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Why domestic is just as good as foreign when it comes to a post-lockdown holiday Helen Coffey © Provided by The Independent Kicking out behind me, I sail through cool water as I look ahead – through the glass pyramid of the spa and up, up, up, to a sky that looks more like a Renaissance painting than a real backdrop, bedecked with luminous, peach-hued clouds that are lit by the waning sun as it makes its way behind the horizon. It is quiet and still: I am the only swimmer in the outdoor pool at Lower Mill Estate this evening. It’s a day of firsts – my first dip after l...

ROLLINSFORD — North Country Hard Cider is in the running for Best Cidery in USA Today’s national 10Best Readers’ Choice 2021 contest. North Country co-founder Silas Gordon said their candidacy represents a sweet and unexpected recognition. He also said it represents a validating honor no matter the results of the vote because their small-town, small-operation business is nominated alongside some major players in the craft cider world. “For us, the entire team here works incredibly hard and our process is not the normal process, so it is a bit slower, a bit harder, a bit more variable ...

Getting a step on the farming ladder is far from easy and has become virtually impossible for some, with huge barriers when it comes to affording land and receiving any kind of government support. It can be a massive gamble entering agriculture, but with hard graft, ambition and determination, there are many new starts that have gone on to establish profitable businesses by putting new ideas in place. New entrant farmer, Gordon Whiteford, is a prime example of this, having been brought up on a dairy farm in south Ayrshire until the age of 10, before moving to St Andrews and then onto In...

A spokesperson for the business said: “Throughout the pandemic to date, we have paid our rent commitments in full, even when our hotels and restaurants were forced to close. “With ongoing Government restrictions expected to result in subdued market demand into the first half of 2021, we are now asking our landlords to support us, as other stakeholders have during the pandemic, through a reduction in rent for the December quarter in recognition of the current environment.” Premier Inn closed the vast majority of its 800 hotels during the first national lockdown in March – keeping...

The crowds. we begin with carl who is not far from the quake's epicenter. >> reporter: kiran, so far this morning we have seen some incidents of looting at a flower mill not far from here. people broke through the gates of that earlier this morning and started to carry out heavy sacks of flour. one man told me he came from 12 miles away and he brought his bike with him and he said he had no power or running water at home and simply needed something to feed the family. now the police did come on scene very quickly, and they want to allow looting to spread.