Richard Cooper

The Harrogate council deputy leader has criticised Gary Lineker and the BBC before accepting £2m to help refugees

Councillor criticises Gary Lineker before accepting £2m to house refugees

Plans to build 1,300 homes at Ripon’s army barracks approved

Plans to build 1,300 homes at Ripon’s army barracks approved

Awkward rules at tips in North Yorkshire are leading to more fly-tipping, councillors said

'Awkward' rules at tips leading to more fly-tipping in North Yorkshire

But is what you put out always recycled?
(Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

Column: Richard Cooper, Leader of Harrogate Borough Council on what happens to ...

Gemma Rio, head of Destination Harrogate, was quizzed by members of Harrogate Borough Council

Head of tourism body defends spending more than £5,000 on giant snow globe

Harrogate

Harrogate Conservatives and Lib Dems in 'buy local' spat

Ripon swimming baths

Report on void underneath Yorkshire leisure centre makes for 'sobering reading'

Harrogate Christmas market

Ex-organiser of Harrogate Christmas market says local traders will be locked out

The market was previously held on Montpellier Hill

Events firm agrees to take over organisation of Christmas market in Harrogate

The restrictions will be introduced for 18 months on Victoria Road

One-way traffic filter to be introduced on a Harrogate street

Harrogate Council has warned its services will not be immune to the effects of staff self-isolation alerts (Getty Images)

Harrogate Council warns of potential disruption to services due to 'pingdemic'

Back on his bike: Dan Linfoot. Picture: Alex Burstow/Getty Images

Linfoot has a point to prove back in the elite

Harrogate leader Richard Cooper criticised North Yorkshire's Carl Les and City of York's Keith Aspden after Coun Aspden put himself forward to be the vice-chair of the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Change Commission.

North Yorkshire leaders accused of 'stitch-up' over role on climate change body

A flock of sheep near Worton, in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales take refuge from snow. Pic: James Hardisty

Robert Jenrick may ignore North Yorkshire's wishes in local government shake-up

Independent businesses in Harrogate have been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic. (Picture: Gerard Binks)

Shoppers urged to support independent retailers in run up to Christmas

Would one council for York and North Yorkshire be a good idea?

Mega-council proposal for North Yorkshire is unworkable - Yorkshire Post Letters

The Coach and Horses has been in the Nelson family since the 1980s

Harrogate pub Coach and Horses loses alcohol licence for first time since 1864

The temporary hospital has not treated a single coronavirus patient since opening at the peak of the virus outbreak in April.

Future of Harrogate's Nightingale Hospital undecided despite Government pledge

Drone images of the Stray at West Park after playing host to the Harrogate Fan Zone for the nine-day UCI cycling event in September.

This is how much restoration works at the Stray in Harrogate will cost - and who...

Damage to The Stray in Harrogate this year

Cycle conference in Harrogate ‘can learn from this year’s mistakes’

The Tour de Yorkshire

Yorkshire’s love affair with cycling hits the seven-year itch – David Behrens
The honeymoon is over and the marriage of convenience that was arranged between Yorkshire and cycling appears to have entered the not-speaking-to-each-other phase.

The Stray

Harrogate will NOT host the Tour de Yorkshire 2020 following public backlash aga...

The clean up operation at the Stray park in Harrogate following the UCI World Championships. Credit: Gerard Binks

Council needs to find £21,000 to cover cost of fixing Stray park in Harrogate af...

Labour councillor Tony Randerson.

Council dismisses claims its using pupils as 'cash cows'

Sir Gary Verity resigned on March 22

Council leaders' 'renewed optimism' for embattled tourism agency Welcome to York...

Harrogate council will not follow the leads of Hull and Sheffield, in suspending payments to Welcome To Yorkshire.

Harrogate council won't suspend Welcome to Yorkshire payments, leader says

Sir Gary Verity resigned last month as chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire.

