Local News

Essential electrical works are due to start on Harrogate's James Street next month.

A para powerlifter from Harrogate is heading to Paris next month to represent Team GB in the Paralympic Games.

The annual Ripon Classic Car Gathering is returning this weekend.

Ripon City Council will object to proposals to reduce the speed limit on the deadly A61 from 60mph to 50mph.

The 2024 Olympics are set to be screened at the Victoria Shopping Centre in Harrogate.

A group of Harrogate cyclists have set off on their epic 600km fundraising trip to Paris.

Fairfax Manor Care Home in Harrogate, part of the Lovett Care Group, has been shortlisted in the prestigious Knight Frank Luxury Care Home Awards 2025.

A Harrogate football club that encourages overweight and obese men to get fit and adopt healthy lifestyle choices has helped local men lose 1,000 pounds of excess weight in three years.

A charity ball held in Harrogate earlier this month has revealed that more than £14,000 was raised to combat loneliness in older people.

Tom Gordon, the new Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, made his first intervention in the House of Commons on Wednesday.

Harrogate International Academy (HIA) has officially opened its first international branch in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife.

Caddick Group has submitted updated proposals to the council for its 4,000-home Maltkiln scheme.

Harrogate-based bus firm Transdev has been awarded three globally-recognised benchmarks for quality, sustainability and safety.

The Choir of Knaresborough's historic Parish Church of St John the Baptist are making the final preparations for their summer tour to London next weekend.

Police have made three arrests following a violent incident in Bilton last night (Wednesday).

At a planning appeal inquiry this week a determined group of Harrogate residents battled the developer hoping to build 53 homes at Knox Lane.

The Tiger Inn in Coneythorpe near Knaresborough is to be put up for auction next month with a guide price of £275,000.

A number of Alice in Wonderland-themed items have been hidden at businesses around Ripon city centre for the summer holidays.

After a hugely successful debut over the Christmas period, Ripon BID's passport scheme is making a comeback this summer.

A much-loved Harrogate venue is hosting six weeks of family events during the school holidays.

A police investigation is underway following a violent incident in Harrogate last night (Wednesday).

A vintage clothes shop in Harrogate has been named among the best in the UK.

Police are currently dealing with an incident on the Nidderdale Greenway in Harrogate.

Councillors have approved final recommendations for the long-awaited creation of a Harrogate Town Council.

Changes designed to make North Yorkshire Council's home to school transport policy fair to all families, responsible and affordable have been given the go-ahead.

There won't be a by-election for the vacant position on Ripon City Council due to an error in collecting the required signatures to trigger one.

A hair stylist based in Harrogate Town Centre has been named as a finalist for the Wella Professionals TrendVision Awards 2024.

A Harrogate woman is set to take on an epic swimming challenge next month, as she attempts to cross the English Channel solo.

Harrogate's annual Race for Life event has raised more than £32,000 to combat cancer.

Rossett Acre Primary School has received special recognition for its efforts in encouraging pupils and parents to walk to school.

A Harrogate-based law firm has won a prestigious national legal award.

A Ripon Grammar School pupil and rising equestrian star has qualified for the prestigious Horse of the Year show.

Police are appealing for information about criminal damage that occurred in Camwell Play Park in Starbeck.

Harrogate Town star George Thomson has signed a new contract with the club.

The Aldborough and Boroughbridge Agricultural Show returns to Newby Hall near Ripon on Sunday (28th July).

A free two-day motoring show that focuses on electric motoring is returning to Harrogate next month.

Police have issued CCTV images of a man they wish to speak to following a theft in Harrogate.

A charity dinner in aid of Harrogate Homeless Project is set to be held at Ripley Castle next month.

Harrogate community choir, The Stray Notes, is to sing at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Stockeld Park has won a top award from leading review website Trip Advisor.

North Yorkshire Council has approved long-awaited plans to build 20 homes on Masham’s former auction mart site.

A vineyard located between Harrogate and York officially makes one of the best wines in the country.

Mayor of York and North Yorkshire David Skaith has written to the new Secretary of State for Education requesting an extension to the time limit attached to the Department for Education's (DfE) funding for the £22m project.

A car parked in the trolley bay at Harrogate's Sainsbury's has gone viral.

A popular Yorkshire water park is set to reopen to the public this week.

A world record-breaking Atlantic rower returned to her former school with an inspirational message for students.

A talented Ripon Grammar School horse rider has been ranked fourth in the country.

Professor Piers Forster was speaking last week after the Zero Carbon Harrogate AGM when he gave a wide-ranging presentation about what actions the new UK government should take to meet its net-zero goals.

