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Newtons Solicitors is to move to larger premises in Ripon.
The Harrogate-based firm has nine offices across Yorkshire and the North East; it employs 90 staff and has an annual fee income of £6m. It’s current Ripon office is based on Kirkgate.
Managing director Chris Newton told the Stray Ferret:
“An opportunity arose to purchase our own premises in Ripon. The Ripon office is very good for business.
“We saw a good new location in Market Square and seized the opportunity. It’s the old Yorkshire Bank office and needs a lot of refurbishment work. That work is underway and we hope to be in by November in time for Christmas. “
Six staff work at the current Kirkgate Ripon office. Mr Newton said he hoped that number would expand with the new premises.
The interior of the building on Market Square
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New charity store in Harrogate
The charity has secured the site of the former Porters store on Oxford Street as part of its plans to open shops on every high street in Yorkshire.
Yorkshire Cancer Research has been based in the spa town of Harrogate since 1978.
Funds raised at the shop will help fund research to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer in Yorkshire.
Juliet Glendinning, director of Yorkshire Cancer Research said:
“Harrogate has been home to Yorkshire Cancer Research for over four decades, and we have always felt very lucky to be an integral part of this beautiful town…
“With the opening of a new shop in the heart of the town, we look forward to becoming an even bigger part of the fabric of Harrogate.
“Our charity shops play a vital role in raising funds to support pioneering research, and the new store means we can offer volunteering and employment opportunities while contributing to the local high street.”
The new shop will be run by manager Kate Morris, who said:
“I am so excited about the opening of a Yorkshire Cancer Research shop in Harrogate. It is so great working for Yorkshire Cancer Research, knowing that we are playing a part in raising money to fund vital research and really having an impact on the lives of people with cancer, right here in Yorkshire.”
While the shop is being prepared for opening, good quality clothes, homewares, toys, books, small electrical and furniture can be dropped off at the charity’s donation centre at i2D Hornbeam Park Oval, Harrogate, HG2 8RB. The donation centre is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.
Scheme launched to find Ripon’s community heroes
Residents in Ripon are being asked to nominate people who they feel make a positive contribution to life in the city.
The St Wilfrid’s Stars scheme has been designed by the organisation Ripon Together to thank “those people and organisations who do so much for Ripon”.
The Very Reverend John Dobson, Dean of Ripon and chair of Ripon Together (pictured above), said:
“Ripon is an incredible city, full of wonderful people who do so much for the community.
“Many are volunteers who give much of themselves, and also receive much in return, enjoying what they do. There are also many organisations vital to our life.
“None of these individuals and organisations do what they do in order to gain recognition. But this shouldn’t stop us wanting to express our gratitude by recognising them in this way.”
This year marks the 1,350th anniversary of the building of the cathedral’s crypt by St. Wilfrid, whose symbol is the star.
The plan is to display a star in the cathedral for each person or body nominated.
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Simon Hewitt, Ripon Together director, said,
”We want to fill the cathedral with stars, but that can only happen if people nominate those they believe should be recognised.
“The same person or body can be nominated in several different categories and people can make as many nominations for different people as they want.
“The point is to nominate all those we wish to thank, not just those we think might win in any category.”
As well as volunteer of the year, there’ll be awards in the following categories:
Business – A business or individual who has demonstrated a significant achievement in the development of their business during the past year.
Community – An individual who has made a difference to local people or the wider local community.
Culture – The organisation or individual who has made a significant contribution to cultural activities in the Ripon locality.
Sports – An individual who has excelled in their sport during the past year.
Tourism – The organisation that can demonstrate a significant contribution to improving the locality’s offering as a tourism destination over the past year.
Environment – An individual or organisation that has made a significant contribution to protecting or improving the environment during the past year.
Youth – The young person (up to 18 years of age) who has demonstrated a significant achievement during the past year.
Nomination forms can be obtained from the cathedral, the library and Community House on Allhallowgate, or downloaded here.
They can be returned to the same places or emailed to info@ripontogether.com.
The deadline for nominations is August 31.
Temporary lights in Harrogate due to burst water mains to be in place until ThursdayTemporary lights on Harrogate’s Wetherby road and Knaresborough road will remain in place until Thursday, Yorkshire Water said this afternoon.
Yorkshire Water is working to repair pipes near Harrogate Town AFC on Wetherby road and near Drake’s Fish and Chip Shop on Knaresborough Road. Both have caused traffic delays.
The work comes as the problem was first identified by the company yesterday, when it said customers in the area could be experiencing low water pressure as a result.
The company issued a statement:
“Both bursts caused significant consequential damage to the road surfaces, which will need to be repaired before the roads can reopen.
“We are expecting both roads to reopen on Thursday.
“We apologise for the inconvenience and are working hard to keep the disruption to a minimum with manned operation of the lights throughout the day”.
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Work on the water main on Wetherby Road.
Rishi Sunak was warmly received at a hustings in Masham yesterday as he tried to garner support to become the next Conservative party leader and Prime Minister.
Mr Sunak took questions from a crowd of more than a hundred party members at the Black Sheep Brewery. He was asked about a wide range of issues from local farming to China.
