Trading Hell: Shocking rise in shoplifting in Harrogate town centre
Yesterday, we heard traders concerns that anti-social behaviour and shoplifting are getting worse, but do the official statistics back these experiences? Our Trading Hell survey showed that traders...
Trading Hell: Shocking rise in shoplifting in Harrogate town centre
Yesterday, we heard traders concerns that anti-social behaviour and shoplifting are getting worse, but do the official statistics back these experiences? Our Trading Hell survey showed that traders feel that incidents of shoplifting, drug misuse and general...
Firefighters rescue boy trapped in railings in Ripon
Firefighters were called to help a boy whose leg got trapped in railings at Ripon Market Place. On-call firefighters from the city were summoned to the incident at 8.31am yesterday. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service's incident report did not say how the boy...
Another 135 homes off Harrogate’s Skipton Road set for approval
Plans to build up to 135 homes off Skipton Road in Harrogate look set to be approved next week. Harrogate company Rowan Green Developments submitted plans to North Yorkshire Council for a development on 8.8 hectares of agricultural land at Cow Dyke Farm, between the...
Four fire crews tackle blaze at Pateley Bridge caravan site
Four fire crews were called to a blaze at a caravan site in Pateley Bridge in the early hours of this morning. Firefighters from Knaresborough, Grassington, Ripon and Harrogate rushed to the scene at 1.12am on Monday, March 18. An investigation into the cause of the...
WATCH: Spectacular drone footage of Knaresborough Tractor Run
A record 401 vehicles took part in the Knaresborough Tractor Run yesterday (March 17), organisers confirmed today. The annual event saw the tractors depart the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate and then complete a 25-mile route that takes in Pateley Bridge and...
VIDEO AND GALLERY: successful supercar event at Hornbeam Park
Apollo Capital's supercars event was received with great fanfare by the local community yesterday. Held at its headquarters The Lenz at Hornbeam Park, Harrogate, on 17 March, more than 100 supercars turned up to showcase their impressive vehicles to the public. It's...
Harrogate brewery’s keg beer named best in Britain
A Harrogate brewery's keg beer has been named the best in Britain at a national awards ceremony. Harrogate Brewing Co's Nidd Mild won the champion keg beer UK category at the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates' BeerX UK event in Liverpool. It was one of...
Financial woes force Harrogate café to close
A café set up to reduce food waste, loneliness and food poverty in Harrogate has been forced to close due to financial pressures. Resurrected Bites’ Give As You Can café has been held at St Paul’s United Reformed Church in Harrogate on Wednesdays, but low footfall...
Labour and Reform UK by-election candidates reveal Harrogate priorities
Labour and Reform UK's candidates in a forthcoming Harrogate by-election have spoken of their priorities if elected. Voters in Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone will go to the polls on April 11 to vote for a successor on North Yorkshire Council to Liberal Democrat Pat...
Harrogate Dog Show to return next month
Harrogate Dog Show will return next month. Harrogate Business Improvement District announced today the event will be held on the piazza outside Victoria Shopping Centre on Saturday, April 13 at 10am. Different classes will be judged throughout the day, from dog that...
Trading Hell: A Stray Ferret investigation reveals how Harrogate shop workers routinely face threats, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour
Shocking levels of anti-social behaviour, drug-dealing, shoplifting and even threats to staff are all routine occurrences faced by many shop workers in Harrogate town centre, a Stray Ferret investigation has revealed. Even though Harrogate is widely viewed as one of...
Knaresborough school celebrates 50 years of foreign exchange programme
A Knaresborough secondary school is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its foreign exchange programme. King James’s School launched the exchange programme with its German partner school, Bruder Grimm Gesamtschul in Bebra, in 1974. It came after Knaresborough was...