North Yorkshire mayor hails ‘incredible’ Andy Burnham after Manchester speechKnaresborough’s ‘Class of 76’ united again after half a centuryHarrogate M&S manager explains reason for store closuresDarley batters smash Nidderdale record with 374-run partnershipThe six-month, buck-passing saga of retrieving Ripon’s sunken carEditor’s Pick of the Week: M&S meltdown in Harrogate, migrant furore near Boroughbridge and messy verges in Ripon‘Rude and stroppy’ John Humphrys skewers Lammy and Farage at muffled local festival appearanceRipon secondary school closed today10-year plan to help protect 27-acre Ripon beauty spot from new housingGrass cutting underway in Ripon after mayor blasts ‘disgraceful’ state of city