to year six competed in a variety of events including egg and spoon ...
Kristina's glowing tetrathlon debut.
Jul 28, 2008 ... A DANBY teenager scored the best shoot-out of the all-English team in a recent international tetrathlon fixture. Competing for the Pony Club North of England, Kristina Hide (14) showed her ability in running, swimming, shooting and cross country on horseback on her pony Swift. ...
County is 'safest place'.
Jul 27, 2008 ... North Yorkshire is one of the safest places to live in England, according to new crime statistics. The county's figures of 64 crimes per 1,000 people were the joint lowest with Surrey out of the country's 39 forces. The Home Office report revealed the county is the ...
Bid to replace windows.
Jul 27, 2008 ... The owner of Carr Hill Farm at 60 Carr Hill Lane, Sleights has applied for listed building consent to replace eight timber windows and ...
Green candidate is chosen for election.
Jul 27, 2008 ... A COUNCILLOR has been selected as the prospective candidate for the Green Party to represent Whitby at the next general election. Dilys Cluer was elected as borough councillor for Stepney Ward in 2007 after standing numerous times in local elections but this is the first time ...
Rural poverty is failing to deter people moving.
Jul 27, 2008 ... POOR services and a rise in rural poverty is failing to deter an increase in the number of people moving from towns into the Yorkshire countryside and coastal areas. And retired people, once the biggest group to seek the rural idyll, are being outnumbered by families. ...
New clerk.
Jul 25, 2008 ... FYLINGDALES Parish Council welcomed its new clerk at its last meeting. Maggie ...
Church hosts gift day.
Jul 25, 2008 ... FLOWERGATE United Reform Church is holding its annual gift day tomorrow and all are invited to come along to take part. The event is running alongside ...
Generosity in aid week.
Jul 25, 2008 ... THE PEOPLE of Whitby have been thanked for their generous contributions of over [pounds sterling]6,000 to Christian Aid Week. The total sent to Christian Aid last year was [pounds sterling]11,178 of which David Senior raised over [pounds sterling]1000 from his stall and ...