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February 24, 2020|Fashion and Lifestyle

Could style swaps be part of a sustainable fashion solution?

How often do you clear out your wardrobe? I don’t have space to keep everything in mine all year round so find myself swapping my wardrobe over every season. It’s therapeutic and something I gain a great deal of pleasure from; unpacking clothes that you’ve forgotten about and putting away those pieces that you’ve worn to death over the winter. I love fashion and have always enjoyed that feeling of coming home with something new and playing dress up to see how you can style it but has the current

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February 24, 2020|News

Hospices are my vocation, says new head of fundraising

Bluebell Wood’s new head of fundraising Samantha Wood brings a wealth of experience to her role at the North Anston children’s hospice. At the age of 33, Sam has successfully grown income and developed fundraising events at seven hospices across the region. She joins Bluebell Wood from Lindsey Lodge Hospice in North Lincolnshire and is delighted to be back in South Yorkshire. She is a former Head of Fundraising and Communications at Rotherham Hospice and describes the level of public support

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February 21, 2020|What's on

Malton Food Lovers Festival

Stall holder applications are now open. One of the UK’s biggest foodie events, the Malton Food Lovers Festival returns to the Yorkshire market town of Malton for its twelfth year in 2020 – and for the first time, due to popular demand, it will run over three days from the 23rd – 25th May, for a gastronomical celebration that will welcome thousands of visitors from across the country. The centrepiece of the Festival is its unrivalled Producers’ Market, home to over 160 of the finest food and dr

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February 21, 2020|What's on

FREE Online Panel Discussion: Celebrating International Women's Day

**The future is exciting. The Future is Female! ** Wednesday 18th March 12pm - 2.00pm FL is delighted to present Their annual celebration of International Women’s Day. An equal world is an enabled world. How will you help forge a gender-equal world? Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality. Everyone has a part to play. Now, more than ever, there's a strong call-to-action for being equal. This is a call to motivate and inspire friends, colleagues a

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February 21, 2020|Fashion and Lifestyle

York Fashion Week

Maxwell Scott, the luxury leather goods company from York, will this year be one of the companies to kick-off York Fashion Week on 20th March. They will be holding a champagne reception at the Grand Hotel between 5pm and 8pm and TopicUK editor Gill Laidler and business executive Mandy Taylor will be amongst the guests. However, that's not the only event, amongst the many taking place, Browns will be holding a fashion and beauty showcase, there will be a night at The Mansion House with Thimbelin

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February 20, 2020|News

Kate Swinscoe promoted to Group head of marketing

Kate Swinscoe, former marketing manager of automotive FinTech, DealTrak, has been promoted to the role of Group head of marketing for the wider AutoProtect Group (APG). Following DealTrak’s addition to APG’s existing portfolio of motor assets in December 2019, this newly created position will see Kate oversee the marketing and brand strategy for AutoProtect, DealTrak, i-Comply and Shine! Having joined Leeds-headquartered DealTrak in March 2019, Kate will now split her time between APG’s platfo

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February 20, 2020|Health & Wellbeing

Yoga sessions for shoppers at Trinity Leeds

Stressed-out shoppers can relax and unwind with special yoga sessions at Trinity Leeds. After-work yoga sessions will include warm-ups to release tension and tightness, standing poses to strengthen and stretch, and deep relaxation with an optional mini neck and shoulder massage, using Neal’s Yard soothing essential oils. The yoga classes will be held at Clicks and Mortar on the lower level of Trinity Leeds, every Thursday at 6pm, from now until March 26th. Clicks and Mortar is run by small bu

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February 19, 2020|Lifestyle

Tour de Yorkshire land art and best dressed competitions launched

Schools, community groups, businesses and landowners are being encouraged to think big and get creative with the launch of the Tour de Yorkshire Land Art and Best Dressed competitions! The Land Art competition recognises the efforts of those people who create the giant artworks which line the route each year. These stunning pieces are now a key feature of the race and include a whole host of wacky and wonderful creations. Last year’s winning design for instance, featured a winking goose and tur

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February 19, 2020|Health & Wellbeing

Move over Botox

Move over Botox there's a new treatment in town, except it's not exactly new but an ancient Chinese acupuncture treatment that all the celebrities are raving about. It’s certainly proving popular in the states with Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashley Graham and Kim Kardashian posting selfies on their social media with needles all over their faces. Samantha McNamara runs the Acupuncture place in Pocklington and has had an extensive career in the beauty industry, what impressed me most was her dedication and

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February 18, 2020|What's on

Cabaret returns to Leeds Grand Theatre

Kander and Ebb’s landmark musical CABARET returns to Leeds Grand Theatre from Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7 March 2020. Directed by Rufus Norris and produced by Bill Kenwright, CABARET tells the tale of A young American writer, Cliff Bradshaw, and his relationship with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles. It features some of the most iconic songs in musical theatre, including Money Makes the World Go Round, Two Ladies, Maybe This Time and Cabaret. John Partridge, winner of Celebrity MasterChef 20

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February 18, 2020|News

Danni Hewson set for Kirklees Business Conference

Danni Hewson, the voice of business on BBC 5 Live, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Kirklees Business Conference. The conference is organised by the Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce and returns to the John Smith’s Stadium in Huddersfield on 18 March 2020. Danni hosts BBC 5 Live’s flagship business programme, Wake Up To Money, and unpicks complex consumer issues during the drivetime show. A large part of her career was spent reporting and presenting for BBC Look North as their award

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February 17, 2020|Lifestyle

Kay Mellor’s ‘The Syndicate’ returns to BBC1 and goes Stateside

BBC and Rollem Productions’ are delighted to announce a new stand-alone series of the critically acclaimed and hugely popular BBC One drama The Syndicate from the pen of the BAFTA award-winning writer Kay Mellor (creator of Band of Gold, Fat Friends, In The Club and Girlfriends). When the owners of Woodvale Kennels announce they are selling the business to a larger company, the staff are devastated to realise they may well be out of a job. As the team’s future is thrown into question the weekl

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