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Therapy sheep inspires local mum to create children's book
|Entrepreneurs

Therapy sheep inspires local mum to create children's book

A mum, author and therapist from Leeds is celebrating launching her third children’s book, and she hopes it will go best seller, and end up on the book shelves of children across the region, because her greatest wish is to use the income from her book sales to fund her therapy work - so that she can treat terminally ill people for free. Grace Olson, 51, from Moortown, is launching ‘Berel finds his wings’, the third children’s story inspired by her therapy sheep, at The Little Bookshop in Chape

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Countdown is on to Springtime Live 2025
|Fashion and Lifestyle

Countdown is on to Springtime Live 2025

Tickets are now on sale for the hugely popular Springtime Live on Saturday April 5th, which invites families with young children to celebrate the best of farming and the countryside. Springtime Live is hosted by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, organisers of the Great Yorkshire Show and held on the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate. Star attractions are farm animals such as sheep and pigs, heavy horses and tractor trailer rides, as well as pedal tractors, Diggerland and interactive se

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Sisters go into partnership to acquire fine-dining restaurant
|Entrepreneurs

Sisters go into partnership to acquire fine-dining restaurant

Sisters Alice Smith and Lily Brooke Day have fulfilled their lifelong dream of owning a restaurant business, after acquiring the popular Brook’s fine-dining eatery in Brighouse. Brook’s on Bradford Road in the town was opened in 1989 and has built up a strong reputation amongst food lovers as one of the best independent restaurants in West Yorkshire. Having previously worked for Ultimate Finance and Aldermore Bank, Alice is swapping her 16-year career in business finance to co-own the restau

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Urban Splash appoints new development manager
|Business

Urban Splash appoints new development manager

Award-winning regeneration company Urban Splash has announced the appointment of Sian Stanhope as development manager, further strengthening its commitment to creating new homes and workspaces in Sheffield. Sian will play a key role in two major Urban Splash projects in the city. The first includes the final phases of the iconic Park Hill redevelopment. Urban Splash has transformed the Grade II-listed brutalist landmark into a vibrant community with hundreds of new homes, amenities, and thousa

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Tykes Restaurant marks 20th anniversary with interior redesign & new menu
|Fashion and Lifestyle

Tykes Restaurant marks 20th anniversary with interior redesign & new menu

Tykes Restaurant at Sandburn Hall, near York, has been fully redesigned and refurbished to mark the 20th anniversary of this ‘popular and much loved’ restaurant. Tykes is part of the 1,000 acre Sandburn Hall estate seven miles from York that includes the 40-bedroom Sandburn Hall Hotel, Sandburn Hall Golf Club and Grand Function Room that comprise one of Yorkshire’s leading hospitality, golf, wedding, events and business venues. “Since we opened Tykes in 2005, it has established itself as one

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Employment Bill will wreak havoc on our already fragile economy, say small firms
|Business

Employment Bill will wreak havoc on our already fragile economy, say small firms

Small firms are tightening their belts on jobs, with potential changes that will expand the grounds for unfair dismissal and higher sick pay costs at the top of their list of worries, research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows. New data shows that in the last quarter of 2024, 33 per cent of small employers said they expect to reduce staff, up from 17 per cent in the previous quarter. Fewer businesses are also looking to hire – with only 10 per cent of small employers planni

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Afternoon Tea with Lexus + Harvey Nichols
|Fashion and Lifestyle

Afternoon Tea with Lexus + Harvey Nichols

Join us for a delicious afternoon tea with Lexus and Harvey Nichols on Tuesday 18th March as we celebrate Mother's Day in the Fourth Floor Brasserie We have two sittings, 12 noon or 2.30pm. There will be a fabulous selection of sandwiches and cakes as well as scones and clotted cream. We will also be joined by Charlotte Tilbury and MFK with treats and gift sets. Why not bring along your Mum, or come yourself for great networking opportunities. Places are limited, so be sure to book early a

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A brass concert and portraits exhibition with comedian Bill Bailey
|Fashion and Lifestyle

A brass concert and portraits exhibition with comedian Bill Bailey

BBC Arts’ Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey and a BBC Radio 2 Loves Brass concert are just some of the latest creative and cultural highlights to come from the BBC to mark Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. With the eagerly anticipated year of UK City of Culture now in fully swing, the new BBC content celebrates the vibrant culture, rich heritage, and dynamic creativity of Bradford. The paintings and sculpture from the new series of Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey will be exhi

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Northern Ballet brings literary heroine, Jane Eyre, back to the region
|Fashion and Lifestyle

Northern Ballet brings literary heroine, Jane Eyre, back to the region

Audiences can join one of literature’s most iconic heroines on a journey of resilience, romance and redemption as Northern Ballet’s critically acclaimed Jane Eyre heads to two Yorkshire theatres this spring as part of a new national tour. The production opens at Leeds Grand Theatre from 14 – 22 March and at Sheffield Lyceum Theatre from 22 – 26 April. Based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë, Northern Ballet will bring this beautiful love story to life with heart-stirring choreography and live m

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The 3 Acres reveals first look at new bedroom schemes following fire
|Fashion and Lifestyle

The 3 Acres reveals first look at new bedroom schemes following fire

The 3 Acres has shared a first look at three luxury interior schemes for its new bedrooms ahead of reopening in May. Owner Tom Truelove and wife, Lauren, have shared the schemes that will feature in three of the eight bedrooms being refurbished following severe fire damage on Boxing Day 2023. Lauren explained: “The refurbishment of The 3 Acres following the fire has provided us with the opportunity to create beautiful new schemes in eight of our sixteen bedrooms that truly reflect the ambian

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East Yorkshire poultry business creates new role in the operations team
|Business

East Yorkshire poultry business creates new role in the operations team

A Middleton on the Wolds based family poultry business has created a new role in its operations team to support its growing business. Stania Peris has joined the team at Soanes Poultry as an Operations Quality Management and ETP (Effluent Treatment Plant) Technician. Stania has relocated from Manchester to take up the new role, where she will assume responsibility for production specifications, label control, ETP testing and staff induction management. Specifically, she will ensure that our

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Meet the Bradford district’s first female gritter driver
|Business

Meet the Bradford district’s first female gritter driver

Meet Nikki Francis the Bradford district’s first female gritter driver. At 55 Nikki who lives in Queensbury, an area of Bradford famous for its harsh winters, will become the district’s first female gritter driver. When not gritting she’s is a stock control officer for the council’s Highways and Street Lighting team and has worked for Bradford Council since 2003. Nikki has recently passed her Urban Driving apprenticeship and has obtained her Category C (heavy goods) licence, and following th

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