John Plummer

1 week ago | buff.ly | John Plummer

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. North Yorkshire Council’s finance chief Councillor Gareth Dadd has said the authority is not currently in financial crisis — but warned the situation could worsen.

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

This article gives a flavour of some of the approximately 100 articles we publish each week, all focused exclusively on the Harrogate district. To access all the links, please subscribe here. It costs just 14p a day and means you are supporting independent local journalism. Imagine 30,000 people crammed into Knaresborough for the town’s annual bed race at a time when several escaped snakes were on the loose.

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

This article is free to read. We publish around 100 articles a week, all focused exclusively on the Harrogate district. To have access to all of them, and to support independent local journalism, please subscribe here. It costs as little as 14p a day. Reader Syd Bell captured this fabulous image of the summer solstice over the Stray in Harrogate this morning. Today is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. The sun rose at 4.34am and will set at 9.42pm.

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

It costs as little as 14p a day to subscribe to the Stray Ferret. You get access to about 100 articles a week focused exclusively on local news. Please support independent local journalism and subscribe here. The Stray Ferret was the first to report the news that councillor Keane Duncan had resigned as North Yorkshire Council’s highways chief this month. Rarely a week has gone by in the past few years when Cllr Duncan hasn’t been in the Stray Ferret.

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

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. Reform UK secured its second seat on North Yorkshire Council last night when its candidate Tom Seston secured almost two-thirds of the vote.