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Keech Hospice Care, which supports children and adults with life limiting and terminal illnesses, is now recognised as one of the best not-for-profit employers in the UK. The prestigious awards, which are organised by The Sunday Times, identify the best companies and charities to work for across the UK – based on feedback from their staff. 250,000 staff working for over 1,000 employers completed anonymous surveys giving their opinions about their bosses, their working conditions and their employer’s values. Liz Searle, Chief Executive of Keech Hospice Care, attended the awards ceremony in London on Wednesday 22 February. “I am absolutely delighted that the staff we employ at Keech Hospice Care should rate us so highly,” said Liz. “This is the first time that the
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Spring Has Sprung At Luton Hoo Estate Walled Garden
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The Walled Garden at Luton Hoo Estate was designed by Capability Brown in the late 1760’s for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, noted botanist and prime minister under George III.. As with many great estates, by the late 1980’s the garden stood dilapidated, overgrown and neglected. Today, the garden is being run by the Estate Management team and a dedicated team of volunteers, who are involved in a range of activities aimed at restoring and preserving the history of the garden. The site comprises a five acre garden, surrounded by the original 18th Century octagonal wall, and a range of glass houses, and selection of rare service buildings. It has been estimated that £10 million needs to be raised to fully restore the garden and its structures.
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Gluten-free brownies Some of the most popular recipes on my Weekend Kitchen programme are those which are glutenfree. Making great food - cakes and bakes in particular - without the need for gluten needn’t be difficult. Take these wonderful brownies for example. They are muddy, fudgey, soft and moreish. Cakes made with gluten-free flour can be a little dry but in such a ‘wet’ mix as this, the finished brownies are as moist as can be. The recipe comes from a real baking expert, and a lovely regular on my show. Paul Barker runs the Cinnamon Square Bakery in Rickmansworth, and he shares this recipe and others in his baking bible, ‘Cinnamon Square - A Measured Approach’.
How To Make Place the butter and chocolate in a plastic bowl and gently melt them in the microwave or over a hot water bath. You want the mix to get quite warm. This will help keep the batter fluid when adding the eggs. In a separate bowl combine the sugar and eggs together, and then pour (whilst stirring) into the butter/chocolate mixture. Finally, add the gluten-free flour and stir until thoroughly combined. Pour the mixture into a 23cm square baking pan, lined with greaseproof baking paper.
Ingredients 210g unsalted butter 210g dark Belgian chocolate 285g caster sugar 170g beaten egg at room temperature (that should be about 4 eggs) 125g gluten-free plain flour
If the batter is still warm, it will make its own level. However, if the batter has thickened, you will need to spread it level across the baking pan. Place the pan into your oven and bake at 170°C / Gas Mark4 for 25-30 minutes. It is better to slightly under bake these brownies as they will continue to cook once out off the oven. You actually want the centre to still be slightly soft when baked. Once the brownies have cooled, you can dust with a little icing sugar, top with some store-bought chocolate fudge, or a simple chocolate ganache (made by melting together equal weight of dark chocolate and cream). This recipe makes nine large square brownies or 18 smaller rectangles
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Health Beauty
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I often get the same question from my clients’ in-salon, “My son/daughter is suffering terribly with their skin at the moment, can you help?” As if going through puberty isn’t bad enough the added anxiety of dealing with problem skin can have your teen going around in circles. For such an important and sensitive topic (and with school proms just a few months away) here are my top tips for dealing with teenage skin issues. Your teens can be challenging years for skin. Puberty causes your body to increase its production of sebum (oil secreted by your sebaceous glands), leading to blocked pores and spots. But making the effort to understand your skin and getting a good skincare routine put in place can make all the difference, and sets you up well for the coming decades. Skin needs to be cleansed effectively both morning and night and it is important to know what types of products to use and those to avoid. I don’t recommend using soap on your skin, most soaps are alkaline in nature and the skin is more acidic. The soap will strip your skin’s natural oil protection leaving it open to bacteria getting in and moisture loss, this will force your skin to produce more oil to try to protect itself. You can see how this can begin a vicious circle and your skin gets more damaged as a result. Another no-go for me are face wipes – they frequently contain lots of chemical ingredients and they don’t give a deep clean, often leaving a residue on the skin which can clog pores and contribute to breakouts. Unfortunately, products for teens often contain harsh, inexpensive ingredients such as soap, sulphates, mineral oils, artificial colour, fragrances and alcohol, all of which can irritate and aggravate already troubled skin causing even more problems! So, what should you be looking for? There are some fantastic face washes and cleansers that are sulphate-free which means they will not irritate the skin further. Look out for ingredients such as witch hazel or salicylic acid, which helps to clear the build-up of dead skin cells that
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Can You Outrun The Easter Bunny? By Haydon Littlewood, Personal trainer, www.bodychange4u.co.uk
As a personal trainer my advice is simple Remember to lead a healthy balanced lifestyle. Nothing should be off limits but understanding what different foods offer us in relation to nutrition is the key. Understanding food and what it provides our bodies with helps us to make better choices. With Easter fast approaching there will be plenty of temptations all around us in the shape of cute chocolate bunnies and eggs, but have you thought about how much exercise it would take to burn off that dinky crème egg? Or Lindt chocolate bunny?
