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• Harrogate site manager wins prestigious national building award

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• Harrogate girl signs for Manchester United academy

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• St Aidan's pupils to represent region at athletics championships

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• Harrogate charity rescues kitten found 'alone in a garage'

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• Charity car show aims to give Ukrainian children a week away from war

  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.

• Ripon schoolchildren invited to design city's Christmas lights

  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.

• First dedicated youth basketball club to launch in Harrogate

  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.

• Calls for share of £1.4 million fund to be spent on Knaresborough High Street

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• New interior design shop set to open in Harrogate

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• North Yorkshire Council trials new pothole prevention treatment

  North Yorkshire Council is introducing new road repair techniques this summer in a bid to extend the life of roads and reduce potholes.

• Officers honoured for bravery after Harrogate railway crash

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• North's biggest classic car show set to roll into Ripon

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• New Specsavers hearing clinic to open in Knaresborough

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