Local News from Tuesday, May 19th, 2026

Local MP Tom Gordon banged the drum for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) this week, as David Lammy opened the floor for scrutiny on the Youth Justice Reform and Delivery Plan.

A Ripon holistic healer who built her business from her bed while battling Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) has been shortlisted for a prestigious Yorkshire award for the second year running.

Ripon has been voted as Yorkshire's top market town to visit and second in a UK top ten league table.

Vernon Kay has been announced as a major new addition to the lineup for this summer's Symphonic Ibiza event at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate.

Pupils at Saltergate Schools in Harrogate have been crowned the third best girls' primary football team in England after an impressive run to the national finals.

A major new strategy has been launched to help to address the decline of nature across North Yorkshire and York.

A new family-friendly community event celebrating individuality, creativity and inclusion is set to take place in Knaresborough later this year.

A summer programme of free live music is returning to parks across the Harrogate district this weekend.

Families across Harrogate are set to benefit from a new emotional wellbeing and communication programme launching this summer, led by newly-appointed Principle Trust Patron Yasmin Shaheen-Zaffar.