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September 4, 2026

Scarborough knitters smash 100-hat target to support homeless charity

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The Rainbow Centre was the focus of a challenge launched by Threads & Tales, Thornton Le Dale, to knit 100 hats.
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Scarborough knitters smash 100-hat target to support homeless charity

Scarborough knitters smash 100-hat target to support homeless charity

• The Rainbow Centre was the focus of a challenge launched by Threads & Tales, Thornton Le Dale, to knit 100 hats.

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Harrogate family left distraught by mysterious 'disappearance' of memorial to little Charlotte who died aged five
Harrogate Advertiser (National World) · yesterday

Harrogate family left distraught by mysterious 'disappearance' of memorial to little Charlotte who died aged five

• North Yorkshire Council has launched an investigation to find a precious memorial to a five-year-old Harrogate girl which her distraught mum fears is lost.

'Intrusive' changes would 'harm' York restaurant, council rules
York Press · today

'Intrusive' changes would 'harm' York restaurant, council rules

• Changes proposed to a York restaurant would harm its historic building, the council has ruled.

Inspiring the next generation of construction leaders in Ripon
Harrogate Advertiser (National World) · Local news · yesterday

Inspiring the next generation of construction leaders in Ripon

• Students from Burneston C of E Primary School recently traded the classroom for Potter Space Ripon Business Park for a day of hands-on learning, gaining real-world experience.

Harrogate's relief as latest list of closures for former WHSmiths stores in UK is revealed
Wetherby News (National World) · Local news · yesterday

Harrogate's relief as latest list of closures for former WHSmiths stores in UK is revealed

• Harrogate has escaped the latest list of closures of TG Jones stores in the UK following the takeover of WHSmith's last year by a private equity firm.

Price of controversial council office revealed
BBC York and North Yorkshire RSS feed · Local media · yesterday

Price of controversial council office revealed

• North Yorkshire Council bought Resolution House in Scarborough and is moving staff from other sites.

Teen's crash death 'unavoidable'- court
BBC York and North Yorkshire RSS feed · Local media · yesterday

Teen's crash death 'unavoidable'- court

• Joseph Henry Stott, 26, has admitted driving while unfit through drink on the night of the crash.

Learn to Ride with us in York
City of York Council - News · Council · yesterday

Learn to Ride with us in York

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Harrogate's Stray is a 200-acre band of public common land protected by an Act of Parliament in 1778, created to link the town's mineral springs and still kept open today.

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