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The research commissioned by Sykes Holiday Cottages hailed Harrogate hailed for its café and tearoom culture. (Picture contributed)

The appearance of “we are now closed” signs at 7 Beulah Street in Harrogate is the second time a Cancer Research UK shop has shut its doors in Harrogate in 2026. (Picture Graham Chalmers)

Summer of success - Ripon Theatre Festival curated by Katie Scott brought increased footfall to the city centre and Spa Gardens. (Picture Tim Flanagan)

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Coming to Harrogate Comedy Festival - Beloved actress and raconteur Miriam Margolyes will bring her live show Full English to Harrogate Convention Centre. (Picture contributed)

Rant & Ramble Coffee Rave - "There’s something pretty special about standing in a room first thing in the morning with hundreds of people dancing, singing, laughing and completely letting go." (Picture contributed)

Ripon International Festival was established in 1997 by international pianist/conductor Janusz Piotrowicz, pictured, and classical music promoter Susan Goldsbrough. (Picture contributed)

Bringing back a classic - Badapple Theatre was founded in 1998 by Kate Bramley, a successful comedy writer from Harrogate who is the group’s artistic director. (Picture contributed)

Scamp & Dude, the community-focused, mood-boosting, vibrant fashion brand, is to open its first northern-based shop in October in Harrogate. (Picture contributed)

Kylie Hammond of FAKE salon near Bedale celebrates winning Hair Extensions Specialist of the Year at the UK Hair and Beauty Awards at the AO Arena in Manchester. (Picture contributed)

Harrogate Heritage Open Days - Join Sir Thomas Ingilby at All Saints’ Church in Ripley to hear about his swashbuckling relative Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Barrie, who is buried at the church. (Picture contributed)

Concern over Harrogate's heritage - "Walking through Valley Gardens recently made my heart drop at the sight and state of the lamp posts and lanterns.” (Picture contributed)

Fire crews were called to assist shortly after 9pm on Wednesday evening.

Harrogate’s Great Yorkshire Showground welcomed a host of talented, big named DJs and musicians to Symphonic Ibiza including BBC Radio 2's Vernon Kay for a sunny evening to remember. (Picture Sam Ashton)

Saturday, August 29, 7.30pm: Hyena Lounge Comedy Club presents Paul Tonkinson, Matt Richardson, Jack Carroll and Kieran Lawless at Harrogate Theatre. (Picture contributed)

Taking place from Thursday, August 27 to Sunday, August 30, this year's Leeds Festival has more stages and more acts than ever. (Picture contributed)

Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Tom Gordon says the latest ONS figures showing that North Yorkshire saw 1,400 businesses closing their doors in the first half of 2026 were simply “unacceptable”. (Picture contributed)

Retiring after almost four decades at the top of a local government - North Yorkshire Council’s chief executive, Richard Flinton in the grounds of County Hall in Northallerton. (Picture contributed)

A photograph of a storm over Fewston Reservoir taken in recent years by Andrew Stevens. While not predicted to feel the worst of it, the Harrogate area is unlikely to escape tomorrow's stormy weather front entirely. (Picture contributed)

Taking place on Thursday, October 1 at Harrogate Rugby Club, the Big Sleepout will raises vital funds for Harrogate Homeless Project and Saint Michael's Hospice. (Picture Charlotte Gale)

Aura Power is to holding a series of consultation events to inform Knaresborough people about the plans for a 65 MW solar farm on land at Bar Lane near Scriven. (Picture contributed)

New roadworks disruption - Northern Gas Network says that ageing metal pipework in Ripon will be replaced with new, more durable plastic pipes. (Picture contributed)

The exclusive Rudy's FC jersey will quickly pay for itself, rewarding wearers with a free pizza and Negroni every time they visit throughout the month. (Picture contributed)

From left - Lizzie Hughes (Interim CEO, HADCA), Jo Thackray, Power of 10 Project Co-ordinator, Zoe Ingham, Chair of Ripon Youth Council & P010 recipient, Coun Chris Aldred, Harrogate Mayor Coun Viv Poskitt and Coun Graham Dixon. (Picture contributed)

Specsavers Ripon is one of only 50 in the UK to offer ZEST treatment, as well as utilising new Eyelight equipment. (Picture contributed)

The scale of the coup for Harrogate Convention Centre can be judged by the fact that previous editions of the bi-annual conference have taken place in major cities such as Paris and Toronto. (Picture contributed)

The return is to happen soon of one of North Yorkshire’s most famous scarecrow competitions which last year saw a reenactment in straw of the cover of the Beatles’ Abbey Road album. (Picture contributed)

North Yorkshire Council says most of the new 4.2-kilometre route at Kex Gill, which replaces a section of the A59 repeatedly affected by landslips, has opened to motorists. (Picture contributed)

Pannal Cricket Gala will take place on Sunday, August 30 with a feast of activities at Burn Bridge Lane in Harrogate. (Picture contributed)

After winning a national musical reputation with the Paul Mirfin Band which appeared on BBC TV's Songs of Praise, its lead singer now records in his art studio at Knaresborough railway station. (Picture contributed)

Ripon Grammar School pupil Ellie Renton, 16, who scored the winning penalty from a wheelchair in a nail-biting national powerchair football play-off, was delighted with her GCSE results. (Picture contributed)

Harrogate Food and Drink Festival - Andrew Harvey, who runs Cassies Vintage Kitchen, demonstrates the art of handling scotch eggs! (Picture Gerard Binks)

New Harrogate shop - The idea for Phoenix Aquatics was born nearly a year ago when the aquatic shop Ali Newsham and Ethan Johnson had previously worked in was set to close.

Harrogate music sensation Rory Hoy, pictured at BedFest in Knaresborough, whose new single Feel Better won airplay on BBC 6 Music from Craig Charles. (Picture contributed)

The incredibly talented and hard-working Andi-Mae Bendelow has progressed from preschool classes at Harrogate Gymnastics to competing at UK level. (Picture contributed)

Ripon Racecourse has announced the appointment of poet and author Antony Pickthall as its first-ever Poet in Residence. (Picture contributed)

Paying tribute to Feva's 30th anniversary - Tom Gordon, Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough with Gwen Lloyd, Chairperson of Feva festival in Knaresborough. (Picture contributed)

The Mayor of Harrogate, Councillor Viv Poskitt, who will cut the ribbon to officially open Magnet’s new Harrogate store. (Picture contributed)

Ben Askew, Pioneer Minister at Kairos Church in Harrogate says the new project will maximise the impact of the new Youth Den and is in response to community questionnaires conducted in the past few years. (Picture contributed)

Launching Harrogate Film Society's 2026-27 season - I Swear (15 | UK) is the British biographical drama about John Davidson, a Scottish activist diagnosed at the age of 15 with severe Tourette syndrome. (Picture contributed)

The cast of new Riot Act Theatre company's haunting production of Blind Jack’s Last Road in Knaresborough which was part of this year's FEVA Festival. (Picture contributed)

Pateley Bridge’s Deputy Mayor, Coun Chris Skaife, visits the site of the town's proposed modern bicycle pump rtrack where he met the Director of Development at North Yorkshire Sport and members of the local volunteer group. (Picture contributed)

Sian and Mrs C with Luna the owl

Coming soon to Newby Hall in North Yorkshire - One of Yorkshire’s most popular motoring events will be staged on Sunday, September 6. (Picture contributed)