The Home & Garden Show

Almost £6 billion pounds are spend every year on Christmas TV adverts, and generally they make their money back eight times over. But one of our very own local companies is going national for the first time ever… Bettys! Patrick Dunlop went to talk to Dan jeffrey – brand communications manager about it. https://www.strayfm.com/news/local-news/2423914/watch-bettys-reveal-first-ever-tv-ad-teaser/

Alice Sofield talks to Pam Grant from Harrogate in Bloom, Mayor of Harrogate Clr Anne Jones and James and Nicky Cain from Harrogate Spring Water about their gold award with Britain in Bloom.

Bonfire night can be a scary time of year for pets, so the Vet Hospital has a few tips which will help keep your animals happier during the firework bangs and whistles.

Will Smith from Stray FM heard safety advice from the Harrogate Safer Neighbourhood Teams PC Amanda Hanish Moore.

Gearing your house up for Winter? Or making sure your hot water strays hot all year round? Here are 5 top tips which could help if your house runs on a fuel tank thanks to Kettlewell Fuels.

It might not sound possible... but thanks to Heating Style it is!

Erica Berry Flowers are making people feel good by giving out flowers and asking them how it makes them feel! There is also a special festive event coming up.

The Home HiFi Show is a family event that comes to Harrogate on 21/22nd Oct featuring some of the best sound systems in the world! But this is one for everyone with supercars on display, whiskey tasting, an art and photography exhibition and 10,000 vinyl records for sale! Hear what it’s all about…https://www.strayfm.com/news/family/2396694/harrogate-event-is-celebrating-sound-like-never-before/

The Vet Hospital has a list of items that could be huge health risk to your animal.

The Vet Hospital are also on the show with some top tips on making sure your pets are stay fit and well - say no to obese pets!

A few months ago Aquascapes and Landscaping launched a sunflower growing competition with school children across the Stray FM area and we're hearing from the winners.

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Got any horror stories after your boiler or central heating broke down? Hear some of the worst, and find out how Heating Style advises you stay warm over the next few months.

Otley will be celebrating one it's most famous historic residents - furniture maker Thomas Chippendale! Pieces of his furniture have sold for £4 million in the past so if there's a chance you have some any old Chippendale furniture lying around the house... get searching quick!

The odds of finding love is 1 in 562, which is actually quite low when you consider the odds of having identical twins is 1 in 250. Rachel Riley from Countdown has been using maths and science to boost the chances of finding love...

75,000 people will descend on Bramham Park this weekend for Leeds Festival – whether you’ve got yourself a ticket or dropped a teenager off at the gate, there are some big bands on this year so we’ve got a run down.

You do it regularly for yourself, but rarely for your pet... and they really wish you would! The Vet Hospital spills the beans on this health risk for you dogs, cats and rabbits.

Do you have a garden pond? If you've got fish in there you might know a thing or two about keeping a pond in good condition, but for keeps of Koi Carp (one of the most expensive fish you can have!) you'll want to hear what Aquascapes and Landscaping have to say about pond life.

This week was judgement week for Harrogate in the Champion of Champions, but what did judges and organisers have to say about how it went?

Local business Heating Style based in Keighley has been making the most of young talent over the past year and has hired two apprentices, Stacy and Teona (TEE-owner) talk about their experience in the world of radiators including a trip to Poland!

From moving 22ft long yachts to range rovers, from storing shoes to keeping house plants alive, Evans International can handle pretty much any removal issue. We took a visit to their warehouse in Melmerby, Ripon to see what treasures awaited...

Hear the incredible and heartbreaking story of this years Stray LHA Parent / Guardian of the year Award - Clare Senior. After adopting three children and going through an unbelievably tough few years, she now knows exactly what she's here for... to be a mother.

If it's 22 degrees out side, within an hour your car will have reached an unbearable 47 degrees. This is hot enough to kill your dog. The Vet Hospital have some advice for pet owners and also what you should do if you see a dog in danger.

Haresign Bespoke have been very busy at the Great Yorkshire Show with show jumps and horse box bars…

Are the days of a holiday being all about sunbathing and doing nothing over? More and more people are opting for a different kind of holiday... but doing what?

We're going through the keyhole and into the garden of former England cricketer Ryan Sidebottom. What does a pro sports person want from a garden? Aquascapes and Landscaping give us exclusive access. CLIP: And when you're behind the scenes you can find out allsorts, including an unexpected hobby for a cricketer...

What one thing can you change in any room to give it a transformation? Heating Style give us a room by room guide...

Red sauce or brown sauce, Yorkshire or Lancashire... tonight we're talk cats or dogs!

Fancy jazzing up your lounge or bedroom but don't want to pay through the nose? The Home Company in Skipton might have just the thing.

#flowers #sandithom

Do we as a nation have a lack of sewing skills? Is it now becoming cool to sew? Warning: This might have you in stitches. Tom Harland talks to Jax Jones from London College of Fashion.

June is National Microchipping month and for dog owners it's actually a legal requirement! But why? And should you bother if you're a cat or rabbit person rather than a dog person? The Vet Hospital has all the advice.

If you moved house, what weird and wonderful items would you have to move from A to B? We're not talking the standard three piece suites, furniture and your collection of coats... we visit one family moving house in Harrogate who have something out of the ordinary to get from one house to another.

Haresign Bespoke do joinery and furniture creation like no one else. We hear from the owner of the Acorn Retreat near Brimham Rocks who used Haresign Bespoke to bring her interior design dreams to life...

These boys have some tips!

Have you painted your radiators? Do you know what this is doing to your heating bills?? Heating Style talk about going green with lots of good tips.

Harrogate Spring water are big supporters of community focused projects, and this year they're getting on board with Harrogate in Bloom... but this is no ordinary year for the town...

If you buy flowers to display in your home, how can you get them looking as good as the Chelsea Flower Show? How about asking the five time medal winning florists at Erica Berry?

#oohthatslovely

If you live in a terraced or semi-detached house or an apartment, you've probably heard your neighbours through the wall before - but what happens when it becomes too much? Ikoustic Sound Proofing helped a couple who were about to move house it was so bad! https://www.strayfm.com/news/health/2292367/how-much-do-you-know-about-your-neighbours/