The organisers of the annual Nidderdale Show have donated £1,000 to Saint Michael’s Hospice.

Harrogate's Floral Summer of Celebration has officially launched, bringing vibrant floral displays to the town centre.

Rigg Farm Montessori Nursery in Beckwithshaw has received an 'outstanding' rating from Ofsted following an inspection last month.

North Yorkshire Police have launched an appeal to help locate two suspects following a theft from Ripon’s Sainsbury’s.

Individuals or community groups seeking to enhance where they live are being reminded that applications for grant funding in the Starbeck area are coming to a close.

A Harrogate home has managed to raise over £170 from their summer fete.

‘In the Blink of An Eye’ by debut author Jo Callaghan has been announced as the winner of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2024.

A fifth and final teacher has received a special end of term treat thanks to Harrogate BID.

Harrogate BID has revealed each of the different locations that will feature for the return of its popular Lego Trail.

The councillor in charge of transport at North Yorkshire Council says a new road at A59 Kex Gill will now open in Spring 2026 — after the council previously said it would be open in late 2025.

A leading Harrogate school has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.

A new service is being launched in Harrogate for people living with secondary breast cancer.

A new gift and clothing shop is set to open in Harrogate's Victoria Shopping Centre tomorrow (Friday).

A fourth teacher has received a special end of term treat thanks to Harrogate BID.

A former Harrogate police officer has donated more than £7,500 to charity following a mammoth running challenge.

A team of boys from a Harrogate primary school have been crowned Yorkshire cricket champions.

Dilapidated farm buildings at Granby Farm in Harrogate will be demolished and replaced with seven new homes.

Voters in Pannal and Burn Bridge are set to have their say on a proposed neighbourhood plan for the area.

Yorkshire Tea has launched a brand new 'caramelised biscuit brew' to its Proper Breaks range.

A Harrogate road has been named one of the UK's best streets to live on.

There has been almost 1,000 cases of animal abuse in North Yorkshire this year, according to the RSPCA.

Beckwithshaw Cricket Club has launched a fundraising campaign to tackle the "significant" drainage issues its faced in recent years.

A unique three-day writing event is being held in Harrogate next week.

Ripon Cathedral has received a grant of £30,000 from the Cathedral Music Trust (CMT).

TV adventurer Bear Grylls has been named Honorary Colonel of The Army Foundation College in Harrogate.

North Yorkshire Police will be on patrol outside 20 Harrogate district schools this week.

A new teacher at The Forest School in Knaresborough has received an end of term surprise thanks to Harrogate BID.

A Harrogate-based charity has launched a search for a corporate partner to help address the staggering number of local children who don't have a bed of their own.

Former players of a Harrogate junior football club are lacing up their boots once again in memory of a much-loved fan.

A brave cyclist is tackling one of the toughest challenges in the world to support a mental health charity in Harrogate.

Nidderdale National Landscape is raising awareness in schools of the plight of the iconic curlew using the power of creativity.

Campaigners fighting 53 homes at Knox Lane in Harrogate have displayed some protest art ahead of a crunch hearing next week that will decide the scheme’s fate.

Harrogate's Race for Life event will return to The Stray this weekend.

The first scheme of its kind in the North of England could be introduced to charge utility companies and other organisations for carrying out roadworks on key roads during the busiest times of the day.

Harrogate resident Gareth Southgate has announced he has left his role as the manager of England.

Police are appealing for a dog owner to come forward after a runner was bitten near Harrogate.

Campaigners in Ripon hoping to save rare military heritage at a housing scheme have pointed to a recent council decision a positive example of heritage preservation.

The newly elected Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough has called on Ofwat to rethink "insulting" water bill rises.

The 2024 Olympic Games are set to take place in France later this month - and a number of athletes from Harrogate will be representing Great Britain.

Brimham Rocks has announced the appointment of a new 'Writer in Residence' at its National Trust site near Pateley Bridge.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain in the Harrogate district.

The 21st Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is set to return to Harrogate this weekend, organised by Harrogate International Festivals.

Harrogate-based bus firm Transdev has announced plans to add 15 new buses to its popular airport service.

A teacher at Western Primary School was subjected to a special surprise as part of our latest competition with Harrogate BID.

A dedicated family have raised over £2,000 for local charity Henshaws.

Harrogate Beer Week is set to return to the town for the fourth time this September.

A teacher at Rossett Acre Primary School has received a special end of term treat, thanks to Harrogate BID.

Harrogate's Winter Gardens has been included on a list of five Wetherspoons that are 'worth travelling for.'

The North's biggest one-day car show is coming to Ripon next weekend.

