The Stray Ferret spent the day at Harrogate Magistrates Court on Thursday (February 20). We sat through a full day of ...

Essential Needs, the Harrogate charity that works to combat 'furniture poverty', has teamed up with some of the area’s leading furniture stores to drive awareness and donations of second-hand ...

Readers’ Letters is a free weekly column giving you the chance to have your say on issues affecting the Harrogate district.

Environmental experts will take part in a free public meeting in Knaresborough this week on the latest plans to improve the River Nidd. Nidd Action Group has organised the drop-in session at the ...

This beautiful picture was captured over Burton Leonard this week. The photo was taken by Rodney Towers who waited for 20 ...

Harrogate Borough Council published a 10-year masterplan for Harrogate that promised to transform the town’s fortunes. A part of it lives on – just – in the form of ...

More than £7 million has been earmarked for 212 highways schemes across the Harrogate district over the coming year, a ...

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Councillors are set to meet to examine the benefits and risks to North Yorkshire of multi-million-pound battery energy storage plants. The move comes amid growing concerns from local residents and ...

Yemi Adelekan is a food writer and blogger who was a semi-finalist in the 2022 series of BBC TV’s Masterchef competition. Every Saturday Yemi writes on the Stray Ferret about her love of the area’s ...

Battle lines hardened this week between the two camps at war over the £12.1 million Harrogate Station Gateway scheme. The scheme, championed by North Yorkshire Council, represents either the biggest ...

We have some great country pubs on our patch. Many, sadly, are struggling so it was heartening to read that the couple behind ...