A standard Cadbury Crème egg (40g) has 177kcal & 26.5g sugar*. What does this mean in relation to our bodies burning it off ? One egg has the equivalent of five teaspoons of sugar per egg (that means 66% of the crème egg is sugar). The average woman would need to run up the stairs for 19 minutes to burn off a single crème egg^. For most people a crème egg will be gone in two or three bites, is it really worth 19 minutes of running up the stairs?? A Lindt chocolate bunny (105g) has a whopping 550kcal and 55g of sugar*, you would need to complete 40 minutes of indoor cycling to burn off this cute little bunny! ^ I can help guide you through the nutritional minefield and steer you in the right direction by providing nutritional advice and personal training. For more information visit my website www.bodychange4u.co.uk facts taken from: *www.cadbury.co.uk and www.lindt.co.uk ^www.healthstatus.com and www.livestrong.com
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Money Matters By Martin Lewis
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With summer on the way, this is the peak holiday booking period. However, with the pound recently at a 32 year low against the dollar, and matching the awful rates of 2013 against the euro, this year it’s likely to be a challenge to get a decent price. The weak pound not only hits holiday spending, but hotels, car hire and more, so here are my 10 top tips for keeping costs down.
1 Pocket The Perfect Plastic To Make The Pound Perform. Spend abroad and most credit cards add a 3% ‘non-sterling transaction fee’ which means £100 of euros costs £103 and some then load other charges on top. However, there are a range of specialist cards that don't add that fee. So, you get that day’s same near-perfect rate that the banks do, in every country. My top two long term picks, as well as good exchange rates, have low cash fees - the www.creation.co.uk Everyday card and www.halifax.co.uk Clarity. Spending on these is super cheap, usually easily smashing the best bureau de change rates. Yet only do this if you’ll repay the card IN FULL each month, to avoid the 18.9% ish representative APR. It’s worth noting if instead of spending on the card you withdraw foreign cash and spend that, you will pay interest even if you clear in full, but even with that added they’re still not that costly. For full info on top cards, and an eligibility calculator so you can see which you’re most likely to be accepted for go to www.mse.me/payabroad.
can be £40 a day when you get there. Here’s the three key steps:
2 One Hotel Room Can Have Hundreds Of Prices. Once you know what hotel you want, always check to see if it’s being sold cheaper elsewhere, use comparison sites www.trivag o.co.uk and www.travelsupermarket.com for a wide-ranging search (and always call the hotel to see if it'll beat the price). The difference can be £100s.
4 Find Best Holiday Cash In Seconds. Just use my www.travelmoneymax.com site which compares 30 online bureaux to find which gives you the best rates in seconds, factoring all fees.
3 With Car Hire Book It Early And Buy Insurance Elsewhere. If hiring abroad, generally early booking is cheaper, what costs £10 a day now
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a) Do a comparison to find your cheapest. I’d try www.kayak.co.uk, www.carrentals.co.uk and if needed www.skyscanner.net too. b) Check stealth fuel charges. Some try and make you pay for a full tank and return it empty - adding £80ish if you don't drive far. The above, apart from Kayak, let you filter by fuel policy. c) Don’t fall for their insurance up-sell. When you pick up a car they’ll often try and fear sell you up to £25/ day insurance on top – to cover the large excess if you have any claims. If you’ll pay for this, instead use excess insurance comparison site www.moneymaxim.co.uk before you go and you can often find a policy from £2 a day. Yet if you do this, or don’t get the insurance, the car hire firm will ask you to leave a deposit on a credit (not debit) card which can be €1,000+.
5 Speedily Find The Cheapest Flights. The obvious start point again are comparison sites. My top picks are www.skyscanner.net, www.kayak.co.uk and www.momondo.co.uk which include most airlines and booking sites like Expedia and ebookers. Yet if you really want to slash flight costs, you need to get
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clever, such as using ethnic specialist travel agents and checking out airline code sharing deals. For full help see www.mse.me/cheapflights. 6 Don’t Forget The Good Old Fashion Package Holiday. Package holidays are where you usually get flights, hotels and transfers in one. They can still be the cheapest especially if you’re going away for 7, 10 or 14 days in a traditional holiday destination like Benidorm. Both www.travelsuper market.com and www.icelolly.com have comparison sites. Then once you’ve got up a price, if you want to shave a little off, you can call up other agents to see if they’ll sell you the same holiday at a cheaper price. 7 Book Travel Insurance As Soon As You Book The Holiday. Every year people email me saying something sadly akin to, “I’m due on holiday in a few months, but I’ve just been given a cancer diagnosis and can’t go, the airline won’t let me cancel, what can I do?” The answer is 'that’s what travel insurance is for'. Yet many people only book it just before they go. Waiting defeats half the point of having the cover – which is to protect you in the event cancellation is needed due to illness, a death in the family or something else. Full help on the cheapest policies, including for over 65’s in www.mse.me/travelinsurance.
8 Booked Easyjet – Keep Checking The Price. If your EasyJet price drops after you've booked it – excluding in a sale – you can just call it up to ask for the difference back in vouchers. Jo emailed: "We got an £803 voucher... all thanks to you." 9 Check If Your European Health Insurance Card (Ehic) Is Still Valid. The free EHIC means if you’re in an EU (and a few others) country you can use a state GP or hospital for the same price as a local, so if it’s free for them, it's free for you. It’s valuable extra protection (alongside travel insurance). Yet it’s not valid for millions, this is nothing to do with Brexit, but simply that it has a valid until date and 5.3 million expired in the last year. Check yours, if it is, go to www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/EHIC to get a new one for FREE (don’t Google this, you’ll find shyster sites trying to charge you to do it who add nothing to the process). 10 Be Careful Boozing On Holiday. A final thought. If you’re going to drink on holiday (and let’s be honest, for many people that’s half what it’s about), remember this may invalidate your travel insurance claim. So, take it easy, and if you won’t take it easy, at least think about what belongings you’re taking with you!
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AUTO-BIOGRAPHIES New 2017 Honda Civic
By Tim Barnes-Clay, