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An East Lancashire author who works tirelessly to promote literature for children has been awarded The Peoples Book Prize for Best Published Book.

A CHILDRENS literature festival held in Haworth and Keighley has been hailed as a huge success.

St Albans Museum + Gallery has officially reopened today amid the latest easing of lockdown restrictions. Verulamium Museum will also throw open its doors with new Covid-secure measures – which include visitors checking in on the NHS Covid app when they arrive and wearing face coverings whilst indoors.  Visitors will to St Albans Museum + Gallery will be treated to three new exhibitions. They include Behind the Mask, which celebrates 40 years of innovation, and Lockdown Life – disp...

But if youve dared to look at your screen-time lately, youll know that too much of a good thing does in fact exist and, even during Level 5 lockdown, there comes a time when a digital detox is needed. So, if youre looking for some other activities to keep you away from your screens, here are a few things to do this weekend that dont involve technology. 1. Revisit an old hobby We all have some once beloved pastimes that weve let slip, and theres no better time than now to revisit the hobbies tha...

Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up “It has been a rollercoaster of emotions for me.” Today marks the first anniversary of Ross Mitchell’s Lockdown Life photography project, in which he captures portraits of people with their four-legged companions. Agnes Widley as photographed by Ross. Based in Kinross, the 41-year-old has captured around 2,500 portraits since he began on April 1 last year. He walks around...

From victim to victor after drink spiking incident Updated Diane Macpherson Share this: Drink spiking is a serious problem, as one local family discovered. In this weeks KindnessCan podcast,  Jane Linley-Thomas and Paul Bushell catch up with Peach Piche, who has taken her familys frightening personal experience and turned it into something that can help stop drink spiking. Drinkerbell Drink spiking happens more often than you might think. It happens in nice restaurants in the middle of the d...

Still in lockdown: 25 things to do if you are feeling bored today

Lockdown has had a devastating impact on childrens learning, new study finds

Like – a lot. Even in the middle of winter – when the temperatures are well below freezing – schools and creches ask that children come in dressed in layers and outdoor gear so that they can spend as much of the day outside as possible. It is common to have babies take naps outside too – all wrapped up warm in their prams and buggies, of course. And on the weekend, families will often go hiking, snowboarding, cycling – anything, really, as long as it is outdoors. In fact, childcare s...