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Weekend Away: Northumberland: Where Ewe’ll Be Warmly Welcomed!
The challenges, soaring costs and constant changes to overseas travel restrictions are prompting more people to seek out the beauty of the British Isles to recharge their batteries. Our Time for Life Correspondent, Sharon Cain, highlights why Northumberland’s diverse offerings and sensory delights will ignite, inspire imaginations and satiate appetites. …
Pastel-painted beach huts: Amble Marina.
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Weekend Food & Drink: Yorkshire Duo Raising A Cheers To World Gin…
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Motorhome ‘Rental’ Platform Launches In UK…
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£3.4 Million To Expand The Duke Of Edinburgh's Award In Schools…
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Weekend Food & Drink: Honest’s Oozy Burger Aims To Get Diners Rethinking…
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£3.4 Million To Expand The Duke Of Edinburgh's Award In Schools
More pupils from the most deprived areas of England will be able to start The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award thanks to a funding boost of £3.4 million from Government, helping more young people to access volunteering and extra-curricular learning. In the week that would have marked the late Duke of Edinburgh’s…
10:38 AM 13th June 2021
Weekend Feature: Racing’s Ahead At Ripon Racecourse
Ripon Races
Sonia Price takes time out to look round Ripon Racecourse. If you’re wearied by these high-caution times and long for an altogether gentler and leisurely time, diverted by the most beautiful horses and convivial people, then Ripon Races is a good bet. At the point of writing, the June 2021 meetings are…
4:00 AM 12th June 2021
Royal Navy Delivers 75 Tonnes Of Aid To Caribbean Island
RFA Wave Knight has delivered 75 tonnes of aid to St Vincent following the recent volanic eruption.
The Royal Navy has delivered 75 tonnes of crucial aid to Commonwealth citizens whose lives have been thrown into turmoil by a volcano. Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ship RFA Wave Knight offloaded 139 pallets of emergency assistance in St Vincent – the Caribbean island badly affected by the unexpected and…
10:10 AM 13th June 2021
G7 Leaders To Agree Landmark Global Health Declaration: 12 June 2021
G7 leaders will commit to using all their resources to prevent a global pandemic from ever happening again when they meet in Cornwall today (Saturday). The world’s leading democracies are expected to agree the ‘Carbis Bay Declaration’, an historic statement setting out a series of concrete commitments to prevent any repeat…
10:31 AM 12th June 2021
The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021
The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021 demonstrates the extraordinary efforts made by individuals in all four nations of the United Kingdom during the pandemic. The List includes those who have worked throughout the crisis, putting others before themselves - from caring neighbours, frontline and community heroes, to those supporting the UK…
9:18 AM 12th June 2021
Weekend Food & Drink: Yorkshire Duo Raising A Cheers To World Gin Day
A G&T is hard to improve upon - but a Yorkshire duo believe that have done it with a boozy gin and tonic cake! Just when you thought gin could not get any better, two North Yorkshire businesses have paired-up to create a twist on the classic tipple for World Gin…
4:12 AM 12th June 2021
Weekend Food & Drink: Honest’s Oozy Burger Aims To Get Diners Rethinking Blue Cheese
Honest Burgers has swapped Stilton for Blacksticks Blue cheese in a new partnership with fourth generation family cheesemakers, Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses. In a bid to raise the bar for foodies and convert more people to the ‘blue side’, Honest Burgers and Butlers are inviting diners to rethink any moldy misconceptions with…
4:08 AM 12th June 2021
Weekend Feature: Spencer Group Project On Historic Suspension Bridge Wins Coveted Industry Award
Linking the island of Anglesey and the Welsh mainland, Menai is the world’s second oldest operational vehicular suspension bridge. All photos: The Spencer Group
A high-profile project delivered by bridges maintenance and refurbishment specialist Spencer Group on one of the world’s most historic crossings has claimed a prestigious award. The Hull-based engineering business has received industry recognition for a project it is delivering to replace footpath panels on the iconic Menai Suspension Bridge. The project claimed…
4:06 AM 12th June 2021
Weekend Arts: Ferens Art Gallery Exhibition Exploring Hull’s LGBTQ+ History
Ferens Art Gallery will host a new exhibition this summer celebrating Hull’s LGBTQ+ history and documenting people’s experiences of being part of LGBTQ+ communities in the city. The exhibition will build upon an online exhibition that launched during lockdown and is still available to view on the Humber Museums Partnership website. Pride…
4:05 AM 12th June 2021
Weekend Surfing: Swell Places To Surf On The Yorkshire Coast
Surfing in Scarborough
Sixty years since The Beach Boys’ first hit, Surfin’ (1961) and surfing is now one of the fastest growing sports in the UK, with the Yorkshire Coast a hotspot for surfers and water sports. With breaks rivalling Cornwall and the Southwest, and top-quality surf schools, including the UK’s oldest paddleboard…
4:03 AM 12th June 2021
Highest Housing Gap Since 2013, Reported: Tips For Buyers And Sellers
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned that the gap between supply and demand in the housing market is the highest it has been since 2013. 32% of those in the property industry reported an increase in people looking to buy. But 21% of property professionals reported a…
4:00 AM 12th June 2021
