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'Just the same as any other day' – meet the police officers working on Christmas Day

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Cast aside fear and be joyful, says the Dean of Ripon in his Christmas message

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It's Christmas Eve - please donate to our Christmas Appeal for Henshaws

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7 post-Christmas walks in and around the Harrogate district

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‘The clients are like family’: The Harrogate carers working on Christmas Day

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Person taken to hospital after Masham collision

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Reader’s Letter: Harrogate deserves better than this ‘diabolic’ Christmas fayre

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‘I’ve worked every Christmas Day except three since 1965’, says Harrogate cabbie

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The Harrogate woman with a special reason to celebrate Australia’s Ashes success

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Chip pan causes overnight fire in Starbeck

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Stray Ferret Christmas Appeal: Stories of joy, belonging and purpose

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Readers' Letters: Harrogate park and ride would be 'totally unaffordable'

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'What we do is 24/7': the staff who work at Saint Michael’s Hospice over Christmas

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Spirit of Christmas shines brightly in Knaresborough with free dinners

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Behind the scenes at Bettys and its chocolate bears

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Firefighters rescue drunken man in Harrogate after Mad Friday binge