The Otley Road cycleway in Harrogate is to be extended, a meeting heard last night (April 17). The cycleway was conceived as part of wider plans to form a safe off road cycling route from Harrogate town centre to Cardale Park. The first phase from Cold Bath Road to...
Local MPs support smoking ban
Two local MPs have said they support today's vote to make it illegal for anyone born since 2009 to ever smoke. MPs will vote today on Rishi Sunak's Tobacco and Vapes Bill. Conservative MPs have been given a free vote on the issue and this afternoon's Commons debate is...
Ripon Cathedral to consider ‘adjustments’ to annexe proposal
Ripon Cathedral has said it will consider amending its plans to construct a new £8 million annexe building. The cathedral paused its planning application in January amid widespread concern about the loss of 11 trees and the impact on local businesses. Since then it...
Harrogate Station Gateway plans now not set to be released until summer
North Yorkshire Council has said it now does not expect to release plans for the £12.1 million Harrogate Station Gateway until summer. Work is due to start on the town centre transport scheme in September — even though the full details have not been made public. The...
Leeds Bradford Airport begins terminal regeneration scheme
Leeds Bradford Airport has officially marked the start of construction work on its new terminal regeneration. The privately funded £100 million development, known as LBA:REGEN, will transform LBA’s existing terminal building into a 'modern, efficient and sustainable...
Editor’s Pick of the Week: Costly consultants, a bad tempered by-election and Brian Deane
Some stories seem to go on forever, achieving little beyond years of work for consultants and council officers. Take the Harrogate Convention Centre refurbishment. A response to a Stray Ferret freedom of information request asking how much has been spent on...
Lib Dems win Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone by-election
The Liberal Democrats have won the Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone by-election on North Yorkshire Council. Lib Dem candidate Andrew Timothy finished first with 1,094 votes, ahead of Conservative John Ennis with 768. It means the Liberal Democrats have retained control...
Coffee shop on A59 calls for Kex Gill business support
A coffee shop owner has called on North Yorkshire Council to provide financial support for businesses affected by the ongoing A59 road closure at Kex Gill. Mark Trickett, who owns the Outside Inn at Menwith Hill, said turnover had fallen to a third of its usual level...
Police seek man after alcohol theft in Harrogate
North Yorkshire Police has issued a CCTV image of a man it wants to talk to after alcohol was stolen in Harrogate. According to a statement issued last night, £76 worth of alcohol was taken from Marks & Spencer Simply Food on Beech Avenue. It happened at about...
Suspended North Yorkshire police officers are on full pay
North Yorkshire Police has confirmed that two officers currently suspended from duty are both on full pay. The force said in a statement last weekend it had referred an officer to the Independent Office for Police Conduct following concerns about the use of force. It...
Harrogate and Knaresborough Reform candidate included in list of ‘unsavoury rogues’
The Reform UK parliamentary candidate for Harrogate and Knaresborough has been included in a list of 'unsavoury rogues' selected by the party. Richard Brown was one of eight candidates named in a Mail on Sunday investigation. The article said the right wing party "has...