The Harrogate Bus Company has apologised after a number of bus journeys in the Harrogate area were cancelled this morning. Passengers in the Jennyfields and Bilton areas faced delays and...
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Harrogate Bus Company apologises for Jennyfields and Bilton cancellations
The Harrogate Bus Company has apologised after a number of bus journeys in the Harrogate area were cancelled this morning. Passengers in the Jennyfields and Bilton areas faced delays and cancellations, especially around the morning rush hour. The number 2, Harrogate...
Dog from Ripley becomes first to climb every mountain in England
A dog from Ripley has become the first to claim every mountain in England, according to its owner. Jon Birtle, a civil engineer, and Bentley, a nine-year-old Yorkshire Jack Russell terrier, completed the challenge this month. Mr Birtle said Bentley had become the...
Readers’ Letters: Does North Yorkshire Council not know how a drain works?
Readers’ Letters is a weekly column giving you the chance to have your say on issues affecting the Harrogate district. It is an opinion column and does not reflect the views of the Stray Ferret. Send your views to [email protected]. The following three...
Harrogate disability charity launches accessible walking route packs
A Harrogate disability charity has launched a range of accessible route packs to help more people to access the outdoors. Open Country has produced a range of ‘breakfree’ packs offering inspiration on great places to walk, wheel, stroll, or cycle, covering the...
Peter Banks: the man withdrawing from Rudding Park
Peter Banks is giving out books. They’re copies of one of his favourite novels, Shane by Jack Schaefer, and he’s milling around Rudding Park Hotel, dropping them off with various former colleagues as leaving gifts. That’s because, after spending the best part of...
Controversy over taxi fare rise in North Yorkshire
Taxi passengers in North Yorkshire are facing having to pay five per cent more per mile in the face of appeals to increase and lower maximum permitted fares across the county. North Yorkshire Council’s executive agreed to the daytime rates rise, extending night-time...
Knaresborough play area reopens
A new play area in Knaresborough has reopened after prolonged wet weather. The playground at Knaresborough Leisure and Wellness Centre opened in February but closed just days later due to flooding. It had remained closed since under puddles of water. Three months...
Future of Harrogate shop revealed
Accessorize in Harrogate is to reopen next week — but its sister shop Monsoon has permanently closed. The two shops shared a unit at 20-22 James Street, where customers visited Monsoon, via the James Street entrance and Accessorize via a door at the back. Both closed...
Residents react to revised Maltkiln plans
Residents have been urged to give their views on revised plans for a new town the size of Thirsk seven miles from Knaresborough. Yorkshire developers Caddick Group, which applied for outline planning permission in 2019, plans to build up to 4,000 homes near Kirk...
Halfpenny Lane closure extended in Knaresborough
Roadworks on a busy Knaresborough road have again been extended. Northern Gas Networks is carrying out exploratory work to divert underground infrastructure at the railway bridge on Halfpenny Lane. Work started on March 25 and was due to end in April but was extended...
Harrogate school judged ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted
A Harrogate primary school has received an ‘outstanding’ rating in its latest Ofsted report. Inspectors praised Western Primary School on Cold Bath Road for its “rich and inclusive curriculum” in a report that also said “the school ensures that all pupils achieve...
Boroughbridge Primary School to get two new classrooms
Two new classrooms are to be built at Boroughbridge Primary School and its existing Horsa hut will be demolished. North Yorkshire Council has awarded a £805,870 contract to Pontefract firm R H Fullwood Ltd to carry out the work. This project will be funded by section...
