Lifestyle Brave seven-year-old girl who survived meningitis features in calming Christmas storybook A courageous little girl who fought back after losing all her limbs to meningitis is to feature in a children’s storybook designed to provide comfort this Christmas. Seven-year-old Harmonie-Rose Allen, of Bath, contracted meningococcal septicaemia as a baby and was given only a 10% chance of survival. Her arms By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle The Big Variety Christmas Appeal 2020 2020 has been a strange and turbulent year for everyone, but the impact on charities has been devastating. Variety, the Children’s Charity provides vital and tangible support to some of the UK’s most vulnerable children. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Yorkshire region of Variety has had By The Editor • 5 min read
Entrepreneurs Yorkshire female entrepreneur goes from local to global From her Yorkshire heartland to global success with an international coaching business, Dr Amanda Foo-Ryland is coming back to her roots to partner with Leeds-based She Can Prosper. Amanda Foo-Ryland owns Your Life Live It, a firm specialising in life coaching helping clients build confidence in all areas. Amanda started By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Working from home: How to create the PERFECT home office based on the sun * Experts say natural lighting is essential for a productive and healthy home office * New insight reveals where in your house you should set up your home office according to your work style and profession Following the COVID-19 crisis, home working has become the norm, but setting up an ideal working By The Editor • 4 min read
Lifestyle Sarah Millican announces Scarborough Spa show The hilarious Sarah Millican is back on tour and is heading to Scarborough Spa with a Bobby Dazzler of a new stand-up show. The Bobby Dazzler tour will call into the South Bay venue’s Grand Hall on Thursday 14 July 2022- her visit to the Scarborough Spa in eleven By The Editor • 1 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen Christmas Cranberries Cranberry sauce is a must on any Christmas dinner table and luckily, it couldn't be easier to make! In this Orange and Cranberry sauce recipe, two classic Christmas flavours have been used. Delicious served along your festive lunch. You will need to leave 2 hours for the cranberry By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Huddersfield tech start-up, Kidcrowd, secures investment for future growth The online gifting platform Kidcrowd, created by 21 year old Huddersfield entrepreneur Melissa Roberts, has received investment to support its plans for future growth. An innovative, gifting solution, Kidcrowd offers a digital platform that enables relatives and friends to help a child save money towards a larger gift or experience, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Tourism study confirms Covid-19 'tectonic-shift' across the North * Half of hospitality and leisure businesses across north of England were trading at a loss of over 60% for 10 weeks out of 16-week survey * Businesses expect revenue to recover in January 2022, compared to previous outlook of July 2021 at start of study, as a third of businesses report By The Editor • 3 min read
Lifestyle Advent Calendars for all In 2020, it’s no longer enough to count down to Christmas with chocolate alone. Well, it is, but thanks to the vast array of alternative advent calendars on the market, it’s certainly not the only way to do so. Beauty advent calendars have become increasingly popular in recent By The Editor • 3 min read
Lifestyle Line up announced for Leeds first virtual light switch on Stars of stage, sport and screen will join residents from all across Leeds for the city’s first ever virtual Christmas lights switch-on which will premiere on December 2. The exciting line-up for the online seasonal showpiece has been revealed today and features a vibrant mix of chart-topping musical artists, By The Editor • 4 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen Christmas Chutney Here is a deliciously simple, yet very tasty Christmas Chutney recipe with a splash of Port to enhance the fruit flavour. Ideal with left-over turkey or cold meats during the Christmas period. Also particularly good with a ploughman’s lunch and a glass of Late Bottled Vintage! INGREDIENTS: • 450g onions By The Editor • 1 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen WIN a bottle of Gin TopicUK have teamed up with Due Sorelle Gin and we have two bottles to give away to 2 lucky readers. Due Sorelle Gin was launched last year by sisters, Steph and Ali, who were driven to produce the ultimate Gin. Fuelled by the desire to create a London Dry gin By The Editor • 1 min read
