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Strong Ofsted report for Bedale High School - Chris Stokes and North Yorkshire Council’s corporate director for children and young people’s service, El Mayhew. (Picture contributed)

Celebrating National Poetry Day - Ripon's day of events will include readings at the Workhouse Museum from 11am-noon. (Picture Tim Flanagan of the Rejoicing in Ripon Blog)

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The police have released a CCTV image of a person they would like to speak to following a theft at a property at a housing estate on Dene Park in Harrogate

Vinyl Sessions at Harrogate's Starling Independent Bar Cafe Kitchen is taking place just a week before a special BBC Two concert called Amy Winehouse: Back to Black at 20 which will star The Amy Winehouse Band. (Picture contributed)

Henshaws Specialist College in Harrogate has launched an urgent £10,000 fundraising appeal after significant water damage was discovered at the site following the weekend

Temporary closure - Clintons greetings card store at 23, 23a & 25 Cambridge Street in Harrogate. (Picture Graham Chalmers)

Coming to Harrogate - Acclaimed author Sir Ben Okri first made a splash in the literary world when he won the Booker Prize for Fiction with his acclaimed novel The Famished Road.(Picture contributed)

Ladies in Leather charity calendar - Members of Follifoot WI caused quite a stir during two fun-filled photoshoots in the village near Harrogate dressed in borrowed motorbike leathers, sitting astride classic motorbikes. (Picture Ian Marshall of Scarlet Ribbon Photography)

Tony Collins, chief executive of Saint Michael’s Hospice in Harrogate, has warned that vital hospice services across North Yorkshire could face cuts without urgent action to address a growing funding crisis

The Harrogate Business Awards 2026 celebrated the very best businesses from across the district at a glittering awards ceremony at the DoubleTree by Hilton Majestic Hotel & Spa

Pupils and staff from Masham Church of England Primary School visited local resident Jean to celebrate her 100th birthday, surprising the lifelong Masham resident with a rendition of Happy Birthday to mark the special milestone

Members of the Martin House Children’s Hospice care team have run more than 100 miles from the Yorkshire coast back to their workplace in Wetherby to raise money for the charity

The police have issued a CCTV image of a couple they would like to speak to after a woman was bitten by dog inside Husk bar on Station Square in Harrogate

From left to right: Danny, Miles, Lindsay, Lucy, Fiona Collinson (consultant), Phil and Yvonne.
Photo by Madison Hargreaves.

Leehill Construction, a family-run construction company in Ripon, has come to the rescue of Jennyruth Workshops by repairing its faulty plumbing free of charge after years of recurring problems

Janet Mills, 80, from Harrogate, has proved age is no barrier after completing a daring wing walk to raise more than £800 for the Macular Society

We take a look at 21 photos of Harrogate Advertiser readers’ four-legged friends to celebrate National Dog Week

The police have released a CCTV image of a person they would like to speak to after a number of Jellycat toys were stolen from RHS Harlow Carr Plant Centre and Gift Shop in Harrogate

Arthur, 10, of Moorside Primary School, with his winning road safety sign at Taylor Wimpey's Fountains Walk development in Ripon

The police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to after cooking oil was stolen from LILYPAD on King's Road in Harrogate

More than 100 young runners crossed the finish line as Knaresborough's first-ever junior parkrun made a hugely successful debut at Conyngham Hall on Sunday

Sukhdev Singh, 78, who was convicted of defrauding a vulnerable Harrogate man out of his assets, has been jailed for a further five years after failing to pay a Proceeds of Crime Confiscation Order

Open day this weekend - Harrogate’s Masonic Hall was built in 1930 for the Right Honourable, The Earl of Harewood KC, Provincial Grand Master of Yorkshire West Riding. (Picture contributed)

Coming back in the Royal Hall - Harrogate's Cuore Chamber Orchestra and its Founder and Artistic Director William Dutton. (Picture Claire Wood Photography)

A decade after RHS Glow first lit up RHS Harlow Carr, the trail will returns for its 10th anniversary to the stunning Harrogate gardens. (Picture contributed)

Located just along from Oliveta Harrogate restaurant at 4 Station Parade, Belindas Boutique will offer unique, high quality ladies bags and accessories for all occasions. (Picture contributed)

The crowds on the Harrogate Stray welcomed a host of big named talented DJs to the Love to Be...Festival. (Picture Nick Brooker)

Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Tom Gordon has welcomed the appointment of a chair for the public inquiry into mental health care failings at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. (Picture contributed)

Almost 2,000 people have signed a petition calling for urgent action to repair a landslip on Viaduct Terrace in Knaresborough amid fears further deterioration this winter could make the problem much worse

Miss Bramley, a chemistry teacher at St Aidan's Church of England High School in Harrogate , has been awarded Highly Commended in the IRIS Teacher of the Year Awards 2026

Key leaders in North Yorkshire transport at a previous event in Harrogate organised by Zero Carbon Harrogate. (Picture contributed)

Tom Gordon, the Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, spoke in Parliament during the debate on the Assisted Dying Bill, drawing on two deaths in his own family's life and his mum’s own health fears. (Picture contributed)

Cycling to Bordeaux for Yorkshire's Brain Tumour Charity - The six men, all in their 60s and from Harrogate, included Simon Grafton , David Rowley, Tim North, Paddy Kidd, Phil Webb, David Rowley and Rob George. (Picture contributed)

The cast of Fighting Fascism - Knaresborough's Home Front by Red Wall Theatre. (Picture contributed)

Friday, September 18, 7.30pm: An Evening with Formula One Racing Icons David Coulthard and Mika Häkkinen at Harrogate Convention Centre. (Picture contributed)

Having set up Kirsty's in Harrogate in 2009, Managing Director and Founder Kirsty Henshaw has gone from strength to strength, continuously innovating and expanding her gluten free food business. (Picture contributed)

The police are appealing for the public's help after recovering a trolley and a quantity of camping equipment believed to have been stolen from a vehicle in the Harrogate area

Sharon Canavar, Chief Executive of Harrogate International Festivals, & Rachel Tunnicliffe, Senior Partner at Raworths. (Picture Gerard Binks)

The police have arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of robbery after a convenience store worker was allegedly threatened with a knife during an armed raid at a Morrisons Daily store in Harrogate

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is inviting staff, patients, residents and partner organisations to its Annual Members' Meeting at The Pavilions of Harrogate this month to discuss the future of healthcare across the region

Pictured giving a Q&A at a recent Thought Bubble Festival event are the team from Dead Northern horror film festival which was founded by three Harrogate friends. (Picture contributed)

The police are appealing for help to locate the next of kin of Roksana Matwijiszyn, 59, from Harrogate following her death