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The Easingwold Advertiser & Weekly News is a family-owned paper for Easingwold and the surrounding area
Nduka Omeife and his wife Bethel
recently visited the Community Library to donate a wonderful
portrait.
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The curtain raiser to the start
of the season had Champions
Easingwold entertaining local
rivals Huby.
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The York branch of CAMRA
(Campaign for Real Ale) was very
pleased to present its inaugural Town and Country Pub of the Year
to Phil and Sue at the White Bear,
Stillington. Branch Chairman, Chris
Tregellis, was delighted to make
this well deserved award.
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The Plough, Fadmoor, is delighted
to announce a partnership with
local Cooper King Distillery to
provide the community pub with a
range of personalized, Yorkshire-
made house spirits.
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Easingwold Hawks U15 have been
crowned 2025/26 champions of the
York U15 Division 3; unbeaten and
winning the league by 11 points,
and amazingly having won all 10
league games away from home.
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Councillor Peter Nottage, The
Mayor of Easingwold has officially
opened the Easingwold Community
Hub, a project brought to life
through funding from the York
and North Yorkshire Mayoral Fund.
The initiative has transformed the
former HSBC/Costa Coffee building
into a vibrant, flexible space at the
heart of the town.
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Another month is nearly done already.
Easingwold WI has had a number of events throughout March.
Mid March saw some of our members help with Easingwold Council's Litter Pick which was a great success.
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This evening organized by the
Parish Church’s You and Me Team
- who provide a varied programme
of events throughout the year for
all-comers - proved to be excellent.
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For the third year running Easingwold's North Yorkshire Classic Tour, run by York Motor
Club, was a great success.
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Nationwide UK are committed to
staying put in Easingwold, the last
building society remaining in the
town.
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Alne WI welcomed the long arm
of the law to our April meeting last
Wednesday, when retired police
officer David Hardcastle delivered
a truly arresting talk on the history
of policing—from the Victorian era
through to the present day.
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Are you looking for a fun way
to meet friendly people and do
things you never had time for while
you were working full-time? Well,
joining our U3A might be just what
you need!
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A few weeks ago, Easingwold based care team, Guardian Angel Carers, put out a local call for help to find their client, Mrs T, as she is affectionately known, a grand piano for her to play.
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A record number of 16 talented young players entered the U18s Kevin Morley Memorial Pool Tournament this year with play from 28 March to the final on Sat 4 April.
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Revd. Alex Middleton-Laing, the Methodist Minister, led a moving service in the Market Square at 11.00am on Good Friday.
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The energy was electric at the Poppleton Tournament as Easingwold Under 8’s Hawks and Harriers put on a fantastic display of football and determination.
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January saw the u3a History and Visiting Churches Groups set off on its first outing of 2026, with fourteen members travelling by bus from Easingwold to York for a fascinating visit to the Bar Convent.
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Well done to the Team Captains & School Ambassadors who raised a fantastic £58 with the bake sale on Friday.
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Spring is here, officially. I was happy to say hi to spring on March 1st, but I was shot down a couple of times in light of my wild optimistic inaccuracy!
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Last Drop Inn and The White Bear Recognized as York Camra’s Top Pubs.
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We come to the end of another financial year and I am delighted to report that this year Easingwold Friends of Cancer Research UK has raised £17,355.
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Sir Alec Shelbrooke – the local Member of Parliament (MP) for Wetherby & Easingwold – joined trustees, volunteers and staff at The Galtres Centre on Friday to learn more about the centre.
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It must be nearly Easter as the Yarnbombing Exhibits keep on growing across Easingwold & District.
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Alne's monthly meeting on 11th March featured Gracie Arnold from G A Livestock Services in Doncaster. Gracie is only 19 and she was absolutely fantastic.
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The Galtres Committee in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research held a brass band concert at the end of January at the Galtres Centre.
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Our Easingwold u3a Discovering Geology group continues to have interesting outings where we can look at a variety of rock types and sometimes find out how they are used as building stones.
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Hunter Gee Holroyd, the Yorkshire-based chartered accountancy firm, is proud to announce that it has been awarded Independent Firm of the Year 2026 at the prestigious Yorkshire Accountancy Awards 2026.
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What a busy and brilliant few weeks it’s been across 1st Moxby Moor Scout Group! From muddy night hikes and museum sleepovers to camp adventures, pizza-making and pancake flipping — our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts have packed so much into the term already.
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Easingwold, one of North Yorkshire's most beautiful towns, has become home to an impressive running event in 2025.
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Recently, The Royal British Legion North & East County held their Annual County Conference at the Galtres Centre.
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“The Ghosts in the Gardens”
The Easingwold & District u3a Explorers Group had their final outing for 2025 hunting for “The Ghosts in the Gardens” in York at the end of October. We stayed together to hunt around the Museum, Edible and Artists Gardens and the graveyard of St Olave’s church before splitting up to hunt in smaller groups.
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In the storms at the end of 2024 going into 2025 we had loads of frost and winds, and in one of those storms, the tree which was a healthy ornamental almond tree on our Church Close green, unexpectedly blew over and landed in the hedge and garden of number 19! The new owner later relayed his shock to me but he was super grateful that it missed his car.
