The team at a North Yorkshire whisky distillery is celebrating after being named one of the top 50 spirits producers in the world. Hunmanby Single Estate, single malt whisky distillery, Spirit of Yorkshire, was awarded the accolade by the IWSC (International Wine & Spirit Competition) on account of its consistent quality, excellence and success in the last three competitions.

Grasmere Distillery has announced the launch of The Pioneers Club, inviting whisky enthusiasts to secure a rare opportunity: ownership of the first three releases of the distillery’s inaugural English single malt whisky.

The team at Cumbrian bakery Lovingly Artisan, based at Plumgarths near Kendal, recently learned that they had been named Cumbria’s Best Bakery for the third consecutive year in the annual National Bakery Awards. They join 91 other county champions from across the UK in the annual Bakery Business Magazine National Bakery Awards.

Fresh from being noted as one of IWSC’s top 50 spirits producers in the world, distillers at Yorkshire’s first whisky distillery have revealed details of their annual Sherry Cask Reserve release. For 2025, the sixth release in this highly regarded series marries whisky that has been aged in ex-Oloroso Sherry Casks.

With statistics showing over two in five Brits have felt stressed during the festive season, I have put together a plan to help people cope with the additional pressures the season brings. Despite it being such a happy and exciting time for most, one in four of us have said we struggle with anxiety or depression at this time of year.

With the early arrival of snow last week, I decided it was the right time to get the donkeys’ stabling ‘winter ready’. The drop in temperatures, sleet, snow and ice were a sharp reminder that winter is well and truly on its way, after an incredibly hot summer and an unseasonably warm Autumn.

On Monday (24 November), teams from Newcastle restaurateur Kenny Atkinson’s two city-centre restaurants discovered they had been included in the tenth-anniversary edition of La Liste, the prestigious international ranking that highlights the world’s top 1,000 restaurants across 200 countries.

On Monday the team at Cumbria’s The Old Stamp House in Ambleside learned that the restaurant has been included in the tenth-anniversary edition of La Liste, which highlights the top 1,000 restaurants across 200 countries. This marks the third consecutive year that the Lakes restaurant has featured in what is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading culinary rankings.

Instant access cash ISA bonus rates are on the increase putting savers at risk of losing out once the bonuses expire, new analysis for Investec Save shows. The analysis - conducted by Andrew Hagger of Moneycomms for Investec Save - found that five of the top 10 paying instant access cash ISAs rely on bonus rates rising to nine of the top 25 and 12 of the top 50.

Robinhood UK is bringing financial education to your local pub quiz Through a series of quizzes at pubs across England, Robinhood will prove that learning about money really can be simple - and even social. This November, Robinhood will launch a series of pub quiz nights across the UK – a new initiative designed to spark curiosity about money, investing and the financial markets.

Having driven past dozens of meadows and verges at the side of the country lanes in North Yorkshire this summer, full of colourful wildflowers, we decided to dedicate one of our paddocks to growing wildflowers. The aim is to attract as much wildlife as possible making the paddock a haven for bees, butterflies, birds, insects and other wildlife essential for continuing nature’s work.

Our personal finance and consumer expert has revealed how she turned her finances around and became an expert saver after starting off as a self-confessed “spendaholic”.

Living in the North Yorkshire countryside, with only a couple of farms for neighbors, I am very fortunate that bonfire night doesn’t cause me too many headaches, although I am well aware of the problems that fireworks can cause for those who keep animals in more built up areas. Whilst, I hate to sound like a party pooper, I really cannot understand the need for loud fireworks.

Richard Hurst freely admits he “loves the whole food experience,” but it was a change in lifestyle that inspired him to learn to cook. “In my teens and early twenties I made some bad choices in regard to my lifestyle and diet.

The winners of the Great British Food Awards 2025 have been revealed, and the team from Lovingly Artisan Bakery, based at Plumgarths near Kendal, is celebrating after securing accolades in two national categories.

Nuremberg is carving out a reputation in the gastronomic world—something one might not instinctively associate with Germany. Yet delve into the 2025 Michelin Guide and you'll discover 341 starred establishments across the country, including twelve with three stars, 47 with two, and 282 with one.

As the days grow shorter and colder, Alzheimer’s Society is reminding people to check in on loved ones, friends and neighbours living with dementia. Seasonal changes, including the upcoming clock change on 26 October, can be unsettling, and colder temperatures may bring extra challenges.

With temperatures dropping and bills already climbing, many UK households are bracing for what could be the hardest winter yet. Ofgem has announced that between 1 October and 31 December 2025, the energy price cap will rise to £1,755 per year for a typical dual-fuel household paying by Direct Debit, an increase that will hit budgets already stretched by the cost of living crisis.

Growing up in the Ivory Coast in a household where food was pure joy, I was immersed in a world of incredible aromas and complex flavours. The kitchen was filled with the warm, earthy scents of toasted spices, the tang of citrus, and deep, smoky notes that seemed to drift from every dish.