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More people are taking part in No Mow May – but not the deer

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Killinghall residents fear development will make 'decades-old' road risks worse

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30-home Kingsley development finally set to go ahead

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Council set to sell £1.3m Harrogate Victorian townhouse

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Water quality improvements at Knaresborough Lido are slow — but things are happening

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Ripon residents to be invited on town hall tours as new vision sought

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Harrogate estate footpath and cycle route finally reopens

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Nidderdale’s ‘first ever lavender farm’ opens near Pateley Bridge

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Work halts at proposed Killinghall housing site after planning breach reported

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Cheap energy scheme for Harrogate revived

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North Yorkshire's 20-year housing plan: what is it and why is it taking so long?

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£14.6 million Harrogate town centre transformation to begin this summer

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Petition calling on council to speed up Knaresborough landslip repairs hits target overnight

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