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It was terrifying, says Abby Crawford, marketing manager at Winmark Wines. We could see the fires coming down the hill towards us. Winmark was one of many Hunter Valley wineries that lost its entire 2020 vintage to smoke taint. Having already endured three years of drought, the bushfires in late 2019 must have felt like the final straw. And then, of course, came COVID-19.
When restrictions in NSW finally eased in June last year and people started travelling again, the Hunter faced a more familiar challenge: the surprising indifference of many Sydneysiders to the world-class wine region on their doorstep. Many bypassed it in favour of what are perceived as the cooler wine destinations such as Orange and Mudgee.
Eating outdoors in Battersea, London, last September – due to be allowed again from 12 April. Photograph: Johnny Armstead/Rex
Eating outdoors in Battersea, London, last September – due to be allowed again from 12 April. Photograph: Johnny Armstead/Rex
Sun 14 Mar 2021 01.15 EST
Britons are planning to “eat, drink and be merry” once lockdown lifts, with many pubs and restaurants already fully booked for several months.
Those keen to make up for lost time have inundated venues in England with bookings for tables in beer gardens for when they are scheduled to reopen on 12 April.
When the Birmingham restaurant, Craft, started to take bookings on 24 February just after the April easing was announced by the prime minister, 147 groups – 601 people – reserved seats within 20 minutes.
Warm, generous, unshowy… No wonder the cookbook became an instant classic
‘I wrote back saying thank you, but I don’t think I could write a book’: Nigel Slater. Photograph: Julian Broad/The Observer
‘I wrote back saying thank you, but I don’t think I could write a book’: Nigel Slater. Photograph: Julian Broad/The Observer
Sun 14 Mar 2021 01.00 EST
One day in 1992 the phone rang at Books for Cooks, the famed specialist bookshop in London’s Notting Hill. It was answered by Clarissa Dickson Wright, then still a few years off finding fame as one of the Fat Ladies. The caller, who didn’t identify himself, wanted to know whether they had copies of the newly published
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Updated: 16:22, 11 March 2021
Kent s most snarled-up level crossing looks set to take the strain of more than 1,000 new homes after councillors made the shock decision to reject the final part of a £30 million bypass.
The traffic hotspot, in Sturry, is often gridlocked as motorists heading in and out of Canterbury get stuck at the barriers.
More than 20,000 vehicles use Sturry level crossing a day. It is one of the top 10 most-used crossings in the UK
And the issue is now set to worsen after county councillors this week refused permission for a relief road diverting vehicles away from the railway station - just a month after their city counterparts approved two huge housing estates nearby.