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STAFF were shocked to discover that a pair of beavers actually had two babies this year - rather than one as thought in July. Forestry England staff searched CCTV and discovered two kits had been born, joining their parents and two older siblings to make a family of six. The team looking after the beavers are keeping an eye on their movements with CCTV cameras installed around their enclosure. “I had my suspicions for a while, but beavers can be quite camera-shy,” said Cath Bashforth, Forestry England’s ecologist in Yorkshire. “You keep wondering would that kit have had ti...

A MOUNTAIN rescue team has helped a walker with a hip injury.  Volunteers from Scarborough & Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team (SRMRT) assisted the Yorkshire Ambulance Service in the extraction of the individual after sustaining the injury from a falling tree. The incident occured at Cropton Forest this morning (Wednesday) at around 11.21am. A spokesperson said: “15 team members and two team vehicles travelling to the scene when we were stood down, as there were sufficient people on scene to carry the patient to the waiting ambulance. “Activation was for approximately 40 minutes.�...