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What Did You Do In Lockdown: How To Write An ebook
In years to come I am sure that we will all have our own unique ‘lockdown stories’ about how we managed to spend the days. Suddenly unemployed and with a vast sea of time ahead of me, I decided to finally get to the bottom of a question that had…
Catch This - Catch Fish And Chips Are Coming To Headingley
Graham Clark
Features Writer
Catch, the award-winning seafood restaurant brand, are opening their latest addition to the group in Headingley on 17 August. Formerly known as Bryan’s at Fisherman’s Lodge, Catch Seafood Restaurant on Weetwood Lane is reopening its doors to welcome customers following a £250k refurbishment programme. The investment will not only…
3:11 AM 11th August 2020
Nomadic Beers On The Move In Big Launch
Andrew Liddle
Features Writer
Friday 14th August! Make a note of the date. You could be present at a double celebration. It’s when Nomadic Beers, a small brewery in Sheepscar, a ten-minute walk from Leeds City Centre, is launching Food Fridays, ‘a new beer and a new taproom concept’, at their brewery taproom. The…
2:19 PM 9th August 2020
Scotland Staycation: Savouring The Great Outdoors
Sharon Cain
Time for Life Correspondent
Scottish treasures: Kingsbarns beach on the East Neuk of Fife
A staycation in the great outdoors - whether coastal, mountains or countryside - is a wonderful way to stay healthy and upbeat in today’s extraordinary climate. Our Time for Life correspondent, Sharon Cain, has embarked on a seven week road trip around bonny Scotland to explore the country’s magnificent heritage and…
8:17 AM 9th August 2020
Dining Al Fresco At Gino’s In Hull
Graham Clark
Features Writer
The popularity of celebrity chefs in the UK appears not to be waning. If you add a personality like Gino D’Acampo too then it is hard not to drawn in. He has given his name to a growing chain of restaurants that has branches in Harrogate, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester…
1:45 PM 8th August 2020
Churches Facing Cash Crisis
The Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust (YHCT) has launched an appeal for new Friends to help local churches affected by the impact of Covid – 19. Yorkshire is home to over 2500 places of worship. From tiny chapels and village churches, to commanding Minsters, these magnificent and much loved buildings define the…
1:12 PM 8th August 2020
Treboom Wins Gold
Let’s beat the drum today for Treboom Brewery, based in Shipton-by-Beningbrough, near, York. They are one of the proud winners in the UK's first-ever online beer competition organised by The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). Their Trommel (5.1 ABV), brewed in the style of a German Kölsch lager, has just…
4:20 PM 7th August 2020
Blackpool Illuminations To Pay Tribute To The Corona Heroes
Blackpool’s 2020 Illuminations will feature a special tribute to the heroes of COVID-19 with a dazzling display of hearts and rainbows along the famous Golden Mile. The section, which will also feature the faces of 50 nominated “Corona Heroes”, pays homage to the extraordinary efforts of the NHS and other…
3:50 PM 7th August 2020
Bill's Restaurant, York - Is It Top Of The Bill?
Our relationship with restaurants has changed: at one time there were so many to choose from, in fact we were spoilt but at the time we didn't know it. Then came the dreaded pandemic, the hospitality sector suffered more than most. Looking around the centre of York I counted at least…
2:38 PM 6th August 2020
TV Star Helen Skelton Meets Red Pandas At Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Helen Skelton meets a Red Panda.
TV star Helen Skelton was thrilled to be back among rare and endangered species as she visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park to open two new reserves. The BBC Countryfile presenter was able to feed and get up close to the animals as she previewed the park’s summer expansion. She was treated…
5:29 PM 5th August 2020
Chantry Beers - The Pride And The Passion
Andrew Liddle
Features Writer
Two brothers, Mick and Kevin Warburton, both steel workers, and their lifelong friend, Sean Page, a bank manager, were having a pint in the Sitwell Arms, in Whiston, some time in March 2010, when the idea came to them. row[] Mick had been home-brewing for years, ever since he was about fourteen…
2:16 AM 5th August 2020
Hotham’s Gin School And Distillery - Officially One Of England's Top Visitor Experiences!
