This morning we report on a new specialist who has joined Elstob & Elstob’s team in Ripon and on a major refurbishment of a large Harrogate office block.

Ripon auctioneer recruits new painting and sculpture specialist
Business Breakfast is sponsored by Harrogate law firm Truth Legal. New expert joins Elstob & Elstob Rohan McCulloch has joined Ripon based Elstob & Elstob as the auctioneer’s paintings and sculpture specialist. Mr McCulloch has more than 15 years’ experience...

Oz Clarke and the Armonico Consort toast music with ‘Gin & Phonic’
Held in association with Harrogate’s Slingsby Gin, the event will see Oz Clarke and the Armonico Consort investigate the highs and lows of the connection between gin, music, and humans over the centuries.

Grab a picnic rug for open air theatre performances in the district
When the sun shines, there is nothing better than grabbing a picnic rug or deckchair and enjoying some fabulous outdoor entertainment.
Here’s a selection of outdoor theatre performances taking place across the Harrogate district this summer.

Young Boroughbridge actors finally put on Grease
We’ve got chills! After two years of delays the youth group of the Boroughbridge Hightimers are finally staging Grease the musical.

First Ripon Theatre Festival launches tomorrow
The four-day event in the city begins tomorrow. It includes street performers, a Shakespeare production and puppet shows. Some of the performances are free.

Sculpture trail opens at Newby Hall
The trail includes 40 sculptures from 21 artists using a range of mediums from bronze and stone to resins and galvanised wire or glass.

World-class opera singers to perform in Aldborough tomorrow
Theodora will be the biggest performance in the two-week festival’s 29-year history.

Grenadier Guards band coming to Harrogate
The band, known for its scarlet tunics and bearskin hats, will play alongside schoolchildren at Harrogate Convention Centre.

Shortlist revealed for Harrogate’s crime writing festival
Harrogate’s prestigious crime writing festival returns this summer. Six novelists have been shortlisted for the award and now it’s up to the public to decide the winner.

Village near Knaresborough creates collage to mark jubilee
The Staveley Collage, made by a group of villagers, will be a lasting memento to the jubilee.

Carnival coming to Harrogate as part of summer programme
Harrogate International Festivals’ nine-day cultural line-up includes a carnival, outdoor Shakespeare, a music festival, the annual crime writing festival and the return of the Spiegeltent.

Loved local pianist talks Eurovision in Harrogate and the power of music
Derry Jones is a Harrogate songwriter and plays the piano in Bettys but most will know him for his days in the Jimmy O Show band in the 60s and 70s.