Local News from Wednesday, July 1st, 2026

A young footballer from Harrogate has signed for the Manchester United Girls Academy.

Harrogate Town has announced that fan favourite George Thomson has signed a new one-year contract with the club.

Yorktoberfest is set to return to York Racecourse this autumn, with the popular Bavarian-themed event moving under a Big Top for the first time.

Four pupils from St Aidan's CE High School in Harrogate have been selected to represent North Yorkshire at this month's English Schools' Athletics Championships.

A Harrogate cat rescue has taken in an eight-week-old kitten after she was found 'alone at a garage' with an injury to her limbs.

A new family-friendly vehicle show in Knaresborough this Sunday is hoping to help give Ukrainian children something many have not experienced for years – a chance to simply be children.

Primary school children in Ripon are being invited to design new Christmas lights that could be displayed outside their schools as part of the city's festive decorations.

Harrogate is set to get its first dedicated youth basketball club, giving young players the chance to play competitively without travelling to Leeds or York.

Knaresborough Liberal Democrat Councillors Hannah Gostlow and Matt Walker are calling on North Yorkshire Council to release funds from local housing developments to improve Knaresborough High Street.