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Harrogate News 1st June 2023

Adage Dance announces Closure of physical store and transition to online Sales only

Adage Dance, an independent and specialist retailer of premium dancewear and accessories, has made the decision to close its physical store and shift its operations to an online-only platform. This transition is aimed at better meeting changing consumerpreferences and providing an enhanced shopping experience for its valued customers. The decision to close the physical store was not made lightly, but rather as a strategic response to increasing costs, a need to renew the lease on the premises and evolving market dynamics and the growing demand for online shopping. By focusing exclusively on e-commerce, Adage Dance aims to provide greater accessibility, Harrogate Informer …

Harrogate News 17th May 2023

Alan Titchmarsh visits Horticap

Alan Titchmarsh is the patron of Horticap, and visited the centre on Otely Road, in Harrogate today (17 May 2023). Horticap has a team of volunteers, and staff, who provide adults with learning and other disabilities training in horticulture, allied crafts and rural skills. He is a proud advocate of what Horticap does, and how it aligns with own beliefs on what an understanding of the natural world can do. Horticap is going through a period of development with a new building, shop and café. Outside work is just completing on a new garden, and there is a nature trail. Harrogate Informer …

Harrogate News 2nd May 2023

Man knocked unconscious at the Foundry Project in Harrogate

Police in Harrogate have issued CCTV images of two men they would like to speak after a man was knocked unconscious. It happened at the Foundry Project on the night of 11 March 2023. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment and later discharged. Officers are appealing to anyone who can help identify the men in the image, including one who was wearing a distinctive white hat, as they believe they will have information that could assist the investigation. Anyone with information that could assist the investigation should email stephen.Mangham@northyorkshire.police.uk You can also call North Yorkshire Police on 101, Harrogate Informer …

Harrogate News 18th April 2023

Harrogate Charter Mayor appointed

Cllr Harrison, the local member for Killinghall, Hampsthwaite and Saltergate division has been appointed the Charter Mayor for Harrogate. The non-political role and will involve, attending ceremonial and civic occasions, such as Remembrance events. He was appointed following a vote of the charter trustees of Harrogate. The charter trustees were established on 1 April 2023 when Harrogate Borough Council, including the role of the borough’s mayor which dates back to 1884, was abolished, along with the county council and the county’s other six borough and district councils, to be replaced by North Yorkshire Council. The trustees are made up of Harrogate Informer …

Harrogate News 4th March 2023

Harrogate Community Choir Festival

The Harrogate Community Choir Festival will be held at Harrogate Theatre on Saturday 18th March. Six choirs from across the district will be performing together for the very first time. The Stray Notes Choir is delighted to host the Harrogate Community Choir Festival as a celebration of singing, and the joy which comes from being part of a choir community. The benefits of singing as part of a group are wide ranging and scientifically proven, including supporting mental and physical health and building community. From shower soloists to music reading experienced choristers and from rock to classical music, there is Harrogate Informer …

Harrogate News 17th February 2023

Knox Lane development in Harrogate deferred pending more reports

A Harrogate Borough Council Planning Committee have asked for more reports on a development of 53 homes, near to Knox Lane in Harrogate. The plans were deferred from October 2022, for 5 reasons, reasons that the agent for the developers, Jomast, says have now been satisfied. The site is opposite the Old Saw Mill, next to the Old Barber Estate. Concerns were raised again around ground contamination due to part of the site being a former rail track, and that contamination tests had been performed in the area of the tracks. There was discussion around the wildlife on the site, Harrogate Informer …

Harrogate News 2nd February 2023

Driver found with injuries after search following overturned vehicle on Hookstone Road, Harrogate

Around 5.45am this morning (2 February 2023) police received reports of an overturned vehicle on Hookstone Road in Harrogate. The vehicle was empty and following further reports, it was believed the driver had made off from the scene. Officers searched the area and soon after located a man suffering injuries consistent with a road traffic collision. The man was taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment. The road was reopened shortly after 11am. If you have any information which could help the investigation, and you haven’t already spoken to the police, please call 101 quoting reference: NYP- 02022023-0061 Harrogate Informer …

Harrogate News 3rd January 2023

Children with cancer in Yorkshire enjoy some magical Christmas fun at the Candlelighters Christmas Party

The children’s cancer charity held its much-loved Christmas Party for the families it supports on Sunday 4th December in Bradford, with over 400 family members from across Yorkshire attending. For over 45 years, Candlelighters has supported families facing childhood cancer across Yorkshire by offering a range of practical, emotional and financial support services. Each year, Candlelighters holds a Christmas Party for the many families they support, providing an opportunity for these families to spend some much-needed time together, and have some fun and escapism from their day-to-day reality. This year’s Candlelighters Christmas Party took place on Sunday 4th December at Harrogate Informer …

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Harrogate News 19th December 2022

Candlelit Christmas Remembrance at Stonefall Cemetery

Sunday 18th December, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) was pleased to host a Candlelit Christmas Remembrance at Stonefall Cemetery in Harrogate. The now-annual event was the inspiration of local mum Benji Walker who had seen images of CWGC cemeteries in Europe lit by candlelight. She said: The Candlelit Christmas Remembrance is a chance for the local community to gather to remember the sacrifice of the hundreds of CWGC casualties buried at Stonefall, many of them thousands of miles from home. I am delighted so many people attended to pay their respects today to mark the sacrifice of these brave Harrogate Informer …

Harrogate News 18th November 2022

Welcome return of school’s American Exchange

Students have enjoyed an action-packed trip to Maine as part of Rossett School’s long-running American Exchange scheme. Now in its 36th year, Rossett’s programme of exchange visits with Falmouth Middle School has made a very welcome return this year after an enforced break during the coronavirus pandemic. As well as attending lessons with their exchange partners, Rossett students took part in a variety of educational and leisure activities during the two weeks of their visit. This included a visit to Portland Lighthouse and the historic landmark Victoria Mansion, a fishing trip to catch lobsters, and evening entertainment such as bowling Harrogate Informer …