ASPIRING sporting stars and artistes of the future are being invited to apply for a grant from Harrogate Borough Council’s Centenary Grants Project.

People are being urged to lace up their trainers and get into the spirit of Sport Relief.

Residents at a sheltered housing scheme in Harrogate are spending the spring months transforming a dilapidated area of ground into a fantastic new garden – thanks to £27,390 of lottery cash.

Views expressed by Scholes residents at a public meeting on Tuesday (February 21) could prove significant in their upcoming battle to retain the rural identity of their village.

The popular Hardraw Scar Brass Festival organised by Yorkshire and Humberside Brass Band Association is to feature in yet another television programme.

A HOMELESS mother of three, toting her possessions across Harrogate, threw a rucksack in to a busy main road and struck a car, the town’s magistrates were.

PRAYERS at Harrogate Council meetings could be under threat after a court ruling.

YEAR eight pupils at Tadcaster Grammar joined more than 150,000 schoolchildren from the UK and overseas in a bid to to break the Guinness World Record for the most people performing sign language.

Collingham and Linton Parish Council has provided a grant to enable the management committee to undertake essential roof repairs to Collingham Memorial Hall.

The third Aberford Farmers Market will be held at the Village Hall from 9.30am to 2.30pm on Saturday February 25.

East Keswick Wildlife Trust has been given a boost after it was awarded a grant to help conservation work at East Keswick Marsh.

A FLIGHT instructor has been charged over a fatal helicopter crash at Rudding Park four years ago.

Wetherby PCSOs Mick Driscoll and Jenn Corners bring their second column exclusive to the News.

Wetherby police said they are investigating burglaries in the Wetherby district this week and are appealing for help from witnesses.

Launching this year’s Bramham Park Fun Run organisers have revealed last year’s event raised over £7,600 and £500 more than 2010.

A WETHERBY Kite festival will be flying in the town to help raise money for the four primary schools in Wetherby.

WETHERBY’S Jubilee Committee has confirmed a host off attractions for the event to mark the 60th anniversary Queen’s accession to the throne this summer.

Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile is back – and it’s coming to Tadcaster.

A HIGH flyer from Wetherby is joining her British Airways cabin crew colleagues to walk with the world’s fastest man for a cause that is close to all their hearts.

HARROGATE Borough Council has voted to register ‘strong objections’ to plans to build a waste incinerator at Allerton Park.