Conservative mayoral candidate and council transport chief Keane Duncan needed rescuing when his car ran off the road in the snow near Lofthouse while campaigning.

Firefighters attending a house fire in Starbeck in April.

In May, Knaresborough experienced severe flash floods that left dozens of people homeless.

David Skaith was elected the first Mayor of York and North Yorkshire on May 3.

This land train crashed into a lamp post in Valley Gardens in May.

The knitted tank in Ripon

The beacon lit in Knaresborough for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

The start of Knaresborough tractor run. Image: Colin Corker

Supporters of the Knaresborough Forest Park campaign celebrate the purchase of the land in August.

The Great Knaresborough Bed Race in June.

A joyful Tom Gordon turns to his supporters on being announced as MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough in July.

In September, a huge blaze broke out at King Street Workshops in Pateley Bridge. Image: King Street Workshops

The Long Course Weekend came to Masham in September. Here swimmers brave the icy waters at Grimwith Reservoir.

Tom Gordon MP (background) and a man living with Parkinson's hit punchbags at a boxing class held by Parkinson's UK.

In October, a car flew over the hedge and crash landed in Valley Gardens.

A major barn fire occurred at a firm in Allerton Park in October,

Harry Satloka, the free walking tour guide in Harrogate, cycled all the way to the Egyptian pyramids.

Ripon's Royal Engineers attend a Remembrance Sunday event at Ripon Cathedral.

Councillor Robert Windass (left) appears to be caught on camera dozing at North Yorkshire Council’s Harrogate and Knaresborough area committee meeting.

The late teenage photographer Liz Hatton (centre) and her family with the Prince and Princess of Wales. Credit: Kensington Palace