Month: April 2021

Auction mart health checks may not be going ahead but a new series of "bitesize" videos are being released to support farmers' health and wellbeing

With New Year’s resolutions typically waning for many of us already, timely messages about alcohol consumption, diet, exercise, stress and mental health will be shared online by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS) next week.

Opinion: Why the UK will not recover until international travel is restored

Indeed, it is this idea of repairing connections which is proving one of the biggest challenges of recovery – yet one with the potential to yield some of the biggest rewards.

Warning of crisis over three million people denied Government support during pandemic

Campaigners of ExcludedUK have claimed that workers who have been denied Government support have lost their homes or been forced to sell their possessions in order to feed and clothe their families.

The Barnsley teenager and the life-changing impact of narcolepsy

“She’d just started reception at school so I knew she’d be tired but this wasn’t normal,” says mum Jayne from Barnsley. “She couldn’t even carry her bag out from school she’d get a friend to carry it for her.”

Farm of the Week: The former banking and highways workers whose eggs have fed Bramhope during lockdowns

Beef, lamb and eggs are now produced from the 70 acres part-owned and rented in various locations with his partner Kim Goodall, having started with just 20 sheep on rented grassland 20 years ago.

Ryanair expects losses for the year of Covid to be slightly lower than expected

Net losses are now expected to be between £689m and £732m, compared with previous guidance of between £732m and £818m, the airline said.

Why we fight for cladding justice – Baroness Pinnock

Then, following the awful Grenfell tragedy in 2017, you discover that your home is not safe at all. The external walls have been covered in cladding that is not fire proof. In fact your four walls are literally a fire hazard.

JD Sports Fashion expects earnings to bounce back strongly

The group reported pre-tax profits of £324 million for the year to January 30, down from £348.5 million the previous year, even though revenues edged higher to £6.17 billion from £6.11 billion.

Leeds United report losses of £64m for 2019 -20 despite promotion charge

The Whites’s losses compared with £34m the year prior and relate to the period prior to the side securing promotion back into English football’s top flight as Champions.

Which countries will be on red list? Places likely to be closed to UK visitors in travel traffic light system

A government global travel taskforce headed up by Grant Shapps has revealed more details of a ‘traffic light system’ for travel abroad.