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The 2nd meeting of the year was held at the Galtres Centre on 19th February.
Linda, our Vice President, once again stood in for our President, Jenny.
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Alne WI had an absolute ball at our February meeting! We were delighted to welcome James White, a fabulous ballroom dance tutor, who came along to teach us the Charleston.
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As the Winter Olympics navigate steep slopes and moguls, the children at Poppets are growing like weeds. Babies are becoming crawlers and walkers. Toddlers are talking and trying crafts and colouring.
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The team at the Alders Campsite in Alne are delighted to have received the AA Award for Tourism for the Best Campsite in the Northeast.
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The long awaited day arrived - Saturday 31 January - it had rained over night and at 6am it was very cold and soggy!!!
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The 29th Annual Easingwold Open Triples Short Mat Bowling Competition took place on Saturday 7th February playing for the Jack Freeman Trophy and prize money of £90, £60 and £30 for the first three places.
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At the end of our AGM on 20 January 2026, there were some presentations and thanks to make by our current Chair, Alistair Robinson.
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Our leadership team had a visit in our Easingwold offices this week, from Lottie and Vicky from the Guardian Angels Head office, for our internal audit, and are VERY proud to announce that we scored an impressive 100%.
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As the York and District Squash Leagues pass the midway mark, Stillington Squash Club finds itself in a commanding position. With four competitive sides in action, the club is balancing top-flight stability with exciting new growth.
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It has been an exciting start to the year for Easingwold and York-based ‘Singing For All’ groups, with an exciting development that has seen engagement in their social media rocket and a video(at the time of writing) reach over 10 thousand views!
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2026 sees the retirement of Di Watkins after over 7 years in the role. Under her leadership, the charity has gone from strength to strength with the introduction of a Men’s Shed, Charity Boutique, Hub Club for people living with Dementia alongside all the other activities that EDCCA provides like meals on wheels, car scheme and the collection of prescriptions and shopping.
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Outwood Primary Academy Alne has been appointed as a Lead School for music in North Yorkshire, a prestigious designation mandated by the Department for Education (DfE) and overseen by Arts Council England (ACE).
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The Easingwold u3a Discovering Geology group recently held its annual social and review meeting at the Galtres Centre.
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Happy New Year from everyone at Easingwold WI
The first meeting of 2026 was held at the Galtres Centre on 15th January.
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On Saturday the 17th January at Millfield Park Run, it was a special event for 2 reasons.
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Easingwold WI have been collecting used and old bras.
Why?
In Africa women are less likely to be raped if they wear a bra...
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Over the weekend, 1200 Masters badminton players met in seven venues to battle for the Masters Challenge Trophies in several age groups...
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Yogi is definitely getting into the festive spirit as he walks around Easingwold with his owner Dawn Hayes and riders Elsie May and Flo...
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Once again our fantastic knitter and supporter Mary Rudd has raised an outstanding sum of £608.00 from all of the Christmas goods which have been sold in just a few weeks...
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A tremendous effort has been made by so many residents in Easingwold to make the town look its Christmas best and we are very grateful to everybody for their festive spirit...
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Children at Outwood Primary Academy Alne had a magical end to the term with a visit from reindeer....
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On Saturday, Alec Shelbrooke, MP for Wetherby and Easingwold visited Dawnay Farm Christmas Trees at Low Crankley, Easingwold....
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Last Friday 12th December the Christians Together around Easingwold held their annual Crib Service on the green outside the Little Co-op, although raining that didn't seem to put the people off from attending and participating...
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Welcome to our Tuesday Table Tennis Tournament. This was a chance to play against people you know in a light hearted and fun competition.....
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Jubilate Ladies’ Choir are approaching the Festive Season with a deep sense of accomplishment....
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Local manufacturer of protective textiles for construction, ITP Ltd, has completed a major strategic investment with the opening of a new Product Development and Testing Facility at its headquarters in Easingwold...
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Sunday 7th December saw the return of the Alne Charity Tinsel Tractor Run for the third year. This year's chosen charities are Lucy's Legacy and Farm Safety Foundation - Yellow Wellies...
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Children from Outwood Primary Academy Alne have participated in the York Minster Christmas Tree Festival...
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Another year of fundraising by the Easingwold Friends of Cancer Research UK is drawing to a close. This year has been particularly good in that we have raised over £12,000...
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November is our annual meeting evening, and Jenny was delighted to welcome so many members with the weather being so bad...
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After serving the town for sixty years. Towlers Newsagents will be changing hands at the end of November as the family begins a well-earned retirement...
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Local businesses from across the Easingwold area met on Friday for a Business Brunch at The Durham Ox in Crayke.
Hosted by Michael and Sasha Ibbotson, the owners of the gastropub, multiple local organizations and companies met with their current and former Members of Parliament, Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Kevin Hollinrake, to discuss how they can collaborate and work together to help the local economy in and around the market town.
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The playing fields at Outwood Primary Academy Alne were filled with cheers and impressive footwork as four local primary schools took part in a fantastic girls' football tournament........
