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When it comes to comfort food, it doesn’t get better than homemade biscuits and barbecue. The smell of fluffy, mouthwatering biscuits perfected over the course of many baking sessions and smoky, fall-off-the-bone meats are just some of the simple pleasures found at the new Mama Jo’s Biscuits & BBQ food truck. Jodi and Ben Polson are familiar names and faces around Denver; between Jodi’s pastry chef education and Ben’s corporate catering background, serving up good food is not new to them. What is new, though, is the custom-built food truck from which they’ll serve Southern-style me...

The money has gone towards providing healthy ready-meals for busy staff on wards. Karen Organ of Cheltenham and Gloucester Hospitals Charity, who received the donation, said: “We want to thank everyone from the Cotswold School community for helping to support our NHS staff as they continue to work throughout the pandemic. "Our teams are working long hours on Covid wards and to be able to give them a healthy hot meal, that they do not have to think about, is really important. "The staff feel so valued by this kind and generous support and we would like thank everyone that has donated...

Photo: © Pat Flynn 2020 The Burren Ecotourism Network is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of growth, achievements and awards which have seen it become a worldwide leader in sustainable tourism. The network which now consists of nearly 70 tourism businesses has grown from 18 founding members when it was launched by Darina Allen and then Mayor of Clare, Councillor Christy Curtin at Gregans Castle Hotel on March 3, 2011. Members range from operators like Burren Fine Wine & Foods and Marie McGauran’s Burren Walks to iconic tourist attractions such as the Cliffs of Moher. Busi...

Siobhan Baillie The Stroud MP's weekly column. I had the pleasure last week of hosting a web event for local businesses to learn about exporting alongside Gloucester MP Richard Graham. I am part of the Department of International Trade’s (DIT) Parliamentary Export Programme, which aims to encourage companies to export and to help them gain access to the comprehensive support DIT can offer. The work DIT can do to get people trading across the globe is quite amazing and little known, although I hope to change that. Just a few highlights of the support available include a free Expor...

Countryfile will showcase a Brimscombe community food project today - presented by Stroud celebrity Ellie Harrison. The Long Table will be the subject of 2 x 6 minute slots at the beginning and the end of the show tonight on BBC One. The episode will explore the enterprise and its ethos, including its work with local foodbanks, local food sources and its freezers of love - Frozen meals in 19 places around the Stroud district which can be bought on a ‘pay what you can’ basis during the pandemic. “It was a real privilege and a real joy - as a team we were buzzing yesterday,” said...