Hotham's founders with their invitation
Hotham’s Gin School & Distillery in Hull have been confirmed as Finalists at the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2020 Hotham’s have just celebrated their second birthday, having launched their Hull Gin School back in July 2018. The brand enjoyed almost immediate success, thrilling both locals and critics alike with their expertly…
3:06 PM 4th August 2020
Frankster's, White Rose Centre, Leeds
Graham Clark
Features Writer
The day after we visited Frankster's at the White Rose Centre in Leeds the government announced its obesity programme, but sometimes fast food does not always have to be unhealthy. It is more about what you eat over the course of the day and having enough exercise to burn off…
8:35 PM 3rd August 2020
Skipton Beauty Salon Owner Sweeps The Board At National Awards
A Skipton beauty salon is celebrating its reopening from lockdown with the success of 3 national industry awards. Helen Turnock, owner of Velvet Beauty Studio, swept the board at the British Hair and Beauty Awards, after being crowned National Skincare Specialist of the Year, Regional Beauty Therapist of the Year, and…
3:02 PM 3rd August 2020
August's Beer Of The Month - Rooster’s Craft Beer Perfection
And now we come to a multi-award-winning trendsetter, one of the really big names in the history of craft beer, not just locally but nationally. The Rooster crowed at the break of dawn, a quarter of a century or so before anybody with a garage, a bucket and a starter…
1:28 AM 1st August 2020
What Shape Is Your Skin In? York Firm May Have The Answer
As we get older those lines and wrinkles on our faces seem to get worse every time you look in the mirror York based firm Clockface Beauty may have the answer to how good your skin is and how to look after it. The firm was created by mother and…
3:56 PM 30th July 2020
Curious Stones Of Ilkley Moor
Ilkley Moor is an exceptional place to explore on foot, home to numerous geological intrigues and providing astonishing views. The prolific network of paths will render walkers, like me, who stubbornly stick to analogue modes of navigation invariably wandering off the intended path but with use of a compass (and…
7:00 AM 30th July 2020
G&Ts All Round To Celebrate Slingsby's Fifth Birthday
Co-Founders of Slingsby Gin: Marcus Black and Mike Carthy
Harrogate based Slingsby Gin is celebrating its fifth anniversary this summer. To mark the occasion, the ultra-premium brand is giving away 500 complimentary bottles of Slingsby Solo* to members of the local community. From 4th August, Gin lovers can redeem the pre-mix G&T from the Spirit of Harrogate store, and…
3:37 AM 30th July 2020
Co-op Offers Free Water And Bike Repair Kits For Those Keeping Fit On Two Wheels
One of the new bike areas installed at Central England Co-op.
Central England Co-op is opening its stores up to people hopping on two wheels to try and get fit. The retailer, which has over 262 stores across 16 counties, has outlined a range of free services that bikers and walkers can access in its shops as they take on board Government…
3:02 PM 29th July 2020
The Leeds Library Receives £49,800 National Lottery Support To Help Address The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Heritage
The Leeds Library has received £49,800 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support the Library during its reopening phase following its 15-week closure due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Funds will be used to undertake essential building and maintenance work and support a fundraising programme to assist the Library recover…
2:36 PM 29th July 2020
Piccolino, Ilkley
Graham Clark
Features Writer
I always remember my mum informing me that people used to go on holiday to Ilkley. I could never see what was the attraction but sometimes when you're younger you can't see the wood for the trees. On a sunny summer afternoon it is a gem in Yorkshire’s crown, but for…
11:17 AM 29th July 2020
The Fat Cat At Kelham Island. Where History Was Made
So here I am standing reverentially before the famous Fat Cat in the wonderfully revived industrial area of Sheffield, Kelham Island. It’s a couple of years since I was here last but it hasn’t changed and the impact is still exhilarating, still sublime. No similarly unprepossessing building in the world…
12:14 PM 28th July 2020
Morrisons Launches Yorkshire Food Box To Celebrate Yorkshire Day
Ahead of Yorkshire Day (1 August), Morrisons has launched a special box, packed full of the counties finest products, sourced from local food and drink producers. Priced at £25 including next day or nominated day delivery, Morrisons Yorkshire Box brings together classic Yorkshire products such as Grandma Wild’s Biscuits, Yorkshire Wensleydale…
1:44 AM 28th July 2020
BRI And Bradford Buildings To Turn Purple To Mark World Hepatitis Day
Landmark buildings throughout Bradford – including Bradford Royal Infirmary – will be lit up purple tomorrow night to mark World Hepatitis Day (July 28). And Bradford Teaching Hospital’s own specialist hepatology team hope the event will shine a spotlight on Hepatitis C, a ‘silent infection’ which, if left untreated, can cause…
6:18 PM 27th July 2020
Charity Asks Yorkshire To ‘Give It Some Welly’ With Virtual World Record Attempt
Yorkshire Cancer Research, the region’s leading cancer charity, celebrates annual fundraising campaign ‘Give It Some Welly’ with world record attempt on Yorkshire Day The charity is hosting the world’s biggest virtual welly wanging event to help raise funds to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer Yorkshire Cancer Research is…
9:53 AM 27th July 2020
Famous Local Cheese Shop Now Features The Region’s First Cheese-vending Machine!
