Rossett Acre Primary School in Harrogate are currently looking to recruit individuals to join their board of governors. The school recently asked the pupils to design a poster to raise awareness of the role and the need of the of governors. The aim is to reach a wider community than just the parents – currently [...]

A Knaresborough businessman has urged the district’s corporate community to get behind a local charity’s business partnership scheme and help make a difference to the area in which they operate. Ian Fozard, chairman of Rooster’s Brewery Ltd, was speaking at the fifth anniversary dinner of Saint Michael’s Guild of Patrons, held at Rudding Park in [...]
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Harrogate-based event specialist Joe Manby Limited is saying goodbye to two of its longest serving employees, Eileen Land and Geoff Lowe. Between the pair they’ve clocked up nearly 65 years’ service at the Harrogate firm. Eileen joined the Company in 1984 as a receptionist before moving to the electrical division in 1992. Over the years she has [...]
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16-year-old Josh Greaves has been missing from his home in Harrogate since 12 May 2013 and officers need to speak to him to ensure he is safe and well. Police believe that the missing teenager may be in the Scarborough area. Josh is described as white, around 6ft 2in, of slim build and has short [...]
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On Monday the 13th May a 6 month trial of a new ‘Safety Service’, made up of a Police Community Support Officer from North Yorkshire Police and a Community Safety Officer from North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, took to the roads around Bedale, Richmond and Colburn. The new Safety Service will test out how [...]
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Acceleris Marketing Communications in Harrogate has cemented its reputation as one of the leading motor sector communications agencies with a series of five new appointments set to add close to £130k in annual fees to the agency’s burgeoning specialist motor sector division. Marketing leading fuel card Allstar, Toyota, Kia and Hyundai dealership network Vantage Motor [...]
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New arrangements to ensure the roads of North Yorkshire are kept safe and obstruction-free are being introduced this month. From 30 May 2013, responsibility for the enforcement of parking restrictions on the public highways throughout North Yorkshire will pass to North Yorkshire County Council. Agreement has been reached between all local authorities in the county, [...]
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The Acorn Charity Sponsored 100k Bike Ride smashed all records on Saturday with 683 riders registered to take part on the day raising over £50,000. The Acorn Bike Ride is in its seventh year and has grown every year with more and more cyclists joining to help raise funds for Acorn’s two charities – helping [...]
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The perils of renting a property through unregulated letting agents have been exposed again on national TV – after actor Nigel Havers revealed he had been conned out of £1,300. The Coronation Street star was left out of pocket after the agent who rented him a property in Manchester during his filming schedule vanished without [...]
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It may not be April, but there are still plenty of showers around to keep Belmont Grosvenor schoolboy George Huber in business! The 10-year-old, a pupil at the ‘outstanding’ co-educational prep school on the edge of Harrogate, came up with a business idea even Sir Alan Sugar would be proud of when he decided to [...]
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