Your Harrogate

It's another busy weekend of local football and presenter Pete Egerton is focusing on Harrogate Town and Knaresborough Town Women. Harrogate Town midfielder, George Thomson, is celebrating signing a two-year contract extension with the club and has now racked up over 250 appearances. George talks about this being the toughest period he's experienced so far at the club, but as a group, they're dete...

The International Ice Swimming Association World Championships take place this weekend in the French Alps. Team GB are very excited to be taking part and the group includes Jacqui Hargrave from Knaresborough, also known as "Open Water Woman." Jacqui has been speaking to presenter Pete Egerton about how she got the bug for open water swimming many years back and that then led to ice-swimming. This...

"Bring Me Sunshine" is a performance set to take place at Harrogate Theatre on Thursday 12th January 2023. It's in memory of associate director, pantomime director and co-writer Phil Lowe. Phil passed away unexpectedly in October 2021 and now, to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation and Phil's children, Harrogate Theatre is hosting a show full of music and comedy, performed by panto stars...

In this episode of the Your Harrogate Podcast, presenter Pete Egerton focuses on local football for the weekend (7th/8th January 2023). In the Northern Counties East Football League Division One, it's third off to first as Harrogate Railway travel to Bradford to face Campion. Manager Mick O'Connell chats to Pete about their good run of form, a gruelling few weeks ahead of fixtures within days of e...

The final Your Harrogate podcast of 2022 sees Nick Hancock chatting to a retired English Athlete, who competed internationally for Great Britain and England. On 13th January 2023, Roger Black MBE will be coming to Harrogate for an event at the Harrogate Town club shop on commercial street. Roger's fitness business, will be working alongside exercise.co.uk to promote a healthy lifestyle and the ben...

Happy Christmas!! It's all about local football in this particular episode of the Your Harrogate Podcast. Pete Egerton has been speaking to Women and girls' football lead, Mike Collier, from Scotton Scorchers. Mike has been telling Pete about the club expanding to Staveley, plus the uptake in both girls and boys joining the club off the back of the Lionesses winning the Euros and the men's World C...

In this episode of the Your Harrogate Podcast, Pete Egerton speaks to Matthew Stamford and Lyndsay Snodgrass from Verity Frearson - Harrogate's top selling estate agent. It's been a huge 12 months for the business, celebrating their centenary year and delivering "100 days of giving" across the Harrogate district. Rather than throwing one big party, Verity Frearson have decided to support 100 diffe...

Pete Egerton is back with another football-themed episode and the focus is on Harrogate Town. Town CEO Sarah Barry discusses how she thinks the season has gone so far and also details a number of positive changes, set to take place in 2023. She also has good news for the Town faithful regarding ticket prices. With an away match set to take place this weekend (17th December) at Doncaster, Pete also...

In this episode of the Your Harrogate Podcast, Pete Egerton chats to Starbeck personal trainer David Ward, who, along with his partner Daniella, has been through a horrendous experience. 22 weeks into Daniella's pregnancy, they lost one of their twin girls due to twin to twin transfusion syndrome.  David explains the condition and how going forward, they aim to raise monies for further resear...

We're back with another sport-themed podcast ahead of a huge weekend of football! Pete Egerton is chatting to Harrogate Town boss Simon Weaver about mental strength for players when being left out, the new LED screen being unveiled at the club and whether he thinks England can beat France. We're also catching up with Andy Pears - Head Coach of Pannal Ash under 12's – who play in the Garforth leagu...

In this episode of the Your Harrogate Podcast, Pete Egerton is at Rossett Acre Primary and chatting to Ann Percival, the president of Harrogate Rotary club who are pushing out a book called “Watch Out” and an accompanying game “Mistakes and Ladders”. The aim is to teach young people about the dangers they may be faced with and then they can decide what is right and wrong. We also hear from the Hea...

We're back with another local sport focussed podcast as we look at Knaresborough Town Women's overwhelming success and chat to one of Harrogate Town's newest signings. Pete Egerton is catching up with Knaresborough Town Women midfielder Grace Adams following their 22-0 win! Grace also talks seeing more female pundits, commentators and referees at the World Cup. And we're also chatting to Harr...

