The Editor

November is the month tidying up and preparing for winter. Now is the time to clear summer crops both inside your polytunnel/greenhouse and outside those summer crops that have produced. It’s a time to prepare the garden and or the allotment for the strong winds and poor weather

It’s now getting a lot colder and there’s less daylight hours. But don’t put your garden to bed for the winter just yet! You can still pot up some colourful winter containers, start planning next year’s garden and of course, don’t forget to feed your

Huddersfield based travel agent Jetset Not Just Travel has teamed up with the local RSPCA branch to help raise money towards the £1.5m it needs to find every year to care for animals in need in Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford and district. The RSPCA animal centre, at Wade Street in

An award-winning photographer is making the streets of Leeds his own art gallery walls in November, when he thrusts a flock of giant punk birds into the city centre. From Friday 30th October, the colourful Punk Ass Poultry exhibition will take flight in Leeds, with a bold takeover of over

Calderdale’s kind communities are uniting in their shared ambition to end child hunger in the borough for good. In response to national calls to extend free school meals beyond term times, organisations and individuals across Calderdale and the country are rallying to help, donating food and money to support

Planning to carve up a pumpkin for Halloween? Why stop there? Spruce up (or start) your DIY beauty routine by adding pumpkin to the mix. These two recipes: a facial mask and a body scrub will leave you glowing and fresh. Pumpkin is beneficial not only for your health but

Serve up a Halloween cocktail in style with this fun pumpkin punch recipe. Not only is the fruity, Caribbean-inspired cocktail delicious to drink on its own but serving it in a hollowed-out pumpkin is a great way to show your Halloween creativity and get the party started. • Serves 8 • 10