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AN ANNOUNCEMENT
Major review at Radio Ryedale

Any room at the Inn?
A dog is not always for life. A growing number of people are having to part with their pets at Christmas time.
We meet Nicki Oliver who helps some of our four legged freinds in their time of need.

Our winter roads - keeping them safe and clear
a dedicated County Council team, based in Kirkbymoorside, use sophisticated techniques meeting the challenges of winter in Ryedale

Milk delivery in rural Ryedale
Neil Thompson is self employed, lives in Oswaldkirk and delivers bottles of milk to 280 households in 9 small Ryedale villages, six days a week. He tells us about his working day.

Ryedale tourism
What’s our local authority’s involvement?

Rural Post offices – “a crisis looms”
The planned removal of the Government’s £150m subsidy in 2008 will force the closure of more sub post offices
How serious is this? Can anything be done to avert it? We talk to people variously involved.

Drugs and Children in Ryedale
Do YOU know all YOU should about this?
Listen to someone with 20 years consultancy experience
Presentation Lady Lumleys School, Thursday 19 Oct. 7pm

Softly, Softly.
We meet Stewart Ashton, Ryedales own 'Youth Action Officer', who's work proves that prevention is better than cure.

New Chief Executive at Ryedale District Council
Janet Waggott takes over in January. We hear about her background and thoughts on local government in the recorded telephone conversation we had with her today.

Building a house, an extension or a housing estate in Ryedale?
- if so, the chances are you'll come across Gary Housden, Ryedale's Development Control Manager.

Ryedale Rock School leads the way.
Established artists help young musicians learn more about performance, music and the music industry.
Possibly unique in the UK, this voluntary organisation has become a focal point for a new generation of Ryedale's contemporary musicians.

Working for the youth of Ryedale.
Sam Meegan loves music and communication and is using his skills to bridge the gap between young people and local authorities.

How does Ryedale District Council go about planning for the future ?
Julian Rudd is the Head of Forward Planning & Economic Development - he tells us how

York’s ‘Park and Ride'
– an environmental success

“Shep”, a Border Collie, tells his story
with the help of The Border Collie Rescue Society www.bordercollierescue.org

“cinema in Malton is booming ”
A high risk, enterprising development – The Palace Cinema, Malton

Our 2005 activities
How they compared with 2004 and some plans for 2006. Chairman David Sumner, tells all !

Launch of second No Cold Calling Zone in Ryedale
Derek Smith North Yorkshire County Council's Divisional Officer for Trading Standards explains how they are working with the Police and local community groups.

Treatment Foster Care - a radically different approach
a big challenge faces North Yorkshire County Council in finding sufficient dedicated carers, of the right calibre, to make this demanding pilot scheme a success.

A Coroner's role and responsibilities
Michael Oakley recently completed 25 years as Coroner for the Eastern District of North Yorkshire. A time to get to know more about him and his diverse involvement in legal aspects of community life.

North Yorkshire County Council’s 'Supermobile' Library–it's a bit special
one of 12 mobile libraries serving villages and market town communities across the County

Rural bus services – essential to some, unused by most !
should escalating fuel costs and global warming change our attitudes?

Get on your bike ! - The "AUDAX UK L.E.L. RANDONNEE"
- fancy doing it from London to Edinburgh ......and back again? Over 300 world-wide enthusiasts are grinding it out in this now well established event. We talked to some at the mid-way stop-over in Hovingham, North Yorkshire.

VOLUNTEERS? Are they in rapid decline or plentiful?
Big questions of the day! This reading of last Saturday's amusing Guardian story, 25 June 2005 edition, written by Hester Lacey, gives some of the answers.

We should be better informed about Council decisions
Central Government wants us to be more aware of local government and its decision making processes. Local councillors profess support for this but leave us with only three unsatisfactory options that take no account of declining interest.