Julie Hepworth has written to the Gazette & Herald and Malton Mercury regarding the continued problem of litter.
Dear Sir, 
I write in complete agreement with Ross Richardson in his letter about Litter louts spoiling the views on the Moors.
The issues of litter and fly tipping were eloquently put and it is becoming a very serious matter. [...]

Councillor Julie Hepworth attended the school assembly on Monday to present 2 certificates. The first from Pride in Pickering Litter Group for one of the Tidiest Grounds in Town and the second certificate from the CPRE, a commendation for looking after their environment. This rewards the school council for their hard work on Litter.
Julie [...]

On Wednesday 24th February Julie Hepworth from CPRE Ryedale spoke on BBC Radio York about the subject of litter.  Listen to the clip here sound-clip-01

Pickering suffers from serious intermittent flooding, causing great distress for the local businesses and residents.  A novel form of fill for bunds has been developed, making a dam to form a flood plain up-river of the town an affordable possibility.

Instant Barrage Services have formed a company using the expertise of Dobsons, a long established firm [...]

The Ryedale Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) will continue to remind people to ‘Stop the Drop’ this Summer.  In the twelve months since Bill Bryson, National President of the CPRE, appeared on Panorama discussing the issue of litter and fly-tipping much has been done in Ryedale to stamp out this problem. 
CPRE [...]

“As Secretary of the North Yorkshire Branch of CPRE, much of last year was taken up with the importance of flood protection at Pickering, where flooding has been too frequent for too long. It was welcome news when an Environment Agency announcement gave us hope that something will be done.
My interest in flood prevention in [...]

The Ryedale Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) will be visiting the Sea Cut dam near East Ayton on Saturday June 6th and invites anyone interested to join them on their trip.
The dam, which was built in 1800 transformed the eastern end of the Vale of Pickering into a rich agricultural area [...]

The North Yorkshire and Ryedale branches of the Campaign to Protect Rural England are delighted to read that work to reduce the risk of flooding from the River Dove and Pickering Beck is to go ahead. Restoring the bogs and mires on the moors, planting more trees, and holding back flood water higher up the [...]

word-pro-08-cpre-minutes-agm-nov   Minutes of the Ryedale district AGM can be downloaded here.

The Ryedale branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England did their bit to clean up the local area when holding a litter pick on Saturday November 1st.   The ‘Stop the Drop’ campaign, launched earlier in the year by writer and conservationist Bill Bryson, aims to return the countryside to its former glory without the eyesore [...]