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Record £1 million payout by Yorkshire Water - In 2016 the Environment Agency received a report of pollution in Harrogate’s Hookstone Beck. (Picture contributed)

Revealed: Yorkshire Water’s £1m payout after Harrogate pollution incident

Tom Gordon, Liberal Democrat parliament candidate for Harrogate & Knaresborough, said: “I’m really grateful to Ed Davey for raising the issue of Harrogate Hospital in Prime Minister's Questions."

Harrogate Lib Dem candidate gets hospital 'crumbling concrete' issue to PMQs

New stand at Harrogate Town - Town’s Commercial Director Jo Towler said: "We are thrilled to be working with the team at PIB Insurance Brokers and we are delighted the new stand will be in use at tonight’s game.” (Picture contributed)

Hollywood star ‘sighted’ claim in Harrogate before big Wrexham match

Harrogate man David Palmer and artist Paul Mirfin with a painting of a tree that King Charles planted in Harrogate year ago. The painting is a present to King Charles for his birthday from David. (Picture Gerard Binks)

Harrogate man’s unique birthday present to King Charles

Wrexham versus Harrogate Town - Owner/actor Ryan Reynolds first made his name in the hit movie The Proposal co-starring Sandra Bullock. (Picture contributed)

A touch of Hollywood glamour on its way to Harrogate Town

It’s now officially the time of year when people fret about what gifts to buy loved ones before taking the safe option by buying them a book.

Life on Tapp: You can’t go wrong with a book for Christmas – or can you?

Pictured: To the left - Sylvia Grice receiving her MBE, and to the right, Mrs Grice's infectious laughter and smile.

Tributes to Ripon swimming teacher who taught Olympic champion Jack Laugher

Harrogate connection - Ridley Scott's spectacular new big budget movie Napoleon stars Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby. (Picture contributed)

Harrogate shop's plea over Josephine’s missing jewellery as Napoleon opens in UK

A recent visit to the car booter’s paradise that is our garden shed left me yearning for a stiff drink, such was the scale of the chaos before me.

Life on Tapp: It's a never ending cycle of selling, buying and selling again

Take a look at six year old Shane Weidemann, who got to fulfil a dream for a day meeting the soldiers and paying his respects.

IN PICTURES: Take a look at six year old Shane Weidemann as he meets his idols

Pictured: Founders of Whittaker's Distillery - Jane and Toby Whittaker.

“The heart of the cut” - Distillery set to produce Yorkshire Dales' first whisky

Improvements to ground facilities - EnviroVent Stadium has been Harrogate Town’s home of football for more than 100 years. (Picture contributed)

More away fans at Harrogate Town in latest ground improvements

Harrogate Gateway’s controversial £11.2m proposals to improve Harrogate town centre would have seen more cycling and pedestrianisation in the Station Parade area of the town centre. (Picture Gerard Binks)

Key Harrogate stakeholders outline alternative to £11.2m Gateway plans

There’s a bloke around the corner from me who before Bonfire Night was out of the way, was up his ladder, stringing lights across the front of his house, which perfectly complemented his eight foot inflatable Santa.

There’s nothing wrong with going early when it comes to Christmas planning

Best Estate Agents in the UK - Harrogate's James Verity and Matthew Stamford of Verity Frearson. (Picture contributed)

Harrogate estate agents named ‘best in UK’ at awards in London

Inspirational Harrogate ten-year-old Emily Caffrey receiving her Yorkshire Children of Courage award. (Picture contributed)

Harrogate dad proud of amazing Emily, 10, and her Children of Courage award

Coun Keane Duncan, the Tory Party’s candidate in next year’s mayoral elections for York and North Yorkshire, said investing in Harrogate town centre improvements was too important to play politics with. (Picture contributed)

Station Parade to remain two lanes in Harrogate Gateway project rethink

Harrogate man John Walden, who is now aged 85, pictured as a 19-year-old outside his tent in the Australian dessert at Maralinga in 1957 for British nuclear bomb tests. (Picture contributed)

Harrogate military veteran gets medal 66 years after surviving atom bomb test

Tom Gordon, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Harrogate and Knaresborough, has praised the district’s approach to the homeless problem based on a sense of community and compassion. (Picture contributed)

Harrogate Lib Dem praises town’s ‘community spirit’ on homelessness

Heavy rain associated with Storm Ciarán could bring some disruption to northeast England. (Picture contributed)

Will Harrogate escape worst impact of Storm Ciarán on road and rail

Nick Thompson awarded a St Wilfrid's Star for his contribution to culture and bringing alternative music to the city with Ripon Live.

