The right to peacefully protest is being wilfully eroded with legislation one would expect from an authoritarian regime.

It took two years to convert two historic barns into a family home with an annexe but Loraine and Jeremy Ashcroft knew it would be well worth the wait. The rural location in Mewith, just a mile from the village of Clapham, near Settle, is sublime. There are breathtaking views over the Three Peaks and the Lake District and Wildman’s Barn, as the conversion is known, offers complete privacy.

Earlier this year, after searching online for somewhere to get a better return on my savings, I found a suitable investment from a firm purporting to be a well-known, well-established and regulated investment company. I contacted the company online and received details of the investment and filled in paperwork.

There has never been a better time to grow your own vegetables, but not all of us have a plot to do it.

If the daffodils are looking past their best, dead-head them, but leave the foliage untouched. Better still, water the leaves with a weak general-purpose fertiliser.

However, investors are banking that the clothing, footwear and home products company will recover strongly as restrictions continue to ease, with its share price more than doubling in the past 12 months despite the pandemic.

The chance to escape the confines of home has seen droves of people turn to outdoor venues, with membership of some of Yorkshire’s leading tourism attractions showing a dramatic rise.

Five Let Ready studios are being created, offering fully furnished workspace for teams of four to 24 people, and are due for completion in July.

Pensana’s proposed rare earth processing facility at Saltend Chemicals Park (“Saltend”) has received first phase progression from the Government. If built, the plant will produce vital components for both the offshore wind and electric vehicle market.

However, the group also raised its profit forecast for the current year, as it hailed soaring online sales in the past eight weeks.