Plans to transform Harrogate Borough Council's former headquarters with a two-storey extension and rooftop restaurant have been approved five years after the authority vacated the building.
There are Harrogatonians living in almost every corner of the globe.Five of them tell the Stray Ferret about why they left, their favourite haunts in Harrogate from back in the day, and whether they would ever return.
Local councils across the Harrogate district are to be given the chance to take back control of public buildings and services under what has been described as a "golden opportunity" for communities.
The prospect of a new town council for Harrogate looks almost inevitable once a unitary authority takes over North Yorkshire in 2023 - the biggest shake up of local democracy in almost 50 years.