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SHAR PEI SEEING STRAIGHT AFTER ‘FACELIFT’ OPERATION

Features, Wagging Tales
Vets in Yorkshire have provided an eye-raising remedy for a suffering Shar Pei puppy who was in danger of going blind. When five-month-old Coco was taken to Calder Vets in Dewsbury for her first vaccinations, her owner Kerryanne McCann mentioned she was concerned she had an eyesight problem. Vet Claire…

Don’t Sacrifice Sleep When The Clocks Go Forward

Health, Mind & Body
Don’t sacrifice your snoozing when the clocks go forward this month on 31 March, according to The Sleep Council as it offers timely advice on how to prepare for the ‘lost hour’. Lisa Artis of The Sleep Council said: “Many people struggle with losing an hour of sleep when British…

Precise Accurate Training Is Moving

Fitness & Nutrition, Health, Other Sports, Sport
−−− BY LINZI DAVIES −−− Ex professional boxer turned coach Nick Manners is relocating his popular boxing gym to 75 Roseville Road. Nick turned to the local community and social media to ask for help to find new premises when he learned that the building that has been home to…

Olympians Encourage Yorkshire Swimmers To Make A Splash For Charity

Charity
Team GB swimming heroes Mark Foster and Duncan Goodhew are encouraging people in Yorkshire to sign up to Swimathon, the world’s biggest annual fundraising swim, to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK and Marie Curie.  Taking place from Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March, swimmers of all ages and…

Support Local Artists …

Features, Music Notes With Stuart Glossop
Sometimes you wonder why some artists make it big in the music business whilst others, despite garnering positive critical acclaim do not. You realise that maybe it is all down to luck rather than talent. Two Leeds’ artists who have over the past six or so years built their reputation…

FARMING FUN FOR FAMILIES AT SPRINGTIME LIVE

Entertainment, What's On
Tickets are on sale now for the annual family farming event Springtime Live, held at the Great Yorkshire Showground on Saturday April 13. From mini tractor rides to live entertainment, all activities and workshops are FREE once inside the event which celebrates farming, food and the countryside. Children can also…

Photographers Flock To RSPB St Aidan’s For The Bearded Tit Bonanza

Local News
Birders and photographers from across the country have been flocking to St Aidan’s Nature Park, Leeds, for once-in-a-lifetime views of the site’s usually-elusive bearded birds. Usually, visitors would be lucky to catch a glimpse of the shy birds darting into the reeds. However the bearded tits at St Aidan’s have…

Switching From Winter To Spring

Features, The World Of Birds
As winter gives way to spring, you may notice that on some days our resident birds are singing and on other days everything is quiet apart from the occasional monosyllabic note. This is because the lengthening day is bringing our resident birds into peak breeding condition, but the chaotic change…
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