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A historic event that changed the face of our district 255 years ago was marked yesterday with a series of events to celebrate the second annual Knaresborough Forest Day. August 13, 1770 saw the ...

A wanted man from Pateley Bridge has been arrested. North Yorkshire Police issued an appeal to find the man, who was believed to be in the Pateley Bridge or Harrogate areas, earlier this week. In an ...

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of the Harrogate area. The Stray Ferret team has been out and about taking snaps that we hope will get you guessing. Where were the following four pictures ...

The 32-metre high vision wheel is returning Harrogate. Construction workers were erecting the frame for the wheel alongside the war memorial this morning. It will be available to ride daily — weather ...

A former Harrogate councillor has called for police and the council to clampdown on food delivery riders who use electric scooters on pavements. Victoria Oldham, who was the last mayor of the ...

A driver was taken to hospital following a collision near Menwith Hill this morning (August 13). North Yorkshire Police this afternoon said the crash, which happened just before 9.30am, occurred on ...

Firefighters were called to a combine harvester fire near Knaresborough yesterday. Crews from Knaresborough and Harrogate responded to reports of a fire in a field on Hay-a-Park at 3.55pm. North ...

The Green Party has criticised North Yorkshire Council for making “huge loans and subsidies” to its own housing company “behind closed doors”. Brierley Homes, which was founded in 2017 and oversees ...

This amazing photo was taken in Harrogate by reader Steve Gritter. It shows a fallstreak cloud – a rare phenomenon that not many people see twice. A fallstreak cloud, also known as a 'hole punch cloud ...

Staff at a Harrogate high-street accessories shop face an uncertain future after the company entered administration today (August 13). Claire’s has 306 stores in the UK and Ireland and employs 2,150 ...

A man has admitted to taking the keys out of a pensioner’s car and throwing them in a bush at Sicklinghall. Jack Pybus, of Stockeld Lane in Sicklinghall, pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive, ...