Council leader dismisses call for new system to run authorityTories accused of attempting to ‘gag’ opposition parties in North YorkshireCouncillors stage mass walk-out in protest at ‘undemocratic’ ‘pantomime’ politicsYorkshire Water criticised for using straw bales to clean-up Nidd pollutionCouncillor calls on Harrogate Spring Water to submit fresh plansWATCH: Community singalong to celebrate return of Knaresborough landTears of joy as Knaresborough land returns to the public after 250 years‘Scrap tactical voting’, says North Yorkshire voting reform groupGreens say results reinforce the need for voting reformWetherby and Easingwold: Arnold Warneken, Green Party