The annual Tour de Aky returns to the local area today (Saturday) to fundraise for three local charities.

Ripon Grammar School wants to generate its own green electricity so it has submitted a plan to North Yorkshire Council for 990 solar panels.

North Yorkshire Council has approved an extension at Knaresborough fish and chip shop The Wharfe.

Families across North Yorkshire who are eligible for a wide range of free activities are being urged to ensure that they book events which will run during the school summer holidays.

If you were one of the hundreds of people across the country who were moved and inspired by Duncan Goodwin's performance on The Piano, you are in for a treat this summer. 

Northern is asking members of the public to treat everyone working on the railway with respect as it cracks down on verbal and physical abuse.

The Harrogate BID team have been promoting Harrogate as a 'must-visit' town at this year's Great Yorkshire Show.

Police have issued a CCTV still of someone they would like to speak to following a theft from a Harrogate store.

The annual Tour de Aky is back tomorrow (Saturday) in memory of a North Yorkshire Police officer who took his own life.

Harrogate and Knaresborough's new Lib Dem MP, Tom Gordon, is bidding to save Harrogate College's faltering extension plan.

Train operator LNER has announced plans to make sure customers don’t miss a kick of England’s Euro 24 final. 

A B&B near Ripon has been named the best in England.

Over the last three years North Yorkshire Council received £104,000 from vending machines that sell fizzy drinks, crisps and chocolate bars at its leisure centres.

Two pupils from Harrogate have celebrated their Gold Duke of Edinburgh's (DofE) Awards as guests of royalty at Buckingham Palace.

A crash left a car on its roof last night (Wednesday) on the A59 near Harrogate.

A Harrogate dementia care group is celebrating its 10th birthday with a special event later this month.

A piece of artwork from a pupil in the Harrogate district is now on display at a prestigious London gallery.

A school in the Harrogate district have donated more than £2,900 to charity following their exploits at this year’s Great Knaresborough Bed Race.

The public has been invited to have their say on proposals for a vast new woodland at Beckwithshaw near Harrogate.

Castle Howard is hosting a pop-up Bettys shop in their historic Stable Courtyard this Christmas.

Luxury Ripon hotel Grantley Hall is celebrating its fifth birthday.

Harrogate Town has announced Kevin Wilson will be the club's new Academy Lead Professional Development Phase Coach.

A Knaresborough businesswoman has been named Holistic Health Practitioner of the Year at the Yorkshire Prestige Awards.

A team of dedicated opticians from Ripon Specsavers have raised over £2,000 - quadruple their initial goal – after walking the 49-mile Ripon Loop.

A video of a cow 'stampede' through Ripon has gone viral with more than a million views nationwide.

Pupils from a Harrogate primary school have received a letter of support from Sir David Attenborough after putting on a production about his life.

North Yorkshire Council has refused a fourth bid to turn The Birch Tree Inn in Wilsill into a holiday cottage.

Police are appealing for information and possible sightings of a wanted man from Harrogate.

The Labour Party has wasted no time in grasping the nettle of planning reform since they came to power on Friday.

Proposals to create a Harrogate Town Council are finally moving forward with elections set to take place on May 1st 2025.

Sausage and burger firm HECK! are searching for an apprentice during their visit to this year's Great Yorkshire Show.

A group of fourteen cyclists will be making the 600km trip to Paris later this month in an epic challenge for charity.

A Harrogate man is set to take on the world’s biggest half marathon in September in aid of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

An open air theatre production of 'The Wind in the Willows' is set to be held at Harrogate's Valley Gardens this weekend.

Successful events and famous faces have rounded off an historic academic year for Ashville College before the school begins work on its three-year development.

A luxury hotel near Ripon has launched a new River Terrace area - its latest dining destination.

Richard Grafton Interiors in Harrogate's Montpellier Quarter has a brand new look after a £250,000 investment.

A new venue called The Wicked Wolf is asking permission to serve alcohol until 3am in a high-profile Harrogate town centre site.

A new fundraising initiative has been launched to support a multi academy trust of 14 schools across North and West Yorkshire.

The Great Yorkshire Show is back for its 165th year tomorrow (Tuesday), celebrating the best of British agriculture, food, farming and countryside.

All three new Harrogate Town shirts are now on sale ahead of the 2024/25 season.

Yolk Farm is set to bring the beach to Minskip later this month.

A 55-year-old man is tackling Scotland’s ultimate road trip to raise money for Wellspring Therapy & Training - the Harrogate-based mental health charity.

Malcolm Birks has thanked supporters, after he increased Labour's share of the vote in Skipton and Ripon but missed out on becoming the area's MP.