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Abi Kempley, 22, who works in sales for her family’s salads company, has reached the final four of the popular cooking competition after impressing judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace with her Asian-inspired dishes in previous rounds. She said: “I’ve been cooking for around four years. My cooking was born out of frustration for not being able to spend time enjoying food at restaurants and food markets during lockdown 2020. “Lockdown gave me the opportunity and time to cook for my family and rec…

The 22-year-old, who works in sales for her family’s salads company, reached the final four after impressing judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace with her Asian-inspired dishes in previous rounds. After jetting across the world for the culinary trip of a lifetime to Singapore for the first challenge of finals week, the contestants then had the honour of cooking for a table of top chefs at iconic restaurant Le Gavroche. They worked under the watchful eye of chef Michel Roux Jr, who said: “This is…

Shirley Hepworth, from Roberttown, described the “horrific” treatment that her daughter Beau had bravely endured as a result of her “relentless, invasive, gut-wrenching cancer”. She explained how, while caring for her child, she also had to raise large sums of money to give Beau the chance of treatment abroad because it wasn’t available in the UK. Shirley said: “Fundraising for overseas treatments is a tough thing to carry when you are single-handedly caring for a child with cancer. “The astrono…

John Porter, 76, of Scarborough, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for voluntary services to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). John, who is visits officer, water safety advisor and fundraiser at the RNLI’s Scarborough Lifeboat Station, has given more than 40 years of service to the charitable organisation, holding various roles during that time. His first involvement with the RNLI came in 1980 when he and his late wife sold raffle tickets outside Tesco in their hometown…

Following the resounding success of the 2023 awards, which saw more than 300 attendees, we are gearing up for an even grander affair this year, with surprises on the night, as we celebrate a decade of this fantastic event. These esteemed awards continue to honour and celebrate a diverse range of businesses, underscoring their valuable contributions to our community and the regional economic landscape. We are inviting entries from businesses of all sizes and sectors operating within Scarborough,…

We’re starting our Fourth of July with partly to mostly cloudy skies. It will be a bit more humid through the day. High temperatures will be in the mid 80s.

It will be warm and humid with high temperatures in the mid 80s. Lows will be in the low 70s.

Dewsbury is one of 75 UK towns eligible for the investment to support regeneration projects from funding allocated by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. To access the funding, a ten-vision and three-year investment plan need to be submitted to the government before August 1. Dewsbury Town Board, which was set up in 2019 by Kirklees Council to help deliver a Town Investment Plan to access up to £25m from the government’s £3.6billion Town Fund, will oversee the development…

<img data-reference=“image” data-document-id=“cms/api/amp/image/BB1pJ705″ /><p>Dewsbury is one of 75 UK towns eligible for the investment to support regeneration projects from funding allocated by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p><p>To access the funding, a ten-vision and three-year investment plan need to be submitted to the government before August 1.</p><p>Dewsbury Town Board, which was set up in 2019 by Kirklees Council to help deliver a Town Investment Plan to a…

Stay weather aware over the next few days here in New England. Flooding and dangerous heat are the two big weather stories we’re tracking.