Long Course swimmers brave the depths of Grimwith as sports festival gets underway10 things we learned this week about Harrogate’s biggest redevelopment in 30 yearsCouncil could spend £20,000 on car park mural in HarrogateConsultation to expand Starbeck special needs school launchesAll female short film exhibition comes to HarrogateHarrogate and Knaresborough air quality zones could be revokedStray Ferret Focus: How we investigated the crisis in special educational needsMasham gearing up as Long Course Weekend begins todayGlasshouses Mill developer to pay £140,000 ‘the minute the first spade hits the ground’‘Visionless council officers’ criticised over efforts to save Ripon’s military heritage