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l Parental approval: the Old Foundry Kitchen cafe in Boroughbridge. (S)

Cafe voted ‘most family-friendly’

A BOROUGHBRIDGE cafe has been recognised for its family-friendly service by a popular parenting website.

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Firm takes advantage of out of town site

A FIRM of landscape architects and ecologists has swapped the bustle of a town centre location for more peaceful surroundings at a business park between Harrogate and Knaresborough.

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Will Rory be the top Apprentice?

AN APPRENTICE at a Harrogate firm has reached the finals of the Heating & Ventilation Industry Awards.

Wensleydale Railway volunteer Mike Alexander waiting on Herriot Hospice Homecare fundraiser Helen Murphy and her mother, Gill Murphy. (S)

Great charity idea for Mother’s Day...

A HOSPICE charity is offering an unusual scenic treat this Mother’s Day.

Farmers markets in Ripon market square have ended due to poor attendances.

Hunt on for £40k city guru

Major plans to shake up Ripon’s economic future are in motion as the city council begins its hunt for a development supremo.

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Market ends due to poor attendances

LOW visitor numbers to Ripon’s monthly farmers’ markets was the reason its organisers decided to cancel the event.

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Makeover for Masham restaurant

A POPULAR Masham restaurant has reopened after undergoing a major face-lift.

The private, luxury cinema at Rudding Park Hotel.

Food and Flicks is great box office

ONE thing is for sure, Basil Fawlty would never have pulled this off.

Detail from the KFC logo.

KFC eyes city outlet

Fastfood restaurant chain KFC is on the search for premises in Ripon.

Walter Power.

Cinema celebrating 100 years in market town

A HUNDRED years ago an early pioneer of cinematography, Walter Power, opened the Picture House on Thirsk’s Westgate.

bus  Belzona Polymerics MD Bill Ashcroft.  (120206M2a)

Belzona ready for diamond celebrations

A COMPANY that helped revolutionise repair and maintenance procedures in industrial and commercial facilities turns 60 on Tuesday.

bus  Graham Scott and Ann Widdecombe at the Business Luncheon.    (120203M3i)

Strictly star delights luncheon’s record numbers

The Harrogate Business Luncheon Club welcomed the second highest attendance in its history on Friday to hear from guest speaker Ann Widdecombe.

bus �Wetherby Tool Hire owners Dave Scorfield (left) and Scott Fletcher.  (120203M6)

Tool firm’s hire aspirations

When Dave Scorfield and Scott Fletcher noticed there were no tool hire outlets in Wetherby, they decided to set up their own.

An artists impression of what the Allerton Waste Recovery Park will look like (s)

Allerton Park waste plan meeting on Tuesday

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a waste recovery park at Allerton Park, near Knaresborough, will be discussed at next week’s planning meeting of Harrogate Borough Council.

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Secretary of state

Ministerial visit in support of bid for better broadband

Ripon MP Julian Smith has urged the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Caroline Spelman to back the county’s bid to be a Rural Growth Network pilot.

From left, Christine Weatherhead, Kate Bailey and Peter Dean inspect potholes on Azerley Lane.   (120206M1)

‘Repair our potholes’ plea from villagers

FRUSTRATED householders in a village near Ripon are urging the county council to fix dangerous potholes on their road before someone is seriously hurt.

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Liz Guest of Big Bites (centre) with, from left, Jane Fisher of The Pet Shop, Jane Goodenough of Big Bites, Mark Jones of Superdrug, Craig Scorer of W Benson, Nicole Lawson of Thomas the Baker, and Roo Bannister of Caffe Nero, with their petition forms protesting the new parking charges on Ripon market square. (1202071AM1)

Backlash over parking fees

A RIPON shop owner is spearheading a campaign calling for the new parking charges on the city’s market square to be abolished.

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Catterick Skills Centre. (S)

Students and staff praise upgrade of skills centre based at Catterick

Facilities at the secondary campus of one of the region’s further education colleges have been upgraded after the completion of a major building project.

Campaigners hope brown tourist signs on the A1(M) will bring more tourism to Masham. (GL 7645)

Victory as A1(M) tourist signs for Masham given green light

CAMPAIGNERS in Masham have been celebrating after the Department for Transport agreed to allow brown tourist signs for the town on the new A1(M).

Dr Rosie Paige, centre, receives a cheque for �1,800 on behalf of Herriot Hospice Homecare from Yorkshire Big Breakfast hosts John and Mary Pearson. (Picture - Dawn Caroline Photography, Thirsk)

Breakfast event raises over £5,000

THREE charities are sharing more than £5,000 following the Farmhouse Big Breakfast event near Northallerton.

Newby Hall Farm Shop manager Mark Maxwell and Kirby Hill Primary School pupils with their certificates for entering the competition.  (120202M3)

Kirby Hill pupils rustle up some breakfast treats

THE winning entries have been declared for the Farmhouse Breakfast Week competition run at Kirby Hill Primary School in partnership with Newby Hall Farm Shop.

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Focus on growth for company in 25th year

THE managing director of a Harrogate company says it has “big plans” for 2012 as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.

‘Treacherous’ road conditions on A1

UPDATE, 3.37pm: North Yorkshire Police say the south-bound carriageway of the A1 has fully re-opened, while the north-bound carriageway has re-opened apart from one lane.

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A decade of growth for loss adjusters

Chartered loss adjuster, Agrical, is celebrating ten years in business this month.

Feel good and help charity

Leon Doyle, a candidate on last year’s BBC1 programme The Apprentice, is asking businesses to get behind the Samaritans’ new workplace fundraising day, Feel Good Friday.

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Rallying call from new LEP chairman kjdg

The chairman of the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has called on the region’s 22 councils to devise a co-ordinated campaign to attract more visitors and help boost the economy.

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Tourism events showcase

Harewood House will be the venue for a Tourism and Events Showcase which aims to bring together group and event organisers with members of the travel trade industry.

Auction Mart plans on hold

Controversial plans for a major housing development in Ripon have been withdrawn after a barrage of objections from nearby residents.

Faster broadband for Ripon

Homes in Ripon and Bedale are among 39,000 in North Yorkshire who now have access to faster broadband.

Hopmes conversion plan for ex-church

Villagers in a small Richmondshire community are being urged to have their say on a proposal to bring new life to a former church.

Top jobs for young chefs, Darlington College students Chris York and Ruth Bentley watched over by tutor Becci Dougill

Rising Bedale chef’s capital opportunity

A TALENTED Bedale chef is hoping to cook up a storm after being offered work experience in some of the capital’s finest eateries.

M/way service areas inquiry to resume

A PLANNING inquiry into three competing applications to build new motorway service areas (MSAs) near Ripon and Boroughbridge is set to resume.

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