Founder of Ripon Live praised for outstanding contribution to city's music scene

Magical family panto is back at Harrogate Theatre - Just some of the cast of Dick Whittington. (Picture contributed)

Rehearsals launched for Harrogate Theatre’s magical panto Dick Whittington

Pictured: Ripon Hornblower Allison Clark with fellow Hornblower Wayne Cobbett.

Ripon to make history as it 'blows horn for Yorkshire' at World Travel Market

Pictured: Individuals and groups received awards for their outstanding work within the community.

St Wilfrid’s Stars ‘shine a positive light’ on community heroes in Ripon

Take a look at these 17 images of St Wilfrid's Stars at Ripon Cathedral, 2023.

IN PICTURES: St Wilfrid's All Stars ceremony celebrates pride of Ripon

I don’t think any amount of unsolicited contact with ill folk would be enough to make most people want to dig face masks out of their sock drawers or from the back of the cupboard where we keep our shopping bags.

Life on Tapp: You would've thought society might have learned its lesson

Pictured: Some of the more personal gifts delivered to the children and young people of Volodymyr, Ukraine.

Knaresborough man sets off on final trip to Ukraine to deliver fire engines

Ad Feature Households urged to prepare for first cold snap

North Yorkshire Council leader, Coun Carl Les, said: “Like all councils, and many residents and businesses, we face major financial challenges."

North Yorkshire to launch public consultation over council's £25m budget deficit

The RAC says that a record half of the people that it spoke to for its annual survey this year said that potholes were their biggest concern. Photo: AdobeStock

Life on Tapp: Britain is a laughing stock for its potholes and transport system

Lianne La Borde, who was born and bred in Harrogate, is making waves on BookTok and Bookstagram for Wait For You, a romance with a time-travelling twist. (Picture contributed)

Harrogate woman’s debut novel shows her own horrendous ordeal is firmly in past

The late Charles Smailes, back, third from left, at the Harrogate Advertiser Business Awards 2007 with Karen Smailes, Richard Smailes, Phyliss Smailes, Dr Jenny Burns and Jonathan Smailes. (Picture Marcus Corazzi/2903074e)

Death of leading Harrogate businessman after a lifetime of achievement

Prince William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales arrive for their visit to SportsAid at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre to mark World Mental Health Day on October 12. Photo: Getty Images

We need to follow the lead of our younger Royals and encourage national dialogue

Ad Feature British Gas, Team GB and ParalympicsGB announce new 5 year partnership

Flicking through mountains of individual photos and albums recently has served as a reminder of how much pot luck was involved in taking a photograph in the 20th century. Photo: AdobeStock

Life on Tapp: Are digital devices depriving us of wonderful memories?

Harrogate's Will Macpherson, 34, says he hopes setting a new world record in skiing will help inspire other people living with disabilities. (Picture contributed/Cameron Hall)

Wheelchair bound Harrogate man sets extraordinary new world record for skiing

While I’ve, so far, resisted every temptation to step on the scales before the official weigh in, which is the only time I’ll ever feel like a heavyweight champion, I already feel much better than I did this time last week. Photo: AdobeStock

Life on Tapp: It’s farewell pie and chips... now pass me the couscous

Singer Deniece Pearson of 80s pop icons Five Star, now aged 55, is thrilled at the reception for her latest self-penned solo single, the uplifting, reggae-inflected Forever Young. (Picture contributed)

80s pop icon on living up to Five Star's legacy - and moving to Harrogate

The Cyberster shown in Leeds ahead of sales launch in 2024

Is this the best-looking car on the road?

World record - Jonty Warneken hails from Kirk Deighton, became an open water swimmer after fighting back from a dreadful car crash near Ripley in 1994.

Amazing North Yorkshire man becomes first disabled man to swim North Channel

Ad Feature More than meets the dry eye - combatting eye discomfort

Reptile and insect birthday party package was a huge success. Photo: AdobeStock

The wonders of childhood are just as magical now as they were in the olden days

Ripon receives national acclaim as a little city that 'packs a punch'

Ripon receives national acclaim as a 'little city that packs a punch’

Harrogate war veteran Sheila Pantin when she was serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women's branch of the British Army, during the Second World War. (Picture contributed)

Remarkable Harrogate WW2 veteran, 99, cuts ribbon at war memorial celebrations

Now renamed The Knaresborough Inn, the Harrogate Advertiser got a look inside the refurbished new-look venue located at Bond End. (Picture Graham Chalmers)

First look inside new-style hotel at Knaresborough

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