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• CCTV appeal after Ripon shop theft

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• Yorkshire Vet Julian Norton meets fans in Harrogate

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• Santa delivers gifts to Harrogate children on all-electric sleigh

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• Towns must see benefits of any tourist tax, warns Harrogate MP

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  Police have launched an appeal to locate a man who could be in Ripon.

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• CCTV appeal after motorbike stolen in Harrogate

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• Specsavers Harrogate hosts free after-hours clinic for homeless residents

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• Man charged following Pateley Bridge hit-and-run

  Police have charged a man with two offences following a fatal hit-and-run collision in July that sadly claimed the life of 19-year-old Bailey Chadwick.

• Banyan in Harrogate set to close

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• Knaresborough boys 'devastated' after beloved cat goes missing

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