Lifestyle The Piece Hall announces flexible retail reopening for Christmas The Piece Hall’s vibrant independent retail community has reopened for business, enabling valued customers to shop local and support independent businesses in the lead-up to Christmas. Throughout December, the iconic destination for retail, leisure and culture will offer both in-store and online retail services to enable businesses to operate By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle A feast of berries With winter in full-swing, there are plenty of jobs to do in the garden in December to prepare for next year. As well as protecting plants from frost with insulation around, you could also use bubble wrap, which is ideal if you have any left over from Christmas presents. Don’ By The Editor • 3 min read
Lifestyle White Rose Awards are an online hit Over a thousand people tuned into Welcome to Yorkshire’s virtual White Rose Awards on Monday evening to celebrate the county’s tourism industry. The social event was a big hit online with 624,139 social media impressions and 11,896 social engagements for the night. Welcome to Yorkshire’s By The Editor • 4 min read
Lifestyle Garden Centre donates bulbs and seeds to Shipley mental health charity The team at a Bradford Garden Centre have donated seeds and bulbs to a Shipley mental health charity. With the help of supplier, Westland Horticulture, Tong Garden Centre has donated over £500 worth of bulbs and seeds to The Cellar Trust that it will use to add value to planters By The Editor • 1 min read
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
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
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 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
Lifestyle White Rose Awards Tourism stars win while staying in Hundreds of people have tuned in online to watch the biggest celebration of tourism in the UK. The 2020 Welcome to Yorkshire White Rose Awards, sponsored by York City Knights, have been held virtually for the first time ever due to the current COVID-19 lockdown. Chris Kamara, Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Leeds heritage theatres ask patrons to help keep a seat warm this Christmas As the Christmas season approaches, Leeds Heritage Theatres is asking patrons to consider supporting their three heritage venues at what would have been their busiest period. In a year that has seen the arts and culture sector suffer exponentially as a result of the pandemic, it will be the first By The Editor • 2 min read
