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• Harewood House wins national education award

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• Marie Curie appeals for Harrogate volunteers this summer

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• Boroughbridge clinic celebrates hat-trick of industry awards

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• New day service for people with complex needs opens at Rossett School

  A new specialist day service supporting young people and adults with complex needs has opened in a dedicated building at Rossett School in Harrogate.

• Call for review after Allerton Waste Recovery Park misses targets for seventh consecutive year

  North Yorkshire Council is facing a call for an independent review of the £1.4bn contract with the Allerton Waste Recovery Park (AWRP) after the plant failed to meet its recycling target for the seventh consecutive year.

• Harrogate MP welcomes £2 bus fare cap but calls for further reforms

  Local MP Tom Gordon has welcomed the return of England's £2 bus fare cap - but is urging Prime Minister Andy Burnham to introduce further transport reforms.

• Yorkshire's biggest ever pug meet to be held at Harewood House

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• Bin fires prompt call for public to dispose of batteries responsibly

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• Knaresborough Mayor to open town's first padel venue

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• New award launched to find Yorkshire's best pub

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• Vale of York services given go-ahead despite "rape of countryside" claim

  Plans for a motorway service area (MSA) off the A1(M) in North Yorkshire have been approved despite a claim the scheme amounts to the "rape of the countryside".

• Traffic to use new A59 Kex Gill route for first time tomorrow

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