The Yorkshire Post says: The transparency tests Welcome to Yorkshire must pass f...

Welcome to Yorkshire could become more transparent about its spending. Pictured is commercial director Peter Dodd (right) at the agency's 10th anniversary conference in Leeds last week. Picture: James Hardisty

Welcome to Yorkshire to consider publishing spending figures after Gary Verity s...

Knaresborough residents are being asked what they think about the town's retail appeal in a new inquiry.

Inquiry launched into Knaresborough's retail scene

Ripon Market Square - back in 1947

Traders promised '˜no holds barred discussion' on North Yorkshire markets

New look at town's traffic woes

YP Letters: City deals will leave region weak and divided
From: John P Hall, Harrogate.

Working on improving the Harrogate- Skipton A59 road at Kex Gill.

Northern Powerhouse: What does it mean for Harrogate district?

Harrogate Council leader Richard Cooper

Harrogate backs Javid and calls for North, West, East devo deal

NYCC believe thecosts of residential parking zones are not currently being covered with the current prices

Residential parking in Harrogate, covering the cost and what could be done

L-R: Brian Dobson, Harrogate Convention Centre Head of Sales and Events; Simon Kent, Director; Richard Cooper, Leader of Harrogate Borough Council.
Picture: HCC

Proposals to create event, leisure and retail 'complex' on Harrogate Convention ...

The Mayor of Harrogate Coun Anne Jones and the Provincial Grand Master of The Province of Yorkshire West Riding, David S Pratt, are watched by Harrogate Freemasons council employees as the pair perform the honours. Picture: Different PR

Harrogate and Ripon Freemasons celebrate anniversaries with flower power

Harrogate Convention Centre rebranding

New name for Harrogate International Centre

The market town of Helmsley in the Ryedale district which has been ranked as the 29th best part of the UK to live in, according to the findings of a Halifax bank study.

Four Yorkshire districts among UK's 50 best places to live

23 February 2016 ....... Hebden Bridge. Picture Tony Johnson

Flood-hit Yorkshire high street and village bring award honours to region

Harrogate's Royal Hall

Now Harrogate joins battle to stage Great Exhibition of the North

Enjoying the Fire Garden in Harrogate's Valley Gardens. Picture by Charlotte Graham.

Hottest ticket in town: Around 20,000 people enjoyed Fire Garden spectacle at Ha...

Harrogate Council leader Richard Cooper

Harrogate takes devolution steps

George Osborne wants new mayors across the North as part of his 'northern powerhouse' plan

Back-up devolution plan developed as Leeds City Region in pole position

Harrogate is again the happiest place in which to live

Harrogate happiest town in Britain for the third year running

Montpellier Flowers

Harrogate named happiest place in Britain

Harrogate council is to move to a new headquarters

Green light for £9m council base

Knapping Mount artist impression from April 2014

Harrogate Borough Council vote in favour of £9million new offices

The Holme Moss climb on the Tour de France Stage 2, last July

District posts £19.2m economic boost thanks to Grand Depart

Harrogate town centre

Council’s £9m office plans are on agenda

Marcel Kittell wins the first stage of the 2014 Tour de France in Harrogate

Bid to create a cycling legacy in Harrogate

Bid to get lamp-posts listed gets support

Call to spend £25,000 on ceremonial robes ‘on agenda in error’

A proposal to stage an international rally event in Yorkshire is being considered by council leaders.

Funding plea to bring rally stage to region

Parliament Street in Harrogate. (140113M3c)

Street lamps could get makeover

Artist impressions of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society's new main exhibition hall.

Images courtesy of P+HS Architects, Stokesley

Unanimous backing for £10m showground exhibition scheme

Harrogate set to appoint a new leader

Riders try out the Tour de France route at Kilnsey Crag. Picture by Simon Hulme

How Tour de France could turn congested Harrogate into a cycling town

Controversial £12m civic move ‘is no done deal’

Buffer zone plan to protect world heritage site from development