Over 70 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Administered In UK
-Over 70 million COVID-19 vaccines have now been administered to adults in the UK, the latest figures published today (Friday 11 June) show, as the vaccination programme continues at unprecedented pace and scale. With 70,253,625 doses administered in total, 41,088,485 people across the UK have now been vaccinated with a first…
6:45 PM 11th June 2021
Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19 Variants Identified In UK - 11 June 2021
Latest updates on SARS-CoV-2 variants detected in UK. Public Health England (PHE) releases weekly updates on the number of confirmed new cases of variants of concern and variants under investigation identified in the UK. Rapid genotyping test speeds up availability of Delta data as cases continue to rise Novel genotyping tests are being…
3:39 PM 11th June 2021
UK To Donate 100 Million Coronavirus Vaccine Doses
The UK will donate 100 million surplus coronavirus vaccine doses to the world within the next year, the Prime Minister has announced today (11 June 2021). The pledge comes ahead of the G7 Summit, which begins in Cornwall today. Last week the Prime Minister asked fellow G7 leaders to help vaccinate…
10:14 AM 11th June 2021
Opinion
It's Coming Home
Roger Winterbottom
Features Writer
The England football team has probably rarely had a better chance to do well in the European Championships, with a talented, youthful squad and a manager that has brought solidity and confidence. It’s with depressing inevitability, therefore, that some of its supporters have found a way to bring their own…
5:00 AM 11th June 2021
PM Meeting With President Biden: 10 June 2021
The Prime Minister met US President Joe Biden today in Cornwall ahead of the UK’s G7 Summit. The Prime Minister welcomed President Biden to the UK on his first overseas visit as President and the leaders looked forward to important discussions at the G7 Summit in the coming days. The Prime Minister…
6:58 PM 10th June 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Surveillance Report Published - 10 June 2021
National coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine surveillance report, including estimated number of hospitalisations and deaths prevented. Public Health England (PHE) has published its latest weekly COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report. 42,000 hospitalisations and 14,000 deaths prevented by COVID-19 vaccine PHE estimates that 14,000 deaths have now been prevented in people aged 60 years or older in…
3:01 PM 10th June 2021
There Is No Planet B
Hundreds of young Christians are to lead a pilgrimage which spans most of the length of the country – from the G7 to COP26. Marching from Cornwall to Glasgow, the pilgrims will call on world leaders to address the Climate Emergency. The Young Christian Climate Network has organised a relay…
2:10 PM 10th June 2021
More Support For Schools And Colleges To Tackle Sexual Abuse
Teachers and school leaders will be better supported to recognise sexual harassment and abuse and teach confidently about issues of consent, online pornography and healthy relationships. School and college leaders will be encouraged to dedicate inset day time to help train staff on how to deal with sexual abuse and harassment…
7:12 AM 10th June 2021
Ofsted: Culture Change Needed To Tackle 'Normalised’ Sexual Harassment In Schools And Colleges
Ofsted’s inspectors visited 32 state and private schools and colleges and spoke to more than 900 children and young people about the prevalence of sexual harassment in their lives and the lives of their peers. Around 9 in 10 of the girls we spoke to said that sexist name calling and…
7:09 AM 10th June 2021
With 25% Of Europe’s Greenhouse Emissions Coming From Buildings, Scientists Suggest Fundamental Policy Changes
To live up to their climate pledge under the Paris agreement, EU lawmakers must ensure all 250 million existing as well as all new buildings in the EU become nearly zero greenhouse gas emitters. In a new report, national science academies represented by EASAC call for far-reaching policy action. “Policymakers…
4:00 AM 10th June 2021
Leeds Men Set To Benefit From Three New Projects To Improve Prostate Cancer Care
Clinicians in Leeds are launching three new initiatives to improve prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment and support for men in the local area. Mr Sean Ralph, Dr Oliver Hulson and Mr William Cross, who all work at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, are three of 22 healthcare professionals chosen to be part…
3:46 PM 9th June 2021
End Of Halogen Light Bulbs Spells Brighter And Cleaner Future
The government has announced plans today (Wednesday 9 June) to end the sale of halogen light bulbs from this September, as part of the UK’s wider efforts to tackle climate change. Legislation being brought forward this month will also include the removal of fluorescent lights from shelves from September 2023. Currently, around…
11:14 AM 9th June 2021
Yorkshire & The Humber Public Backs Government Ambition To End Tobacco Epidemic By 2030
More than three quarters (76%) of people in the Yorkshire & the Humber back the Government’s ambition to make smoking history by 2030. The level of public support is revealed today [Wednesday 9th June], as the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health warns the Government that it…
5:00 AM 9th June 2021
Thirty Towns To Share £725m To Help Communities Build Back Better
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Thirty towns in England will share over £700 million to boost their local economies, create jobs and help them build back better from the pandemic. These new Towns Deals range from seaside towns like Hastings and Hartlepool to the historic market towns of Bedford and Bishop Auckland. The money will help them…
2:33 PM 8th June 2021
