December
January
Examples of the heavy falls of snow the village suffered from just before Christmas through to the middle of January. Top pictures show the views from the front and rear of 29 High Street; the lower ones are of Gilling Beck from Anteforth Bridge to the Millenium Garden.
February
15 - Letter circulated in northern end of village from Yorkshire CC Business and Environmental Services indicates that highway drainage improvements will take place from 22 Feb until 19 March in Hartforth Lane 'to assist in the alleviation of flooding problems to the north of Gilling West village. The works comprise of the installation of drainage swales with weirs and inlet grips along the northern verge of the highway between Hartforth Lane and Gilling West.' Construction will take place during normal working hours of 7:30 - 17:30 and be carried out under temporary traffic signals.'
19 - 'The Angel' Inn re-opened its doors again today.
21 - More snow - beginning at 7.00am and lasting through to the evening.
22 - Heavy frost during the night resulted in minor roads being very icy. Postman could not get up to Crabtree farm this morning.
23-24 - More heavy rain with the Beck running high again.
March
3 - Tree cutting carried out by RDC along the Gilling Beck at the Millenium Field to assist in improving flood protection. Work approved by the Environment Agency.
10 - Parish Council Meeting - News Updates
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April
26 - Cricket returns to Gilling West's cricket ground for the first time in 14/15 years when Richmondshire CC's 5th XI defeated Haughton in a 35 over league match. The game was played in sunshine on a square that had suffered from recent floods followed by a very dry spell. A wicket had been cut on the edge of the square and performed satisfactorily - but much of the square had to be covered by tarpaulin during the game. About 30 spectators turned up to watch what turned out to be a well fought match.
The fixture list indicates that the ground will stage 2 games per week involving Richmondshire CC's 4th/5th or Junior teams.
May
6 - General Election - Village Hall opened for voting 7am to 10pm.
7 - Gilling Farmers' Ball which was held at the Morritt Arms Hotel was a great success. The Committee wish to thank everyone who supported the event and all the people who very kindly donated items for the auction. A profit of £907.00 was made for the Great North Air Ambulance.
10 - Village Hall roof restoration begins. This work is planned to last 4-5 weeks.
16 - Neville Patterson - local resident and well-liked frequenter of "The White Swan", sadly passed away this weekend. As Stuart Belton's poem indicates, Neville will be much missed. The picture - also by Stuart - shows him giving Ann Collinson a cuddle in the bar.
30 - Gilling Old Mill Cottages staged their first wedding reception today in a marquee set up on the lawn between the buildings and Gilling Beck.
July
23 - Aske Hall: Alternative plans for a controversial housing estate have been submitted to Richmondshire council in the hope that new access arrangements will be passed by planning officials.
The proposed plans for 48 houses to be built on land between Stanley Grove and Laburnam Grove, Richmond, has been the subject to a long-running row about how residents would gain access to the estate. They prefer this to be built off Gilling Road, but the Highways Agency and the developers had the opinion that this would not be safe. A public meeting has been called on 27th.
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August
Police - End of Month Report: August
Richmond Rural ( West ) Crime update
There has been four thefts of motor vehicles in the Richmond Rural (West) Wards during August, with three of them being in the Barton Area. On three of these occasions the vehicle keys have been left with the vehicle. The majority of crime is opportunist and simple security measures will ensure that you do not become a victim, more importantly you may find that your Insurance policy will be invalid if it your vehicle has been stolen as a result of your negligence, by leaving the vehicle keys within it.
Barton (7 crimes)
A motor home was stolen from outside the keepers home address, keys were left in the ignition whist the victim momentarily returned to his address.
Barton Quarry was subject of a burglary with cable being stolen.
A delivery van was stolen from outside property in Stapleton, the driver had left keys in the ignition, while making a delivery.
Overnight 8 solar lights taken from a garden, no offenders were seen.
A Ford Mondeo was stolen from outside a public house and was later found burnt out.
