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The Peak District’s new barge hostel for backpackers

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What's the closest you've ever come to your host on holiday? You've probably chatted over a cup of tea at breakfast. Maybe you've shared a friendly aperitif with them before heading out for dinner. Have you ever shared three meals ...Read More »

By Invitation Only competition now underway

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Unilever Foodsolutions By Invitation Only competition is now underway. The briefing started at 10:00 this morning, by 10:30 the chefs received their mystery baskets, by 11:00 their three-course menus had to be created and written up and they have now ...Read More »

Kids on the High Seas — What to Do?

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The learning portion of a cruise usually happens on port excursions. In recent years, however, cruise lines have gone all out with onboard education programs for kids -- think drama workshops, environmental awareness activities, science experiments, and art projects which ...Read More »

Holiday trading boom for Camps Bay

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While many hotels, shopping centres and restaurants reported a slower festive season than previous years, establishments in Camps Bay appear to have been less affected by the economic slowdown, with some even recording record numbers. According to David Solomon, chairman of ...Read More »

Taste Holdings launches new jewellery brand

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Taste Holdings, which owns the Scooters Pizza and Maxi's franchise restaurant chains, has added Davidowns to its jewellery division, which currently consists of the NWJ chain. This new concept is intended to grow the jewellery division and increase market share. Taste ...Read More »

The best new things to do in Cornwall

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Food and drinkDriftwood Restaurant Cornwall's first Michelin star for a Cornish chef was won this year by Chris Eden at the Driftwood Hotel in Portscatho. Chris's dishes include fillet of mackerel with heritage tomato, pickled gooseberry and elderflower salad; seared john ...Read More »

Eating out: My perfect London day out by the Cheese and Biscuits restaurant blogger

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I'll begin at London Bridge late morning on a Saturday, under the shadow of the astonishing Shard, but resist the temptation to fight my way into the tourist scrum of Borough Market, no matter how hungry I am. Instead, I ...Read More »

Born Free Foundation aids conservation in Ethiopia

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A new wild animal welfare, conservation and education project got underway in Africa this week when President Girma Wolde Giorgis unveiled the foundation stone for Ethiopia's first Wildlife Rescue, Conservation and Education Centre at a site near Holeta, 23km west ...Read More »
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