The popular Courtyard Dairy at Austwick near Settle has invested in what is certainly a regional, if not national, first: a cheese-vending machine offering a selection of the shop’s superb quality cheeses. The vending machine is located just outside the shop in a newly-constructed self-service ‘chalet’. The owners, Andy and…
9:31 AM 27th July 2020
Heart Research UK Healthy Tip - Healthy Lunches
Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Tip, written by Dr Helen Flaherty, Head of Health Promotion at Heart Research UK Lunch is an important meal for providing the energy and nutrients required to get you through the afternoon. On busy days, it is easy to grab lunch on the go without thinking…
7:06 AM 27th July 2020
The Navigation Inn’s Food For Heroes
Andrew Liddle
Features Writer
Coming out of lockdown, I fancy a nostalgic look at one of my all-time favourite pubs, The Navigation Inn, a Grade 2-listed building, once a Ramsden’s house, on the canalside in Sowerby Bridge. I’m hugely pleased to see it retains its plain rather lovely old signage, white letters on a…
2:45 AM 27th July 2020
Glittering Line-up Revealed For Silver Pride To Support Older LGBT+ Community
A glittering line-up of famous faces has been added to the first ever UK-wide 'Silver Pride’, aimed at tackling loneliness in the older LGBT+ community. The free online event on July 25 and 26 includes celebrity appearances, masterclasses, health and wellbeing sessions and live DJ sets, with guests including Miriam Margolyes,…
9:17 AM 25th July 2020
New Yorkshire Local Digital Radio Station Hopes For ‘Giant’ Success
Radio listeners across Skipton, Ilkley and Keighley are about to get a new station to tune in to, with the launch next month of Rombalds Radio. The digital station is promising to cover local news and events across the towns and villages of the Aire and Wharfe valleys. It’s been founded by…
4:11 PM 24th July 2020
Daleside’s New Old Lubrication
Old Lubrication: fruity, spicy, nicely zesty, not too much head, low carbonation: a beautiful taste not forgotten even after an absence of a quarter of a century. Behind it is the fascinating story of one of the earliest and best of microbreweries which has gone from strength to strength over…
4:49 PM 23rd July 2020
Heart Research UK Healthy Tip - Healthy Eating In Older Age
Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Tip, by Dr Helen Flaherty, Head of Health Promotion at Heart Research UK It is sometimes believed that older adults (65 years or over) do not need to eat as much because they may be less physically active than younger adults. However, eating a healthy and…
3:03 PM 23rd July 2020
Seafood And Champagne In The Yorkshire Dales
Two aspects of The Great British Isles that no one takes for granted these days, are our beautiful open spaces, including our National Parks and glorious beaches – well, why not indulge in a taste of both this summer, with the newly-launched Devonshire Arms’ Laurent Perrier Champagne & Seafood Terrace. The…
11:58 AM 23rd July 2020
Morrisons Introduces Food Parcels For Customers To Purchase For Those In Need
Morrisons is making it easier for its customers to feed people in need by launching food parcels that can be bought and then donated at the checkout. Food banks are often overwhelmed by products such as rice and pasta and short of other items that people actually need. The supermarket’s new ‘Pick…
12:29 PM 22nd July 2020
Special Memorial To Be Dedicated To Former Librarian And Historian, Ian Dewhirst MBE
Ian Dewhirst MBE early in his career
Bradford Council will dedicate a special section of Keighley Library to former reference librarian and renowned local historian, Ian Dewhirst MBE. A dedicated section of the Local Studies and Archives Library on the first floor of Keighley Library will be named the Ian Dewhirst Memorial Collection. Ian Dewhirst began his career in…
11:43 AM 22nd July 2020
Arriba Tequila! Raise A Glass - It’s International Tequila Day
Hold onto your sombreros and get ready to celebrate International Tequila Day, with Tequila Rose. As the world raises a glass on Friday 24th July, whether you’re a fan of the mexican shot or not, this Millennial pink drink will help you celebrate in style. Chill and sip as a shot over…
10:51 AM 22nd July 2020
Documentary To Show The Impact Of Coronavirus On Transpennine Express
Nikki May, a conductor for TPE
The final episode of The Railway 24/7 airs on Wednesday 22 July at 8pm on Channel 5 The sixth instalment in the series will show how the arrival of Coronavirus in the UK impacted TransPennine Express With passenger numbers down…
11:37 AM 21st July 2020
Northern Walks: Discover Derbyshire’s Dark Peak – To Bleaklow Head
Just south of the Yorkshire-Derbyshire border, beyond Holme Moss, the A628 crosses the Pennines. Cars speed past the reservoirs of Torside and Woodhead, and should passengers look south; they will be awed by an imposing landscape rising dramatically from the water – and this is to where this walk ventures. Although…
10:58 AM 21st July 2020