Mr Sunak is in the final stages of a leadership contest with foreign secretary Liz Truss, to become the next Conservative leader and Prime Minister.
Both need the votes of Conservative party members. Mr Sunak, so far, is behind in the polls.
Amongst those present at the hustings in Masham was Ripon and Skipton MP, Julian Smith and Harrogate and Knaresborough MP, Andrew Jones. Both are backing Mr Sunak.
Mr Smith tweeted after the event:
Great to welcome @RishiSunak to a packed @BlackSheepBeer in #masham today. Excellent feedback from @conservatives members across North Yorkshire #Ready4Rishi pic.twitter.com/aCY9s3gZy2
— Julian Smith MP (@JulianSmithUK) July 24, 2022
Chris Brown, a former Harrogate Borough councillor, asked Mr Sunak a question about the serious problems facing farming – particularly the issue of volatile prices.
He was happy with Mr Sunak’s answer:
“He said he’d been on a diary farm and a pig farm and had actually worked not just visited. I was impressed by that. He’d done more than just homework. I was impressed that he had an understanding of farming.”
Mr Brown though said he remained undecided about who to vote for and was waiting to hear from Liz Truss who he thought would also visit the region.
Mr Sunak’s campaign has centred on not lowering taxes in the short term to curb inflation. Another attendee, Nick Brown, conservative councillor on both Harrogate Borough Council and North Yorkshire County Council, said he felt many there agreed with this approach:
“I think there were a fair number there who were predisposed towards him. Sound money is what’s really important, keeping a check on inflation.
“The majority of younger people won’t remember the 1970s – I had to pay 19% interest on my mortgage! People do not understand how inflation can cripple families.”
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Harrogate College in line for sustainable education award
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Harrogate College in line for sustainable education award
Harrogate College has been shortlisted for a Green Gown Award, recognising the best efforts to build sustainability through education.
The college is nominated in the Tomorrow’s Employees category for “feedback driven curriculums brought to life through collaboration: embedding sustainability and excelling in retrofit provision”.
It faces competition from six other institutions, including the University of Aberdeen, Nottingham Trent University and York St John.
The category called for entries which demonstrated students were leaving education “future-fit” with an understanding of a sustainable industry and economy.
Harrogate College’s cultural, contemporary and heritage studies programme manager, Jason Parry, said:
“Taking college-wide steps to reduce our carbon footprint while supplying the green skills that our local economy needs is a key part of what we do.
“An important aspect of that over the past year has been our work, with Zero Carbon Harrogate, to promote eco-renovation through hosting special courses and information events.
“We are proud to be shortlisted, for a second year running, for a Green Gown award. It is a sign that the college’s work to become a centre of green excellence, by working with and supporting our many local partners, is being recognised.”
The awards are organised by the EAUC, an alliance for sustainability leadership in education, and sponsored by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
Professor Sir Duncan Wingham, executive chair of the Natural Environment Research Council, said:
“Congratulate all the finalists. Their work is helping us to meet the challenge of ensuring environmental sustainability is an inherent part of research and innovation excellence.”
The awards will be presented in a ceremony at Loughborough University on November 8.
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Cycling fundraiser in memory of Knaresborough company’s employee
An employee of pest control specialist Pelsis Group is cycling 550 miles from the Netherlands to the company’s Knaresborough headquarters to fundraise in memory of a former colleague.
Sales manager Chris Rodgers is undertaking the challenge to help raise funds for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), which former Pelsis employee Derek Hurst died from in 2019 aged 49.
Named the “Tour de Derek”, the 13-day challenge will see Chris cycle from Pelsis’s office in Barneveld, the Netherlands, via its office in Bornem, Belgium, all the way to the company’s headquarters in Knaresborough.
All funds raised from the challenge will be split equally between the Cure CJD Campaign and St Teresa’s Hospice in Darlington, where Derek was cared for following his diagnosis.
Chris Rodgers from Pelsis with his bike
Chris said:
“Not only was Derek my colleague, but he was also my mentor and my friend. To be able to undertake this sporting challenge in memory of him is truly an honour.”
“Since Derek’s passing, it’s always been my intention to raise vital funds for the Cure CJD Campaign to help develop a treatment for cure for CDJ and increase awareness and understanding of the disease.”
For more information on how to donate to Chris’s Tour de Derek cycling challenge, visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/raising-funds-in-memory-of-derek-hurst.
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“One of the hardest things to do is getting our children to listen when we need to have those difficult conversations, especially as they grow older towards adulthood. However, when they are at such an impressionable age, these talks need to be had.
“After the devastating blazes the country saw last week, and all the media coverage that ensued, we’d encourage you to have a serious conversation about fire risks.By lighting a deliberate fire they’re not just putting their life in immediate danger, but they are potentially damaging it in other ways too.Arson is an offence and one that comes with a criminal record if convicted. Criminal records are horrible things – they can restrict job prospects, your travel plans and eligibility for financial products, including mortgages.What may seem like a ‘joke’ or a ‘laugh’ when they are young may not be so funny a few years later when they want to travel to America, buy a house or apply for their dream job.
