Pasty Tax repealed!

To celebrate the repeal of the so-called Pasty Tax and the recent French Presidential elections, Blackwithers' chef Archie Sunblest has created a pie using horse meat. The Hollande's Pies will be available from Sunday or possibly Saturday, if the ground is a bit soft underfoot at Ripon.

Olympic torch route

Now that the government has given the go ahead to the controversial "fracking" process of extracting natural gas in the North West, the organizers have decided to change the route of the Olympic torch accordingly, reports The Bispham Bugle.