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September 14, 2020|Lifestyle

Leeds people urged to help city stay out of further restrictions

People in Leeds have been asked to do everything they can to help after today’s government announcement that the city will not be subject to further COVID-19 restrictions and will instead receive enhanced support towards managing the rise in infection rates. This means that Leeds will move up one stage from being placed on the government watchlist last week as an area of concern, as the seven-day rate now stands 66 per 100,000 people with a test positivity of 6%. Enhanced support status means

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September 11, 2020|Lifestyle

German Christmas Market will not take place in Leeds

The organisers of Leeds’s German Christmas market on Millennium Square have confirmed that the event will not take place this year due to ongoing uncertainty around COVID-19. Leeds City Council’s partners at Frankfurt City Council have this week taken the difficult decision to cancel this year’s event in the interests of public safety. The council will now be working with partners locally to look at alternative ways to celebrate the festive season safely in Leeds, in line with social distancin

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September 11, 2020|Lifestyle

Music and media stars launch search for song for Yorkshire

Welcome to Yorkshire, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) and award-winning classical opera singer Lizzie Jones MBE have launched a brand-new music competition to help celebrate and promote the county as we all adapt to life with COVID-19. The LNER Song for Yorkshire contest is aimed at aspiring singers and songwriters of all ages who are being invited to compose an original song to shout loud and proud about why the county is such a great place to live, study, work and of course to visit. Lea

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September 11, 2020|Yorkshire-Kitchen

Eat Me Café & Social

By Anna Mason Do you have a place you go to eat where you always order the same dish? Mine is Eat Me Café in Scarborough, and that dish is a ramen noodle bowl: a bottomless pit of homemade broth with pak choi, Chinese leaf and a soy half egg, usually with fried tofu, but occasionally, chicken. Almost 20 years ago fresh out of studies, I worked as an English teacher in Taiwan and the food was often - interesting. For six months I basically rotated between noodle cafes, Subway and the Teppanya

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September 9, 2020|Lifestyle

Leeds Heritage Theatres receives National Lottery grant

Leeds Heritage Theatres has received £119,900 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help address the impact of COVID-19 on its three heritage venues. Since the doors to Leeds Grand Theatre, City Varieties Music Hall and Hyde Park Picture House closed on March 17 2020, the company has lost 99% of its income (earned through ticket, bar and merchandise sales), and furloughed 96% of staff; with a small team being kept on to manage customer refunds, reschedule performances and maintain necessar

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September 9, 2020|Lifestyle

High hopes for word perfect rooftop restoration project

When notoriously shrewd Yorkshire investor Sir Arthur Ingram first commissioned the imposing lettering atop Temple Newsam House almost four centuries ago, he certainly got his money’s worth. Thought to be the wordiest architectural addition of its kind anywhere in Britain, the lengthy statement still spans the rooftop today and is one of the mansion’s most recognisable features. So when staff at the house decided the mammoth motto needed a lick of paint, they wanted to get an up close look to

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September 8, 2020|Lifestyle

Girl on Pause

Girl on Pause is a new feature for Yorkshire Businesswoman by Beth Brown. In her opening blog, Beth explains why she began what she describes as her 'inner ramblings' during lockdown and will feature regularly here on our website. We hope you are looking forward as much as us to her regular blogs. A little bit about me… Welcome to Girl on Pause. First of all, thank you for taking the time to read my random thoughts, it really does mean so much. My name is Beth, I’m 22 and living between Leed

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September 7, 2020|Lifestyle

Nile Rodgers & CHIC + Rebecca Ferguson

Live at The Piece Hall, Halifax. Friday 18th June 2021 Disco is coming to the Dale! One of the world's greatest artists comes to Halifax for an unforgettable outdoor show at The Piece Hall. The Live at The Piece Hall Series continues to ascend to new heights for 2021, with the inclusion of an outdoor performance from one of the music industry’s most influential acts of all time, Nile Rodgers & CHIC. Nile Rodgers & CHIC will come to Halifax on Friday 18th June, bringing with them a world-ren

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September 4, 2020|Lifestyle

Yorkshire Wildlife Park has welcomed an extremely cute and unexpected new arrival

The Visayan Warty Piglet is already wowing visitors after stepping out into the reserve for the first time – obediently following mum Trish. He was joined by dad Troy and their five other piglets, who were born in 2018. His arrival on 10th July was a big shock to rangers - Trish had showed no signs of being pregnant. A solitary piglet is very rare - litters of three or four are the normal for the species. Greg Clifton, Team Leader said: ‘Our young piglet’s arrival was a complete surprise to u

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September 3, 2020|Lifestyle

XPO Logistics discovers bird power with The Flock

The Barnsley based Fulfilment Centre of XPO Logistics, which delivers ASOS fashion and accessories to 90 different countries around the world by plane, train and truck, is now embracing bird power! The Little Houghton-based division of XPO, a leading global provider of transport and logistics solutions, is joining The Flock, a major community art installation at Wentworth Woodhouse in Rotherham, recording people’s memories of COVID-19 lockdown. The Flock will be made up of 10,000 small wooden

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September 2, 2020|Lifestyle

Superstar Ronan Keating will be roaring into Yorkshire Wildlife Park

The singer and former frontman of Boyzone will headline on Saturday, August 21, as part of stellar line-up for next summer. Keating, whose latest album Twenty Twenty hit the No.2 spot in the charts, has been an international icon for 20 years since bursting onto the pop scene with the group which notched up six No.1 UK singles and selling 25 million records. His solo material has sold 20 million records worldwide with two back-to-back No.1s and his hits 'Life is a Rollercoaster' and 'When You

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August 27, 2020|Travel and Environment

A Global Brew

By Phillipa Kaye From a Portuguese Princess to India to the world’s most popular brew to somewhat unexpected forays of tourism. The journey of tea might not be quite what you expect! ‘Stick the kettle on,’ must be one of the most used sentences amongst the British population. We are renowned for our love of tea; the problems of the world, our latest relationship disaster, the dog chewing up our favourite pair of heels, the kids driving us round the bend, all seem a little bit better when we’

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