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November 3, 2020|Lifestyle

Jason Manford announces new Scarborough Spa date

Jason Manford has announced a new date for his forthcoming Scarborough show. Due to the start of his 'Like Me' tour being delayed, Jason has had to reschedule his visit to Scarborough Spa until 2022. He will now play the venue’s Grand Hall on Thursday 24th March 2022. All original tickets remain valid for the new 2022 show and ticket holders can contact their ticket provider to claim a refund if they cannot make the new date. Posting on twitter, Jason said: “Gutted to have to delay my ‘Like

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November 3, 2020|Business

She Can Prosper brings together women business leaders to discuss resilience

The pandemic has faced women with an even greater domestic burden and put a greater proportion of their jobs at risk in comparison to men. Many women continue to work from home and with children back and forth from school, they are having to juggle childcare and the everyday challenges of a busy career. In response to this, women’s financial wellness initiative, She Can Prosper is hosting an event around the importance of gaining resilience through your network to help you stay on top of your g

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November 3, 2020|Yorkshire-Kitchen

Souped up: UK’s top restaurant dishes recreated in new recipe book

Food fans can now re-create some of the most indulgent and luxurious soups from the UK’s top restaurants thanks to a free recipe book from Morphy Richards and MasterChef: The Professionals finalist Matt Healy. The award-winning chef, who runs his own Michelin-plate restaurant in Leeds, has joined forces with Morphy Richards to scour the menus of the most prestigious eateries across the UK, re-creating 10 of the most impressive soup recipes for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own home. Th

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November 2, 2020|Yorkshire-Kitchen

It's time to Harvest Broccoli and Brussel Sprouts

November is the month tidying up and preparing for winter. Now is the time to clear summer crops both inside your polytunnel/greenhouse and outside those summer crops that have produced. It’s a time to prepare the garden and or the allotment for the strong winds and poor weather of the winter. Make sure everything in your garden is in a state of good repair and can resist the strong winds that can do it damage. Keep tidying and scrubbing down surfaces and cleaning any pots that didn’t manage to

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November 2, 2020|Lifestyle

November gardening tips

It’s now getting a lot colder and there’s less daylight hours. But don’t put your garden to bed for the winter just yet! You can still pot up some colourful winter containers, start planning next year’s garden and of course, don’t forget to feed your garden birds! There’s still some colour to be found among leaves and berries. Winter-flowering shrubs such as Mahonia media hybrids, winter Honeysuckle and Viburnum Bodnantense will bring gorgeous fragrance to the short days. Try and spend a little

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November 2, 2020|Business

Holiday bookings helping Yorkshire animals in need

Huddersfield based travel agent Jetset Not Just Travel has teamed up with the local RSPCA branch to help raise money towards the £1.5m it needs to find every year to care for animals in need in Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford and district. The RSPCA animal centre, at Wade Street in Halifax town centre, takes in between 500 and 600 animals a year from the surrounding area and has to raise its own funds to provide expert care for the animals. When keen animal lovers Rachael and Colman Coyne, who

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November 2, 2020|Lifestyle

Punk Ass Poultry flocks to Leeds for city art project

An award-winning photographer is making the streets of Leeds his own art gallery walls in November, when he thrusts a flock of giant punk birds into the city centre. From Friday 30th October, the colourful Punk Ass Poultry exhibition will take flight in Leeds, with a bold takeover of over 100 billboard and poster drum sites. It's a unique street art project between Leeds photographer Angus Macdonald and LASSN (Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network), to raise much needed funds for the refugee c

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October 30, 2020|Health & Wellbeing

Never Hungry Again

Calderdale’s kind communities are uniting in their shared ambition to end child hunger in the borough for good. In response to national calls to extend free school meals beyond term times, organisations and individuals across Calderdale and the country are rallying to help, donating food and money to support the most disadvantaged children. Calderdale Council, the Community Foundation for Calderdale, The Piece Hall Trust and other partner organisations throughout the borough are proud to show t

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October 30, 2020|Health & Wellbeing

Pump up your beauty regime

Planning to carve up a pumpkin for Halloween? Why stop there? Spruce up (or start) your DIY beauty routine by adding pumpkin to the mix. These two recipes: a facial mask and a body scrub will leave you glowing and fresh. Pumpkin is beneficial not only for your health but also for your appearance. Pumpkin pulp is rich in alpha-hydroxy acids which help to moisturise skin, remove dead skin cells, treat acne, and firm and smooth. It is also full of vitamins A and C, which are both essential in p

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October 30, 2020|Yorkshire-Kitchen

Pumpkin Punch

Serve up a Halloween cocktail in style with this fun pumpkin punch recipe. Not only is the fruity, Caribbean-inspired cocktail delicious to drink on its own but serving it in a hollowed-out pumpkin is a great way to show your Halloween creativity and get the party started. • Serves 8 • 10 mins to prepare • 140 calories / serving Ingredients • 1 pumpkin • 400ml coconut rum • 200ml pomegranate juice • 200ml orange juice • 1 lime, juiced • 400ml ginger ale • ice, to serve • 2 oranges, sliced, to

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October 30, 2020|Travel and Environment

TUI launches winter 2021/22 and summer 2022 programmes

TUI UK has launched winter 2021 and 2022 holidays from Doncaster Sheffield and is set to put summer 2022 holidays on sale from 5th November, including thousands of free kids’ places, low deposits from £75 per person and £0 deposit on direct debit bookings made online on offer. This comes as 86% of customers surveyed in September said they expect to have gone on holiday again by next summer - reinforcing the growing appetite for future travel post Covid-19. With on-going travel corridor uncertai

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October 29, 2020|Business

Wakefield care home manager nominated in prestigious industry awards

A care home manager in Wakefield has been nominated for an award in one of the care sector’s most prestigious awards. Marsha Tuffin from Lofthouse Grange & Lodge in Lofthouse has been shortlisted in the Registered Manager category of The Great British Care Awards Yorkshire & Humber region - a series of regional events throughout the UK that celebrate excellence across the care sector. The purpose of the awards is to pay tribute to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding excellence w

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