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Last Updated: 05/12/2025
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Lifestyle

Saturday News Quiz – December 6

by The Stray Ferret

| 06 Dec, 2025
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This week, we reported that 58 new homes were approved in Bishop Monkton despite sewage pollution concerns, Donald Trump's former communications director addressed sixth formers at Ashville College, and Knaresborough's public toilets had been upgraded in time for Christmas.

But the Stray Ferret reported on lots of other things besides, so how closely have you been following what's been going on this week?

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Harrogate Railway's ground in Starbeck.

1. Football club Harrogate Railway Athletic revealed plans this week to lay a new 3G pitch at its ground. How much will it cost? 

a) £1.2 million
b) £2.2 million
c) £3.2 million
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Owner Graham Reed-Stephenson at his newly refurbished premises.

2. The Fisherman's Wife, a seafood restaurant and fish and chip takeaway, opened on Harrogate's Cheltenham Parade this week. Its owner, Graham Reed-Stephenson, set up a well-known fish-and-chip shop in the town in the 1990s, but what was it called?

a) Bradleys
b) Drakes
c) Graveleys of Harrogate.
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Leeds Bradford Airport.

3. Leeds Bradford Airport announced it would be offering flights to two new destinations, but in which country?

a) Iceland
b) Moldova
c) Egypt
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An example of a Mindplace mental health centre.

4. Work on a new Bupa mental health centre on Albert Street in Harrogate is set to start this month. When does the company expect the facility to open?

a) May 2026
b) October 2026
c) January 2027

Go here to find the answers!

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