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A car park at a waste recycling centre, with bottle banks on the left side and waste containers on the right. Cars are parked up, with domestic waste being carried to the blue skips.

'Horse' left at tip was actually deer - police

Animal remains were recently found at a recycling centre in Ripon, prompting a police appeal.

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Ripon recycling centre with different recycling containers and cars dropping off recycling

Horse remains dumped at recycling centre

Police say they are investigating after the remains of a horse were found by workers at the site.

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A composite picture: In the left picture Joshie Harris is pictured placing a pie in a white dish. He is wearing a white winter jacket and a red chef's hat. In the right hand picture he is with Tommy Banks in York's Christmas market. He is wearing a red hat and a multi-coloured jumper with gingerbread men on.

Non-verbal boy gets career support from top chef

Joshie, 11, delivered pies to chef Tommy Banks, who lost 2,500 of them when his van was stolen.

Five rows of large solar panels in a field. Two people wearing high visibility jackets and white hard hats are stood in front of the panels. Trees and hedgerows surround the field.

Solar farm plan approved despite flooding fears

The scheme covers 66 hectares of land between Harrogate and Ripon.

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A red tractor in a field in slightly dark conditions, it is lit with fairy lights and decorated with tinsel

Tinsel tractor run goes ahead despite wet weather

The tractor run is raising money for Yorkshire Cancer Research.

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An aerial view shows rows of black photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.

Latest solar farm plan could power 12,000 homes

The plans are set to be recommended for approval at a meeting on Tuesday.

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A yellow gritter covered in a "knitted jumper". Pictures of gingerbread men, reindeer and Santa make up the design, as well as knitted presents spilling out of a sack at the back.

Knitters create Christmas jumper for 32ft gritter

The project, commissioned by Econ Engineering, took 4,500 hours and 1,130 balls of wool.

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Evie Mawdsley, wearing a long black coat, stands next to an empty Moses basket. There are some lit candles on a sideboard.

'All stillborn babies deserve a proper funeral'

A Ripon campaigner calls for support for parents of babies lost before 24 weeks of pregnancy.

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A group of men and women sat around tables in a community hall. They look into the camera, while some raise their glasses of orange juice.

Knitters 'astonished' to receive King's award

Ripon Community Poppy Project celebrate receiving the King’s Award for Voluntary Service.

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