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Star guests - Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival will return with a bang this autumn with a line-up including Dame Prue Leith. (Picture contributed)

Andrew Simister, Trustee at Disability Action Yorkshire and a wheelchair user, has spoken of his frustration after being unable to access Pret A Manger in Harrogate, prompting calls for improvements to accessibility and staff training

How the new entrance will look at historic site - The National Trust, the HACS Group and Feilden Fowles Architects will deliver one of the most significant projects ever undertaken at the Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal estate. (Picture contributed)

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Yolk Farm was crowned Rural Business of the Year - for the second consecutive year - and Overall Business of the Year at the Harrogate Business Awards 2025

With less than two weeks until the spectacular Symphonic Ibiza music event in Harrogate on Saturday, August 15, organisers have released a number of final tickets. (Picture contributed)

Jess O’Riley, 25, transforms old camping gear left behind by revellers at music bashes into trendy jackets, tops, trousers and bumbags.

Harrogate Comedy Festival's forthcoming programme of stand-up, improv, storytelling and family entertainment, includes Reece Shearsmith , Richard Ayoade, Harry Enfield, Maisie Adam, Miriam Margolyes, and many more. (Picture contributed)

Members of Harrogate Town Council gathered at Harrogate Civil Centre earlier this year for the mayor-making ceremony. (Picture contributed)

Popular broadcaster Louise Minchin attended the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate where she hosted a packed morning interview event. (Picture Gerard Binks)

A credible sighting of a yellow-legged Asian hornet has been reported in Ripon, prompting action by the National Bee Unit and renewed calls for members of the public to remain vigilant

Fears over new access road - "We have nothing against the plan for the new houses themselves in the Quarters development, it looks to be a very nice development,” said a spokesperson for the residents-led KRAG. (Picture Graham Chalmers)

RSPCA York, Harrogate and District is aiming to raise £2 million for the first phase of a £5 million redevelopment of its York Animal Home, which will create a modern cattery, specialist puppy facilities and a new community welfare hub

The Turkish Baths in Harrogate has been shortlisted for three prestigious honours in the Good Spa Guide Awards 2026, recognising its commitment to exceptional customer experiences and wellbeing

New appointment in Harrogate - Senior Associate solicitor Jonathan Exall joins McCormicks Solicitors Commercial Litigation team. (Picture contributed)

The detail on one of the Broderick of Swaledale Samplers.

Campaigners from Kirby Hill RAMS (Residents Against Motorway Services) opposing the proposed Vale of York motorway service area near Borougbridge have launched a High Court challenge against North Yorkshire Council’s decision to approve the scheme

Spectacle and pageant - St Wilfrid's Procession 2026 makes its way through Ripon. (Picture Gerard Binks)

Worries for Harrogate resurfaced after major British newspaper, comics, magazine and bookseller TG Jones announced today it had begun a major round of store closures. (Picture contributed)

NADV 1712021AM3 Dennis Richards Park Run, Dennis Richards. (1712021AM3)

Patients in Harrogate are benefiting from personalised video messages recorded by their surgeons after surgery – an innovative approach that is helping to reduce anxiety and cut the need for follow-up appointments

I have also been meeting local employers, including a recent visit to Storehouse Kitchen in Ripon.

Launch of new solo exhibition in Harrogate - North Yorkshire artist Thomas James Butler. (Picture contributed)

The police have issued a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to after crockery items were stolen from Sophie Allport, located on James Street, in Harrogate

Called Nowhere To Call Home and available now on all major streaming platforms, the new track by Harrogate rock band Never2Late shines a light on the human reality of homelessness. (Picture contributed)

The damaged pathway at the Knaresborough viaduct 'landslip' at Viaduct terrace, Knaresborough. (Picture Gerard Binks)

Mark Savage, Senior Manager at Wetherby Whaler, is retiring after 42 years with the family-owned fish and chip restaurant, having helped train generations of staff and become one of its longest-serving and most recognisable faces

First opened in 1982, Harrogate Convention Centre was named Venue of the Year (Under 20,000 sqm) at the AEV Excellence Awards (2026). (Picture contributed)

Harrogate Community Festival will take place in the beautiful Valley Gardens. (Picture contributed)

Short + Sweet Yorkshire Festival will present a brand new feast of ten-minute plays from this week at St Wilfrid’s Hall in Harrogate. (Picture contributed)

Coming on Yorkshire Day - For hundreds of years, the St Wilfrid’s Procession in Ripon has followed a historic route through the city’s ancient streets. (Picture contributed)

Pinewoods Conservation Group, which has brought people together to care for Harrogate’s famous woodland since 2002, is encouraging members to become fire stoppers. (Picture Contributed)

Harrogate Community Radio's founders - Andrew Backhouse, centre, Allan Smyth and Stewart Thornton who founded the independent radio station in 2019. (Picture Gerard Binks)

Young members of Fountains and Nidderdale Brownies and Guides have shown how small acts of kindness can make a big difference after creating and donating 100 care kits for vulnerable people across the Harrogate district

Royal honour for community work - Ripon's Caroline Bentham (third from the left) is pictured with Waste Not volunteers, from the left: Joanna Collier, Catherine Wyatt, Caroline Bentham, Angela Turnbull, Janet Sutton and Graham Alderson. (Picture Tim Flanagan for Ripon BID’s Rejoicing in Ripon Blog)

Councillor Arnold Warneken, Green Party member for the Ouseburn division, is preparing to shave off his beard for Macmillan Cancer Support following his wife’s devastating cancer diagnosis

Bengal Lounge, on High Street in Wetherby, has been named among the finalists in the 10th International Asian Restaurant Awards, organised by the Asian Catering Federation

We take a look at the most booked restaurants in North Yorkshire according to the OpenTable website

Britain’s biggest discounter says it is focused on bringing high-quality, affordable food to more communities, with priority areas in Yorkshire including Ilkley, Tadcaster, Pickering and Harrogate. (Picture contributed)

What began with just three or four people walking through the door has grown into a flourishing bereavement community since Ann Lambert founded Navigating Grief Together in Harrogate. (Picture contributed)

We take a look at 15 properties in the Harrogate district that are new to the market this week on the Zoopla website

Harrogate Town Council has started the rollout of new town centre signage, designed to help residents and visitors navigate the area. (Picture contributed)

The police have arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of burglary after recovering a number of cattle stolen from a farm in the Ripley area