Month: April 2021

Kia Sorento review

Some cars are built with a laser-like focus on serving a single purpose. The Caterham Seven, for example, exists to be a raw, simple driver’s machine where everything is keyed towards feedback, engagement and on-road dynamics, and to hell with creature comforts like heaters, stereos or doors. The Kia Sorento is similar in that regard, here is a car utterly dedicated to serving every need a 21st-century family may have.

Nicholson brothers from Barnsley’s Cannon Hall Farm on their new book Living Our Best Lives

“We’re surrounded by sheep in the field at Gunthwaite between Cawthorne and Penistone,” declares Rob Nicholson when he and brother Dave tune into our Zoom call.

How phase two of the Siemens rail centre in Goole will create over 250 jobs

The facility, with an investment of up to £50m and creating up to 250 direct and supplier jobs, will be built as part of the second phase of an innovation hub known as the Rail Accelerator and Innovations Solutions Hub for Enterprise (RaisE).

Leeds sees record rise in students bed numbers

Cushman & Wakefield’s Student Accommodation Tracker found there were 22,843 purpose-built student accommodation bed spaces for the 2020-21 academic year – a 2,000-bed increase on 2019-20. This represents the first large influx of beds into a market for some time and is the largest ever single-year increase in Leeds.

Fullers Foods expands headquarters in Leeds with £600,000 investment

Fullers Foods International is adding another floor to its offices. The new fifth floor at Fullers’ HQ in Park Square will be for clients, with the first four floors now devoted purely to staff.

Liberty Steel boss Sanjeev Gupta says 'no factories will shut under my watch'

Labour has called on ministers to provide clarity on the future of Liberty Steel’s UK plants at sites including Rotherham, Stocksbridge and Scunthorpe amid fears that thousands of jobs could be lost if the firm goes under.

Sir Ken Dodd's widow Lady Anne on her new book about life with the 'tattyfilarious' comedy great – and why he loved US

Sir Ken Dodd’s beloved partner of 40 years recalls with pride how she was by his side at every showbusiness appearance during their decades together.

Dog poo, feeding animals, protecting footpaths and friendliness – New lockdown-proof version of the Countryside Code is released in time for summer

Natural England has launched the new edition on the 70th anniversary of the first booklet’s publication in 1951.

"Refreshed" Countryside Code is an "invitation to celebrate nature"

The new look Code was launched ahead of the Bank Holiday weekend by Natural England and Natural Resources Wales, coinciding with the founding booklet’s 70th anniversary.

This is what is boosting business at The Crown in Roecliffe

Chris Hannon, the managing director of Coastal & Country Inns, the owners of The Crown in Roecliffe, near Boroughbridge, said a number of post-lockdown weddings had been booked there from June onwards.