Megan Hoyle, who at 19 has been involved in showing and riding Shire horses her whole life, said as a riding horse they are like being “sat in a luxurious armchair”.

It is easy to see why Pamela and Adrian Law fell for this home in Follifoot with a converted 18th century windmill at its heart. The setting is superb and the mill offers incredible long-range views over the surrounding countryside and beyond.

The property adviser and agent saw revenues for 2020 fall nine per cent to £1.74bn and underlying pre-tax profit fall a third to £96.6m. Savills’ transactional business was particularly hard hit, with underlying profits down 72 per cent to £19.4m. In a statement, the group said that transactional activity would remain suppressed in the first half of 2021

There were no such celebrations this year when chef Shaun Rankin heard he’d been awarded a star for the newly opened Grantley Hall near Ripon.

EY’s recent Regional Economic Forecast revealed that the region’s economy will be one of four not expected to return to its 2019 levels by 2023 (when measured by Gross Value Added), while employment in the region will be lower by 2023 than it was in 2019.

Rebecca Hopwood moved into an office in Morley in December and has taken on an apprentice, with plans to take on another member of staff in the next few months.

The Royal Mail postmark, which will be applied to all stamped post between April 26 and May 1, reads: “Happy 100th Birthday Captain Thomas Moore NHS fundraising hero 30th April 2020.”

This magnificent bird of prey spends the winter in Africa before returning to Europe for the warmer months. Their migration routes take them to Scotland, where a breeding population has been successfully re-established, and other strongholds include Wales and the Lake District.

Cranswick operates six manufacturing sites and employs almost 5,000 people in Hull.A spokesman said: “As the shortfall of laptops hit the headlines a few weeks ago, Cranswick wanted to be able to make a real difference to local children.

Based in the pretty village of Boroughbridge, close to York, the property is based near sites of archaeological importance. The oldest part of the property was originally built as a folly to view the early excavations of the Roman town and later served as a museum to house the archeological finds. Now, the inside has been beautifully decorated and still retains many of its period features, plus a large garden to the rear. Currently on the market for £650,000, take a look inside to see if this could be your dream home.