Stray Ferret

Stray Ferret

The Stray Ferret shop front
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Online newspaper
Founder(s)	Tamsin O'Brien
Editor-in-chief	John Plummer
General manager	Tamsin O'Brien
Founded	9 January 2020; 4 years ago (2020-01-09)
Political alignment	Independent
Headquarters	5 Cambridge Crescent, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Country	United Kingdom
Website	thestrayferret.co.uk
Free online archives	Subscription
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The Stray Ferret, known locally as The Ferret, is a daily online newspaper, serving Harrogate, Ripon, Knaresborough, Boroughbridge, Pateley Bridge and Masham in North Yorkshire, England. It was established in 2020 by Tamsin O'Brien and Chris Bentley, and has a bricks and mortar newsroom and shop front in Cambridge Crescent, Harrogate. This news outlet provides local and political information, and investigations of environmental subjects such as river pollution, air pollution and light pollution. In 2024 the newspaper's online platform changed from free access to subscriber access.