"Save a life and call it in" is the plea to members of the public this Christmas from North Yorkshire Police. The York and North Yorkshire Road Safety Partnership are asking people to call out anyone who is behind the wheel when under the influence of drink or drugs, by dialling 999. We've been catching up with Superintendent Emma Aldred from North Yorkshire Police who reveals all about the Christ...

In this special sporty edition of the podcast, Pete Egerton is getting the latest from Harrogate Town and Harrogate Railway.  Harrogate Town Manager Simon Weaver is discussing the club's 3-0 win over Mansfield, a long lay-off for Matty Daly and their FA Cup second round clash at Hartlepool. We also chat to Mick O’Connell of Harrogate Railway about their good form and how they’re trying to con...

It's another special episode of the Your Harrogate Podcast in which we're talking all things fostering. We're chatting to Karen who has been fostering children for a number of years and has experienced the ups and downs of becoming a foster parent. She gives us a fascinating insight into what qualities you need, what things to look out for, what are the most rewarding aspects and how she has been...

On this special episode of the Your Harrogate Podcast, we’re finding out all about Fostering North Yorkshire from two foster carers who have been through it all. Julia and Tony are talking to presenter Nick Hancock about their fostering history over the last four years and in the past, plus we hear all about the fostering process and how the pair were able to navigate their application to become f...

Harrogate Town are set to pay tribute to a lifelong supporter this weekend before their match against Mansfield Town. Johnny Walker supported the club since the 1940's but sadly passed away recently, and so the club will have a minute's applause before the match. We caught up with Jordan Ford, President of the Supporter's Club to find out about Johnny and why he is considered a 'legend' among the...

Have you planned your work Christmas party? This podcast could be for you... Nick Hancock is finding out about the Christmas Cracker Ball on 2nd December at the West Park Hotel, raising funds for the Harrogate Homeless Project. CEO Francis McAllister explains how the monies raised will help and also how homeless is a big problem everywhere, including Harrogate...

Colin Philpott, a former BBC reporter and camera man, has made two special films about the history of Bishop Monkton! The two films look at the village's royal connections and the jubilee celebrations from Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Nick Hancock catches up with Colin on the latest episode of the Your Harrogate podcast!

In this spooky episode of the Your Harrogate Podcast, host Pete Egerton is speaking to Paul Forster from Harrogate Ghost Walk to hear about some very spooky goings-on in Harrogate! Have a listen, if you dare...

On this episode of the Your Harrogate Podcast, presenter Pete Egerton is finding out more about Knaresborough Town Ladies FC who have scored 62 goals in just 6 games in their inaugural season! Pete chats to Coach Mike Bligh and Ged Maloney, who is in charge of the ladies setup at the club. So how did the club start - and what’s behind their unbelievable early success?

The Northern Homebuilding and Renovating Show is set to return to Harrogate – and Your Harrogate listeners are being given the chance to go for free. Nick Hancock has been chatting to Paul Testa, Director at HEM Architects in Sheffield, to find out about this year’s show and why visitors are guaranteed to come away inspired, confident and motivated for their next project. The show will include exp...

We’re delighted to be joined by Tara and Paul from one of Harrogate’s most loved businesses… It’s Ake and Humphris Wine and Beer Merchants on Leeds Road! The duo join us to talk all things wine, including using their own expertise to help with gifts, tastings and even choosing wines for a whole wedding! We also hear about the history of the business and how it fared during lockdown, with home deli...

Nick Hancock is joined by Carol Malt, Account Director at Aon to hear more about their growing involvement in the local Harrogate community. We hear all about Aon as a company and their heavy involvement with Harrogate Town - including their sponsoring of their women's team! Carol tells us why they want to be more involved in the community and how it ties into their values as a business. Plus we h...

Nick Hancock visits Jennyruth Workshops in Ripon - a registered charity where adults who have learning disabilities are trained in a wide variety of skills. The workers produce and sell a range of quality gifts and products, developing craft skills in woodwork, painting, needlework, metalwork and card-making. Nick is chatting to a few of the workers to find out more about what they enjoy about the...