The latest episode in the Ripon Cathedral annexe story is set to be seen in the next day or so on Channel 4 news. Alex Thomson, Channel 4's chief correspondent and environmental reporter, was among...
Cathedral annexe plan puts Ripon in national TV spotlight
The latest episode in the Ripon Cathedral annexe story is set to be seen in the next day or so on Channel 4 news. Alex Thomson, Channel 4's chief correspondent and environmental reporter, was among 300 people at a parish meeting in the city last night. What brought...
Labour and Reform UK by-election candidates reveal Harrogate priorities
Labour and Reform UK's candidates in a forthcoming Harrogate by-election have spoken of their priorities if elected. Voters in Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone will go to the polls on April 11 to vote for a successor on North Yorkshire Council to Liberal Democrat Pat...
Harrogate councillor resigns Tory whip to stand for mayor
Harrogate councillor Paul Haslam has resigned as a Conservative to stand as an independent candidate in the York and North Yorkshire mayoral election. Mr Haslam, who represents Bilton and Nidd Gorge on North Yorkshire Council, has set up the website haslam4mayor.com...
Business case approved for £12.1m Harrogate Station Gateway
Preparatory work on the £12.1 million Harrogate Station Gateway is set to begin soon after the full business case was approved today. West Yorkshire Combined Authority nodded through the scheme, along with other similar gateway projects in Selby and Skipton, in just...
Five candidates to contest Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone by-election
Five candidates will contest a North Yorkshire Council by-election in Harrogate next month. Nominations for the Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone division seat have closed with voters going to the polls on Thursday, April 11. The by-election is being held following the...
Council predicts positive future for Harrogate Convention Centre despite scrapping £57m redevelopment
Senior Conservative councillors confirmed this morning that a proposed £57 million redevelopment of Harrogate Convention Centre will be scrapped. But they offered a positive outlook for the facility’s future and heard it could operate without a £2.7m annual council...
Reopening Ripon to Harrogate train line could cost ‘hundreds of millions’
A transport official has poured cold water on hopes that the Harrogate – Ripon – Northallerton train line will reopen any time soon, saying to do so could cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds. Harrogate’s link with Ripon was axed by Dr Beeching during his...
Bin collections enhance Ripon canal walks
Canal-side walks in Ripon have become a pleasant experience once more after North Yorkshire Council stepped in to clear dog poo packages. Ripon City Council leader Andrew Williams, who also represents the Minster and Moorside division on the council, told the Stray...
Green Party names candidate for Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone by-election
Former teacher and probation officer Gilly Charters will represent the Green Party in next month's Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone by-election. Ms Charters becomes the third candidate to enter the running for the seat on North Yorkshire Council formerly held by the...
Readers’ Letters: Why does everything in Harrogate have to cater to the young?
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]. This letter is in...
North Yorkshire mayor to be given power to levy precept
The mayor of York and North Yorkshire will have the power to levy a precept on council tax to fund their office functions. A report outlining how the mayoral combined authority will be governed is due to be heard by North Yorkshire councillors next week. Among the...
Work set to begin soon on ‘poor value’ Harrogate Station Gateway
Work on the revised Harrogate Station Gateway is set to begin shortly — even though the scheme has been branded "poor value for money". The project has been 'de-scoped' after North Yorkshire Council admitted its previous plans, which included pedestrianising part of...