Dan 'The Man' Pickering, 19, died peacefully in his sleep at his home at Daleside Gardens, Harrogate, in the early hours of last Wednesday. The cause of death is not yet known.
Dan's parents Sarah and Mike Pickering - who also have a daughter, Nina, 13, and a son, Robert, 16 - expressed their heartfelt feelings over their loss.


Protests over IVF treatment 'insult'

A POLICY which restricts fertility treatment in Harrogate to women aged between 39-and-a-half and 40 has sparked outrage.
The highly controversial rule limits free IVF treatment to patients who are six months shy of their 40th birthday.
Nobody outside that six month bracket will qualify.


Youngsters lose out as skate park idea is scrapped

PLANS to build a skatepark in Harrogate have been cancelled indefinitely after a scheme to provide the new facility was unanimously rejected at the final hurdle.
Harrogate Council's Cabinet dismissed proposals to build a skatepark at four different sites across the town at its meeting on Wednesday night.
Despite hours of consultation, investigation and planning, drawing on the expertise of North Yorkshire County Council, Harrogate Police and youth workers, councillors said public opposition to each of the sites was too overwhelming.