Eight Jobs Created At Yorkshire Social Enterprise To Help Find Work For Prison Leavers
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay
Ex-offender employment specialist Offploy has been enlisted by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to help get 348 prison leavers ‘work ready’ and reduce reoffending rates – which cost taxpayers £18bn per year. As part of the Government’s new ‘Prison Leaver Pilot’ project, the peer-to-peer mentoring programme aims to pair…
12:56 PM 8th June 2021
Freemasons To Become Strategic Partner Of The Duke Of Edinburgh’s Award
Young people doing their DofE at Siblands School in Bristol Photo: DofE
More than 30,000 young people with disabilities and special educational needs will be able to take part in The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, thanks to a grant of £300,000 from the Freemasons. The Freemasons have become a strategic partner of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE), funding a new national programme…
12:42 PM 8th June 2021
Prestigious Civic Honours To Be Awarded By Her Majesty The Queen For First Time In 10 Years
Image by Dean Robson from Pixabay
Her Majesty The Queen has agreed for a competition to be held to grant the prestigious and rare civic honours of ‘city status’ and ‘Lord Mayor or Lord Provost status’, to a select number of worthy towns and cities in the United Kingdom. This will be the first time in 10…
12:19 PM 8th June 2021
Consumer Confidence Reaches Five-year High
Despite concerns about a potential third wave of COVID-19 threatening the government’s end of lockdown roadmap, consumer confidence is at its highest level in five years, according to the latest analysis from YouGov and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr). Britain’s consumer confidence index improved by 3.1 points to…
4:00 AM 8th June 2021
Iconic British Exports Expected To Benefit From Any Trade Deal With Australia
Some of the Britain’s most famous exports could enjoy major wins from a UK-Australia trade deal, the Department for International Trade has revealed. UK negotiators are working to remove tariffs impacting our car, train, fashion, and food and drink industries, making it cheaper and easier to sell goods to Australia, supporting jobs and boosting the…
4:42 PM 7th June 2021
Government Gears Up For Roll Out Of Greener Fuel With National Awareness Campaign
Fuel pumps up and down the country will look different this summer as a nationwide information campaign on the introduction of E10 petrol kicks off. Aimed at raising awareness of the greener fuel and how its rollout will help the UK to build back greener, the campaign – which will begin…
2:56 PM 7th June 2021
Majority Of Brits Believe Coaches Will Help Nation Become Fitter And More Active
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The role that coaches play in inspiring people to be active will become increasingly significant as we emerge from the coronavirus crisis, with 72% of the British public saying that coaches and instructors will be important in supporting and encouraging people to get back into physical activity after the pandemic. …
4:00 AM 7th June 2021
Rights Of Way Agreement Signed With Lancashire CC
Kate Hilditch and Cosi Towneley by a roadside fingerpost outside the village of Leck in Lancashire
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has become the delegated Authority for the maintenance of public rights of way in the whole of the National Park, following the signing of an agreement with Lancashire Country Council. The agreement covers an area of north Lancashire around the village of Leck, including the…
2:52 PM 6th June 2021
Major Testing Drive Ahead Of Return To Schools Next Week
As half term comes to an end, the Education Secretary is urging students and their families to take a test before returning to the classroom Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is urging all secondary school and college students and their families to take a coronavirus test before returning to the classroom next…
8:22 AM 6th June 2021
Over 40 Million People Receive First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine In UK
27 million people have received both doses – the strongest possible protection public urged to come forward for vaccines to help protect against the threat of new variants Over 40 million people in the UK have received their first dose of a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, the latest figures show…
7:43 AM 6th June 2021
Opinion
Weekend Comment: Prioritising Climate Change Creates New Value For Companies
Commenting on World Environment day, Alessa Berg, founder and CEO of Top Tier Impact, comments on why we must encourage worldwide awareness and action from businesses now to protect our environment for the future: “We are at the peak of a global climate emergency and time is of the essence. The…
5:09 AM 5th June 2021
World Environment Day: Over £8m Boost For International Conservation
Image by jmarti20 from Pixabay
Threatened species such as whales, marine turtles and sharks will be better protected thanks to a boost of over £8 million for projects in the UK Overseas Territories, the government has announced today (Saturday 5 June) under plans to tackle the global biodiversity crisis. {{ “World Environment Day provides us all…
5:04 AM 5th June 2021
New Shadow Immigration Minister Visits Asylum And Refugee Centre In Halifax
Bambos Charalambous and St Augustine’s volunteers and centre members following their meeting.
St Augustine’s Centre in Halifax, along with Holly Lynch MP, welcomed the new Shadow Immigration Minister, Bambos Charalambous, to Halifax to visit the specialist, charitable centre for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and local people seeking support on Thursday 3rd June. Bambos and Holly came together with members of the St Augustine’s community…
3:10 AM 5th June 2021
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