Yorkshire Post

The north of the UK will face strong winds with gusts potentially exceeding 80mph, along with “widespread travel disruption” to ferries and trains, as a new storm hits the country, forecasters have said.

For more than two centuries, apples have flourished at Ampleforth Abbey. Catherine Scott meets orchard manager Steve Ward, who is preserving its fruitful traditions by producing both juice and cider.

Kirkby Wharfe, near Tadcaster is where it all started for the Easterby horseracing dynasty and it’s also where the family’s farming journey started when Henry Easterby took on the tenancy of Kirkby Grange in 1935, and where current generation farmer Deborah Easterby, Henry’s great granddaughter has the farm and livery stables today.

Proposals for 1,100 homes on the outskirts of Harrogate have prompted a senior councillor to warn that North Yorkshire is “under siege” from development that is not properly planned.