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Easingwold & District Art Society (EDAS) recently gave its support to the Friends of St Monica’s Hospital (FOSMH) and its work through raising funds for it at the EDAS major annual event.......
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Huby and Sutton Community Shop, run by a group of volunteers based in the neighbouring villages of Huby and Sutton-on-the-Forest, has been awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service for 2025.......
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An Easingwold based walking football squad is celebrating their 10th anniversary – having over the past 10 years helped to improve general well-being, fitness and mental health within their local community......
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Members of 1st Moxby Moor Scout Group proudly joined the community of Stillington for this year’s Remembrance Sunday service, honouring those who gave their lives in service to their country......
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On Sunday Easingwold & District gathered for Remembrance Sunday with the proceedings starting and finishing in the Market Place......
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On September 20th One of Easingwold’s RBL Standard Bearers, Andrea Jones, competed in the North & East Yorkshire County Standard Bearer competition in Driffield.....
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In this week's "Local Fire Brigade Call Outs" you may notice a barn fire report at Coxwold Friday 31st October.........
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October half term saw a Halloween themed craft session for 6 - 11 year olds with the aim of constructing Spooky Castles.........
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On Sunday 28th September, we gathered at Helperby Village Hall to celebrate two remarkable milestones: David Theakstone’s 80th birthday and 50 years of trading as Theakstone Engineering.........
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Our annual art exhibition was held at The Galtres Centre over the weekend of the 18th and 19th October.........
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On Wednesday, 22nd October, the 1st Moxby Moor and 1st Easingwold Beaver and Cub group spent a wonderful autumn evening at Spillman’s Farm, enjoying a pumpkin picking trip full of laughter and excitement........
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Revd Richard Grant was installed as the new Vicar of Easingwold and Raskelf by Rt Revd Flora Winfield, Bishop of Selby, Canon Liz Hassall, Archdeacon designate of York, and Revd Nikki Eastwood, Easingwold Area Dean, in Easingwold Parish Church on 21 October........
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When Peter Lockwood and his wife moved to Oulston nearly seven years ago, one of the first things Peter said was "I'm going to restore the telephone box", which at the time was looking a little tired and worn.......
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A month ago my family lost a friend and the future mothering- law to my son, Carol Powlton, then a week later, we lost my stepdad/ childrens grandad, Alan Newbury.......
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What an experience!
Everyone is now safely back home, with any lingering aches rapidly disappearing, but re-living the experiences of walking 75 miles in 5 days along The Pilgrims Way across the north of Spain.......
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This year Stillington and Farlington WI celebrated their 80th birthday.......
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Ruth Whillock's 90th birthday. 33 Friends and family gathered in The George, Easigwold for lunch last Saturday.......
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Easingwold Friends of Cancer Research UK are very grateful for this years Turn Easingwold Pink.......
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Local determination and star
support have combined to create
a brand-new nature reserve in the
heart of North Yorkshire.......
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A community fundraiser hosted
by Guardian Angel Carers has
raised an impressive £1,222.25 in
support of Dementia Forward, a
local charity providing vital services
to individuals affected by dementia
across North Yorkshire.......
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Members of Easingwold Men’s shed enjoyed a day at the Yorkshire air museum on Thursda......
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Team have also had an incredible season locally in the York Union of Golf Clubs, winning both the Division One Scratch League after winning Division Two last year, and for the second year running winning the York Union Team Championship......
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Thank you to all the local businesses that helped us raise £13,000 for our charity......
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Stillington Squash Club is gearing up for an exciting new season, entering three teams - two men's and one ladies' - into the York & District Leagues........
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Last Friday ended quite differently to normal and with a lot more colour.......
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Local community tees off to support Intensive Care Unit at York Hospital.
In a heartfelt tribute that has grown into an annual tradition, local golfers have raised money once again for York Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU).......
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Our September WI speaker last week was David Grant talking about life as a film extra. David has had a lot of experience working as an extra since 2014.......
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Last weekend’s Easingwold International Festival was a huge success.......
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Churchills Estate Agents is proud to celebrate its 40th anniversary this September, marking four decades of dedicated, family-run service in York, Easingwold, Boroughbridge, and the surrounding villages.......
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The Easingwold in Bloom judges were out and about throughout Easingwold in August and thought, despite the hot and dry weather, how green and delightful the town looked this summer.......
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Saturday marked the final performance in this year’s Easingwold Summer of Music—our much-loved series of free, open-air concerts held in the heart of the Market Place—and what a send-off it was.......
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Easingwold (Champions) v The Rest of the League – Thursday 4th September.......
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We are delighted to announce the total amount raised is £18,132.06. This amount will be split equally between RABI, Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Martin House Children’s Hospice.......
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Here at Cozie we haven’t been letting the grass grow under our feet.......
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During every bowls season the Ryedale Vets Bowls League promote an inter-club competition called ‘The Fred Dews Triples’.......
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Easingwold Running Club recently held a special thank-you social to recognize the volunteer marshals who supported the inaugural Easingwold 10K.......
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