A mum-of-two who won a Nottinghamshire County Show baking competition after she took part in memory of her mother is practicing hard as she prepares to defend her crown later this year. Kathryn Davies, from Southwell, dedicated her rosette-winning performance at last year’s county show to her late mother, Mary, a…
8th April, 2024
This World Health Day, Bluewater, a global leader in water purification and beverage solutions, calls on governments worldwide to tackle the urgent issue of PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) and microplastic contamination in drinking water. PFAS, a family of man-made chemicals used since the 1940s, are known…
8th April, 2024
A Derby firm has helped spread the message about saving the planet by handing out 1,600 bamboo-fibre cups to local charities and organisations – with help from British homeware company Milly Green. Family-owned Barron McCann, which provides IT services to customers throughout the UK and Europe, handed out the…
8th April, 2024
An Alvaston Moor Academy student has voiced his pride after being part of a Derby-wide anti-misogyny youth campaign that has won national recognition and £1,000 in prize money. Kaiden Doyle, 16, a year 11 student at the academy – which is part of Archway Learning Trust – was part of the hard-hitting ‘Derby…
7th April, 2024
A team of world-class engineers from Leicester are involved in an exciting new project to develop systems that will power unmanned lunar rovers working at the southernmost point on the Moon. Experts from the University of Leicester and its £100 million science and innovation park Space Park Leicester are part of a…
7th April, 2024
By Ian Strachan. If you’ve decided to do your bit towards saving the planet and switch to all-electric driving, there’s a growing number of vehicles competing for your money. The major manufacturers all have electric offerings, but it’s worth having a look outside the mainstream. If you don’t…
6th April, 2024
By Ian Strachan. The range of fully electric cars on the market is growing rapidly, and you can be forgiven for thinking that some of them are just dull: dull to look at and dull to drive. In some cases, particularly those that been available for a while, you’d be right. But going fully electric doesn’t…
6th April, 2024
By Ian Strachan. Close on £35,000 for a Ford Focus? That sounds expensive, but the likes of Audi and BMW have been selling medium sector cars with that sort of price tag for quite a few years, and the Ford Focus Active X Estate mild hybrid is certainly a cut above. Apart from attractive, rugged styling and a classy…
6th April, 2024
By Ian Strachan. Honda has managed to find room in its excellent range for another SUV, sandwiched between the new HR-V and the excellent CR-V. The all-new Honda ZR-V provides an attractively designed, sporty and practical option, with the latest hybrid technology to help performance and economy. The ZR-V, despite…
6th April, 2024
By Ian Strachan. In 20-odd years of motoring journalism I’ve driven cars in some spectacular and peculiar colours. But probably none more striking than Skoda’s appropriately named Hyper Green. I tested the fully electric Skoda Enyaq vRS in this colour and it certainly turns heads. There’s no losing…
6th April, 2024