“Just don’t do it and certainly don’t encourage anyone else to do it either.”
Bettys Café Tea Rooms in Harrogate has created a new window display celebrating the release of The Railway Children Return movie.
The front window features a biscuit version of the steam train featured in the film, hand-decorated at Bettys Craft Bakery.
As the sequel to one of the most beloved family films of all time, The Railway Children Return stars some of the original cast and is described as “an adventure for a new generation”.
Like the original film, it is set in West Yorkshire with scenes shot in and around the countryside of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway .
The movie is currently playing in cinemas and has received generally favourable reviews with the Guardian concluding it’s “an amiable and ingenious tribute to the innocent, good-natured spirit of the original”.
In partnership with the film, Bettys has created a limited-edition gift box, filled with a selection of treats.
Bettys’ waitress Rose Seddon with the limited edition gift boxes
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Much loved Harrogate headteacher retires after 18 years
Linda Mortimer, the executive headteacher of Saltergate Schools in Harrogate for the past 18 years, retired today.
Ms Mortimer has worked in primary education for 34 years and today the school said it would like to thank her for all her “hard work, positivity, dedication, devotion and resolve over the 33 years at Saltergate”.
As headteacher Ms Mortimer has seen the introduction of a children’s centre, gateways, nursery, and the atelier area at Saltergate.
More recently in 2015, she was instrumental in the process of federating Saltergate Infant and Junior schools.
Mark Walker, chair of governors, paid Ms Mortimer this tribute:
“As headteacher she has ensured that personal development at Saltergate Schools is exceptional and that pupils benefit from a happy, safe, and caring environment, in which each individual is respected and valued.
“She has always gone above and beyond to ensure that pupils have access to a wide, rich set of experiences and opportunities to develop their talents and interests.”
Deputy headteacher Judith Hollywood added
“The development of our challenging, stimulating, broad and balanced curriculum led by Mrs Mortimer has ensured it is accessible to all and brings out the very best in our children.
“She has always led by example and worked with everyone within the school community to achieve our shared aims enabling us to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.”
The school said Ms Mortimer will be missed and wished her all the very best for a “long, happy and healthy retirement”.
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Harrogate’s Odeon cinema bought by property group
Bramall Properties Ltd has acquired the freehold of the Odeon cinema in Harrogate from a property investment fund for an undisclosed sum.
The 1930s art deco style Grade II listed building was put up for sale for £7m in April and is let to Odeon Cinemas Limited on a 25 year lease which was originally granted in 2013 when Odeon sold its freehold interest.
The property includes part of the car park operated by Harrogate Borough Council to the rear of the cinema and the premises occupied by Harrogate Skills 4 Living Centre on East Parade.
The Odeon is in a prominent position within the town and has been acquired as a long term investment by Yorkshire-based Bramall Properties whose head office is in Harrogate. The building has been an iconic part of the town for many years.
Bramall Properties said it has no immediate plans to redevelop the site and it hopes Odeon Cinemas will continue to operate from the location for many years entertaining Harrogate residents with the latest blockbusters.
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Award for wine created in Harrogate district
James Townsend with Oz Clarke and Susie Barrie at the awards.
A vineyard in the Harrogate district has been awarded the title of best wine in the Midlands and the North region in the WineGB awards.
Dunesforde Vineyard‘s Queen of the North was awarded the accolade by a panel of wine experts including Oz Clarke and Susie Barrie.
Speaking after the award ceremony in London, the company’s head of wine development Peter Townsend said:
“We are delighted to have received this prestigious award from WineGB.
“We are still a young vineyard compared to many in the UK and are immensely proud that our Queen of the North’s first vintage has been honoured in this way.”
The family-run vineyard, based near Upper Dunsforth, was founded in 2016 and grows solaris, bacchus, pinot noir précoce and pinot gris varieties.
Its Queen of the North classic cuvée was named after Queen Cartimandua, leader of the largest and most northerly tribe in England who formed an alliance with Roman invaders in the first century AD.
The wine is made using a blend of chardonnay and pinot noir grapes harvested in the summer of 2018, with only 1,316 individually-numbered bottles produced.
Sneak Peek: The Coach and Horses, HarrogateThe newly refurbished Coach and Horses on West Park in Harrogate opened its doors for the first time this evening.
The much loved traditional pub was bought last year by Provenance Inns, which promised to keep it true to its heritage.
Work to revamp the pub has been extensive: the once central bar has been moved to the back of the ground floor and there is a restaurant on the first floor. In total the pub can seat up to 100 diners and it employs 30 staff.
Staff prepare for the big opening party tonight.
The upstairs dining space and tables.
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The previous landlord, John Nelson is well-known in the Harrogate area — he was landlord for 33 years and raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for local charities.
The new owners want to keep the tradition of raising money for Martin House Hospice. There will be a monthly quiz on Sundays where proceeds will go to the charity and for every burger bought a pound will also be donated.
The Coach and Horses opens to the public tomorrow at 5pm. Normal opening hours are noon to 11pm Monday to Saturday, closing earlier at 10pm on a Sunday.