Ripon shop closes after 41 years‘Utterly disgraceful’: Tories fume after Labour diverts pothole money from North Yorkshire to YorkEditor’s Pick of the Week: Bodge jobs in Knaresborough and Bettys waves goodbye to queues‘The chance to save a great brand like Slingsby Gin was too hard to resist’Plans submitted for new cinema in RiponRipon MP warns tourist tax would ‘clobber’ businessesProlific ‘choc-lifters’ who targeted Harrogate supermarkets sentencedHighways chief rejects calls to save Harrogate’s little templeNew direct trains between Harrogate and London to start from this weekendGuard of honour for Harrogate gardener and firefighter who died skiing