Norfolk teacher sets up travel website for staff and parents
Supplied Ms Bickford said she started the website as her family “loves travelling” A former teacher says she wants to “disrupt the system” with her website that finds holiday deals out of term time. Rachel Bickford, 43, launched OTTO holiday club late last year, and shares cheap deals online and via a mailing list free-of-charge […]
Sherburn in Elmet family butchers to change hands after 130 years
BBC/Julia Lewis Wayne Jackson’s family has run the butchers in Sherburn in Elmet for more than 130 years A North Yorkshire butcher whose family has run the business for more than 130 years is hanging up his apron. Jackson’s butchers in Sherburn in Elmet opened in 1893 by brothers George and Percy Jackson and was […]
How the cost-of-living crisis is affecting grassroots music
Kingpin @djkingpin33 Madi Saskia has been writing music and performing since she was 16 Singer Madi Saskia has been recording music and performing at venues across the UK since she was about 16 years old. The R&B and soul artist from Smethwick, near Birmingham, was soon put forward for a music programme which culminated in […]
Calls for fast food tax to turn ‘industry on its head’
PA Fast food is often cheaper and easy to prepare than healthy dishes An MP is calling for tougher restrictions, including a new tax on fast food, to “turn the industry on its head”. The government has already pledged to ban advertising of junk food to children before 21:00 GMT, which is set to come […]
Trump inauguration live updates: Trump meets Biden at White House as inauguration events begin
Powerful tech leaders start day in church with Trumppublished at 14:55 Greenwich Mean Time 14:55 GMT Anthony ZurcherBBC North America correspondent Image source, Getty Images The president-elect attending a morning service at St John’s Episcopal Church is an inauguration day tradition. Having some of the wealthiest – and most powerful – corporate leaders sitting a […]
Tractor convoy in Shrewsbury in protest of farming tax change
A convoy of more than 30 slow-moving tractors, organised by farmers, took place on the A5 in Shrewsbury. The vehicles started at Halls Shrewsbury Livestock Auction Centre before driving repeatedly between the Dobbie’s and Emstrey roundabouts in protest of changes to inheritance tax which were announced in the government’s budget. “It’s the end really, farming […]
Brexit fishing row heads for trade court showdown
Getty Images Sandeel is a favourite food of threatened seabirds such as puffins The humble sandeel is set to take centre stage in the first courtroom trade battle between the UK and EU since Brexit. The UK has banned European vessels from catching the silvery fish species in its North Sea waters to protect marine […]
Plans for vineyard could spark ‘growth industry’ in Guernsey
Plans for a vineyard and winery in Guernsey could “revitalise” the island’s growing industry, a developer has said. Sommelier Jacob Cherry has requested planning permission for the facility in the Torteval headland – which also incorporates a tasting area and pagoda. He is in the process of selecting different grape varieties which will later be […]
Tractor rally at Fakenham race meet in protest at tax plans
Richard Knights/BBC Anyone arriving in a tractor was offered free admission to Fakenham Racecourse, as a show of support for farmers A racecourse boss has said he was pledging “solidarity and support” for farmers by asking them to turn up to a meeting in their tractors. Fakenham Racecourse, in Norfolk, offered free entry to anyone […]
NI restricts imports from Germany
BBC Foot-and-mouth is highly contagious in pigs, sheep and cattle Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have restricted animal imports from an area of Germany following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. A government ban on pig, sheep and cattle imports from Germany announced on Tuesday did not apply to Northern Ireland. On Thursday, the […]