The Red House in Gomersal was a museum, but Kirklees Council is to consider a £600,000 project to give the premises a new lease of life.

Yet even once that crisis is past, there will be no time to relax, as there are other challenges ahead which require bold action and innovative solutions.

While Vivers Mill is a warm and welcoming family-size home, there is plenty of space for guests.“We bought the property in 1999 because we wanted a complete change of lifestyle so we left city life in Nottingham for the country.

Portakabin plans to create further jobs following a major investment in its UK manufacturing facility.

Prick out or pot up all those seedlings before they grow long and leggy.Start planting summer-flowering bulbs (pictured) if you haven’t already.

Once we were a nation of shopkeepers. Now, not least because needs must, we are fast becoming a nation of upcyclers, espousing a make-do-and-mend mentality not witnessed since the Second World War and the enforced privations of its aftermath. To match our growing interest, recent years have brought us a wealth of television programmes following seasoned upcycling experts and designer-makers as they pass on their skills to the viewing public.

The four-part series follows Countryfile star Matt Baker, as he and his wife Nicola Mooney make the decision to move their young family back up to the farm on the Durham hills.

When people and goods can move around more easily, workers can reach better-paid, more skilled jobs – and businesses can access a much larger talent pool and range of markets. This attracts investment, which in turn stimulates growth, regeneration, enterprise and innovation.

After more than a year of getting all dressed down with nowhere to go, our sartorial horizons look set to broaden in the coming months as the Government’s lockdown exit road map continues to roll out.

The head of the RAC Foundation has said those living in more urban areas should “think twice” before purchasing SUVs and big cars “capable of ploughing over rivers”.