Pet ferret found roaming city street after escaping from its home

Noodle, a pet ferret, performed an escape from its home into the depths of Magdalen Street, giving Lisa Cave quite the fright on a quiet Sunday evening.

Ms Cave, who was strolling the street at about 6.30pm, waiting to pick up her partner in the city, said she spotted a strange “white thing” scurrying around.

She said: “At first I thought it was a rat.