Melsonby (4 crimes )
A vehicle has been damaged whilst parked at a function causing a considerable amount of damage. Enquiries are ongoing.
Reports have been received of ongoing problems with local youths causing damage to the allotments on Moor Road, pulling up vegetables, and being a general nuisance.
Gilling West (7 crimes)
A garden shed was broken into overnight, nothing was taken but damage was caused to the door.
Overnight a vehicle was broken into whilst parked in the High Street, the glove box was opened and a phone was stolen.
An outbuilding was broken into and some items were taken, 3 males have been arrested and enquiries are ongoing.
Damage has been caused to a car tyre whilst parked in High Street. Nothing was seen or heard.
Binoculars have been stolen from an insecure vehicle
A quantity of stone wall has been stolen over the period of a month in the Kirby Hill Area.
Newsham & Eppleby (6 crimes)
Overnight unknown persons targeted a stable believed for the tack and riding equipment inside.
An outbuilding was been broken into, and a hedge trimmer and frozen duck were stolen.
A silver Nissan Navara was stolen from a farm in Caldwell area. The vehicle was left insecure with the keys in the ignition. The vehicle was left for a short period of time. It is believed that it left in the direction of Winston.
Diesel was stolen from a parked HGV on A66 overnight
The windows in the public phone box at Forcett were damaged.
If you have any information regarding any of the crimes identified this month, or wish to speak to your local Officer in relation to any other matter. Please make contact on Tel No 0845 60 60 247.
Your Local Officers are PC John Wilbor and PCSO Becky Hart.
Footnote:
Persons were arrested in connection with the outbuilding burglary where the hedge trimmer was stolen.
At the end of July 4 males were reported for daytime poaching and their vehicle seized at Newton Morrell. Robust action is being taken against such offenders and I am attending court on 3 occasions during September all for poaching activity. The fields are being harvested now so this activity may increase again. We are having successes against those involved but they are becoming wary of coming into Richmondshire. However we still need to be vigilant and report such activity and any other suspicious or strange incidents or vehicles and persons as in the type of crime mentioned at the top of this report.
If you wish to become actively involved in initiatives such as Borderwatch or you wish to be on the messaging system called Ringmaster please contact me. Thank you.
John Wilbor
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September
Steak Night - Saturday 4th
Super Sporting Sunday 5th
DUCK RACE WINNERS
1st 324 Sarah Metcalfe
2nd 115 Johnny Gill
3rd 102 Pat McKenna
4th 334 James Willis
5th 187 Rob Robinson
Thanks to all those who took part.
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October
Super fast Broadband
The Government plans to include North Yorkshire in a trial scheme for super-fast broadband. This will be welcomed locally as those who live in Hartforth or Sedbury, in particular, have little or no connection at present.
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GILLING WEST PARISH COUNCIL
SECURED A GRANT OF £2000 TO BE SPENT ON LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
APPLICATIONS WERE INVITED FROM INTERESTED GROUPS AND FOUR PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED:
1) Village Hall Committee: 2 x Fully Installed Hot Water Heaters to improve the Kitchen & Toilets
2) Village Hall Committee: External Maintenance & Weed Control
3) Gilling West Bowling Club: Timber Boards and Relaying Flag Stones
4) Gilling Gig: A Contribution to the costs of the Event
The Parish Council invites local parishioners to a presentation of the four proposals
to be held in the Village Hall on 19th October 2010 at 7.00pm.
Please come along, listen to the ideas, comment and cast your vote for the proposals which you feel would be most beneficial to the village as a whole.
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November
Letter received from the Environment Agency
Dear Customer,
You are registered with the Environment Agency's Floodline Warnings
Direct service. We want to tell you about changes we are making to your
flood warning service.
New flood warnings
From the end of November, there will be three types of warning:
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25th - 30th - Serious weather change. Snow falls - the heaviest for November in seventeen years - have rendered access into the village to be very limited.