Many businesses are finding ways of tackling the issue of food poverty and for a Ripon-based pie producer a link up with the charity FoodCycle is its way of lending a helping hand
Tim Flanagan
Senior Journalist
Tim Flanagan is an experienced journalist and communications professional, who has lived in the Harrogate district for all his working life. He was employed by the Ackrill Newspapers Group from 1977 until 1988 and in that time became chief reporter for the Harrogate Advertiser. Tim will have specific responsibility for covering Ripon where he now lives.
End in sight for Kirkby Malzeard closure
For eight months the main route between Kirkby Malzeard and Masham has been closed because of a collapsed church wall, but repair of the structure is now in sight.
Ripon council seeks to resolve uneven roads around market square
Years after the tarmac roads around Ripon Market Square were replaced with block paving, councillors are now calling for a return to the original surface
Nidderdale aims to welcome a refugee family
There is a world of difference between the pastoral peace of the Yorkshire Dales and countries devastated by war, famine and political unrest, but for one refugee family, Nidderdale could offer new hope.
Call for urgent repairs to Ripon’s uneven pavements
Graham Wilkey who is partially sighted says he is afraid to go out alone because the pavements are so uneven. Concerns raised about the Bondgate and Bondgate Bridge areas of Ripon have prompted city councillors to call for urgent repairs.
Date set for Ripon lights switch-on
In a year of lockdown and losses for retailers, Ripon councillors hope the lights will provide a festive boost to trade. The city council is spending £65,000 extra on the lights this year.
Subsidence causes evacuation of four Ripon homes
When Mat and Jane Pritchard bought a small flat in Ripon’s fashionable Bedern Court in 2000, nobody could foresee the heartache that lay ahead for them and others in the development.
Ripon councillors reject ‘flawed’ transport report on barracks development
The 1,300-home Ripon barracks scheme would be the biggest single development ever seen in Ripon. Councillors have rejected a transport report in support of the scheme.
Image Gallery: Ripon and Harrogate resplendent in readiness for remembrance
See the stunning displays of poppies in Ripon and Harrogate in our picture gallery. Many of the thousands of knitted poppies were made by those involved in the Ripon Community Poppy Project.
Poppy Appeal boost for Ripon’s Royal British Legion
The Royal British Legion’s annual appeal has been hit hard by covid. This has prompted Ripon City Council to give the armed forces charity £1,000 originally set aside for the city’s Remembrance Sunday service, which cannot go ahead.
Police officer: ‘No knife crime problem in Ripon’
Following concerns raised by mothers in Ripon, a senior police officer says tactical stop and search, combined with intelligence-led activity, has eradicated knife crime in the city.
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