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Crime author who solved Ripon mystery revisits school mural 50 years later

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Local history spotlight: Dr Laura Veale

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Knaresborough Heritage Centre to open this month

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Local history spotlight: Blind Jack of Knaresborough

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Ripon volunteers prepare for D-Day anniversary with a military-style operation

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The hidden stories behind Harrogate's newest chocolate shop

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Fundraisers launch campaign to renovate Newby church

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Memories of the day The Beatles came to town

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Knaresborough to hold first community archaeology festival

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Historic Harrogate district sites offer free access for Heritage Open Days

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Mummers provide a humorous take on Ripon's rich history

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Comedian Hugh Dennis to reveal Studley Roger's secrets on TV this week

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Harrogate woman unveils art with final message from family killed in Holocaust

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Ripon military heritage campaigners to hold public launch

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Harrogate service to commemorate fallen soldiers from Australia and New Zealand

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Business Breakfast: Harrogate bookshop honoured in national awards

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Project seeks tales of life along the river bank from Dallowgill to Ripon

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Ripon's ‘Stonehenge of the north’ gifted to nation