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Big fall in sewage discharges in Rivers Nidd and Ure

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Council has one of country’s worst records on unreasonable planning decisions

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Inspector approves BT digital street hub in Harrogate

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Charity breakfast to be held at Harrogate Spring Flower Show

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Council increases pest control fees — with moth infestations costing more than rat problems

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RHS reveals designs for new area at Harlow Carr

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Town council lodges fresh objection against demolition of historic Harrogate almshouses

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Bid to create holiday lets in Ripon city centre

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Fears £10,000 grant not enough to prevent more flooding in Knaresborough

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Fresh concern over ‘dangerous’ access to Kingsley Farm housing site

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Community gathers to plan creation of new Crimple Common and Greenway

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Controversial Ripon planning application could be ‘called in’

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Drop in number of missed bin collections in Harrogate district

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Government rejects 5G tower plan at Harrogate football pitch — again

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Plans to convert Bishop Thornton food warehouse withdrawn

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Removal of tempietto gets underway in Harrogate

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New livestock worrying laws welcomed in Nidderdale

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'Total devastation' in Pannal woodland as contractors move in

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Hopes of work starting on 3,000-home new town between Harrogate and York within 'a year or two'