Night works, banning road closures, lane rental… can anything ease Harrogate’s roadworks woe?Government snubs council lobbying over housing target hikeFlaking paint causes closure of children’s pool in RiponHarrogate taxi firm owner criticises fare survey as ‘pointless exercise’New highways chief visits Ripon on fact-finding missionLong-term disruption for Skipton Road as Harrogate motorists warned of another year of miseryHarrogate Spring Water gives details of pipeline project and roadworksNorth Yorkshire Council finance chief: ‘We are not, at this time, in a financial crisis’Work on first phase of £3.2 million Bewerley Park redevelopment near completionBoundary dispute over whether Clotherholme should belong to Ripon or Masham and Fountains