John Grainger

North Yorkshire

Senior Journalist at The Stray Ferret

Journalist. European, head and heart. Views my own.

Articles

Harrogate and Knaresborough MP calls for u-turn on government's PIP reforms

4 days ago | thestrayferret.co.uk | John Grainger

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Boundary Commission seeks views on radical shake-up of electoral areas in Harrogate district

4 days ago | thestrayferret.co.uk | John Grainger

In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. Subscription costs less than £1 a week with an annual plan. Already a subscriber? Log in here. The public’s views are being sought on a radical boundary shake-up that is likely to affect nearly every electoral division in North Yorkshire.
Harrogate pub shuts, but exiting landlord hopes to see it reopen soon

5 days ago | thestrayferret.co.uk | John Grainger

One of Harrogate’s best-loved community pubs closed its doors last night after its tenants announced their departure. Mike and Donna Schofield took the reins at the Shepherd’s Dog on Harlow Hill in 2013 and developed the pub into a thriving local hub. But Mr Schofield said that recent developments have made the business too challenging to continue. He told the Stray Ferret:It’s been the victim of circumstances, really.
BT to remove most of district's last public phone boxes

1 week ago | thestrayferret.co.uk | John Grainger

In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. Subscription costs less than £1 a week with an annual plan. Already a subscriber? Log in here. Many of the last public phone boxes in the district are to be removed as part of a region-wide rationalisation exercise by BT.
Award just part of USask professor’s teaching evolution - News

1 week ago | news.usask.ca | John Grainger

Brandy Mackintosh (BComm’97) is an associate professor in the Edwards School of Business at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), where she teaches introductory and intermediate financial accounting and external auditing. She has also taught advanced financial accounting at the undergraduate and graduate level. Mackintosh has an undergraduate accounting degree and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), CA (Canada). Prior to joining USask, she worked as an audit manager at Deloitte.
Teenage drug-dealer jailed for peddling heroin and cocaine in Harrogate

1 week ago | thestrayferret.co.uk | John Grainger

In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. Subscription costs less than £1 a week with an annual plan. Already a subscriber? Log in here. A teenager who became a major player in a lucrative Class A drugs racket has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Joshua Roy Thorpe, 18, played an “operational or management” role in a drug network supplying heroin and cocaine in Harrogate.
Water levels continuing to fall, says Yorkshire Water

1 week ago | thestrayferret.co.uk | John Grainger

In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. Subscription costs less than £1 a week with an annual plan. Already a subscriber? Log in here. The rain that finally fell across the district over the bank holiday weekend was not enough to raise water levels in our reservoirs, Yorkshire Water has warned.
Busy Harrogate road closed for a week

1 week ago | thestrayferret.co.uk | John Grainger

In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. Subscription costs less than £1 a week with an annual plan. Already a subscriber? Log in here. A stretch of Cold Bath Road in Harrogate is closed until next week for electricity works. The road is closed around its junction with Valley Drive, which is also closed to traffic.
Sunshine becomes vital new ingredient in Theakston's brewing process

1 week ago | thestrayferret.co.uk | John Grainger

This article is free to read. Help support independent local journalism at the Stary Ferret by subscribing for as little as 14p per day. You can do so here. Theakston's brewery is breaking with tradition to add a new ingredient – sunshine – to its beer-making process. The Masham-based family firm has installed 205 solar panels to its south-facing buildings to help power the Georgian-era brewery.
The man behind the mosque: the Californian engineer building bridges between communities

1 week ago | thestrayferret.co.uk | John Grainger

Anyone who has been following the progress of Harrogate’s mosque closely will be familiar with Zahed Amanullah. He’s become the unofficial spokesman for the town’s Muslim community as it builds a ‘spiritual home’ on Belford Road, where people can gather and worship. But anyone who knows a little about his work will appreciate that his efforts on behalf of the Harrogate Islamic Association are just one very small part of a workload that is mostly international and very high-level.