The Cutlers’ For Chantry
The Cutlers’ Arms in Rotherham dates originally from 1825, but was rebuilt, with a magnificent glazed ceramic facade for Stones Brewery of Sheffield, in 1907, as part of a general rebuilding in Westgate. Scandalously, it was faced with demolition in the early 2000s but was saved following statutory Grade 2…
10:44 AM 21st July 2020
From Monks To Mackeson In Kirkstall
I stand on Kirkstall Bridge which I once knew well. It was the point where I used to come up from the canal which I’d cycled along from Shipley on my way to the cricket at Headingley. This became the easiest and quickest way after Kirkstall station closed in 1965. It’s…
4:43 PM 17th July 2020
El Gato Negro - A Taste Of Spain Returns To Leeds
If the chances of you getting away on a plane this year are diminishing as the weeks go by and that Iberian experience seems to be slipping through your fingers quicker than the sunset from Cafe Mambo in Ibizia then all is not lost. El Gato Negro on Park Row in…
10:47 AM 16th July 2020
Chef Akila - Healthy Curries On Line From A Yorkshire Kitchen
Graham Clark
Features Writer
Based in Keighley Chef Akila is a new award winning start up that specialises in healthy curries that are freshly frozen and then delivered to houses anywhere in the county. You might wonder who Akila is? The 75 year old from India, now living in Yorkshire has been cooking real Indian…
10:50 AM 15th July 2020
The Royal Oak For Real Ale
Andrew Liddle
Features Writer
Amanda and Steven Purcell outside the Royal Oak
The Royal Oak at Old Malton, a Grade 2 listed inn, which has sold ale continuously for two hundred and fifty years, is the place to be if you want one of the best selections of constantly changing local real ales in Yorkshire - not to mention great…
4:33 AM 15th July 2020
The Potting Shed - Sowing The Seeds Of Recovery
Graham Clark
Features Writer
You might think that during the lockdown things might have gone to seed at the Potting Shed in Bingley. Far from it, the team there spent the time wisely by painting up the wooden potting shed huts, the spiral staircase and giving the rest of the garden area a spruce…
2:50 AM 15th July 2020
Man Steps Up To Raise Funds For His Learning Disability Service
A man with learning disabilities from Bradford has walked 240,000 steps in a month to raise over £600 towards new sports equipment and other resources for the charity which supports him. Adil attends the national learning disability charity Hft’s day opportunities service, The Learning Zone, five days a week. When…
7:59 PM 14th July 2020
Documentary To Show Transpennine Express And British Transport Police Disrupting County Lines Drug Gangs
The fifth episode of The Railway 24/7 airs on Wednesday 15 July at 8pm on Channel 5 The fifth instalment in the series will show how the British Transport Police and TransPennine Express are working together to combat county lines drug dealing Installation of knife arches,…
10:29 AM 14th July 2020
Kirklees Light Railway Back On Track
The Kirklees Light Railway closed its doors to the public in mid-March as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and only five weeks into its 2020 season. Although the period of enforced closure and no income has been tough for the railway, there is now light at the end of the…
9:50 AM 11th July 2020
Gin Lovers Rejoice: Slingsby Gin Launches At-home Interactive Experience
Ultra-premium Slingsby Gin has launched a brand new interactive experience for Gin lovers to enjoy from the comfort of their own home…virtually! The 90-minute session will be available to book every weekend and hosted by an expert Slingsby Gin mixologist. The virtual Gin experience brings the spirit of Harrogate to participants’…
12:05 PM 10th July 2020
Flying Herbert On The Cleveland Way
Razvan Oltianu’s happy third anniversary coincided with the week that the pubs re-opened. July 6th, 2017 was the day he took over North Yorkshire Brewing, for whom he had been head brewer since joining the firm in 2009. The company is also celebrating a grander anniversary. Flying Herbert, their most famous…
10:02 AM 10th July 2020
NICEIC Enlightens Homeowners Amid Dressing Room Boom
As an increasing number of consumers seek to splash out on recreating that all-important luxury dressing room look so widely favoured by leading Instagram stars, NICEIC is advising homeowners on the do’s and don’ts of dressing room lighting. Amid the age of social media influence, research shows that more and more…
3:09 PM 9th July 2020
Local Yorkshire Brewery Launches Special Edition Charity Beer For North Yorkshire Moors Railway
L- R Chris Price and Piglet from NYMR
Cropton Brewery based in Pickering, North Yorkshire, has teamed up with The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR), to create ‘We’ll Steam Again’ a bottled and cask beer to help raise vital funds for the popular heritage railway. The limited-edition beer is inspired by the brewery’s popular bitters, so it is sure…
2:21 PM 9th July 2020
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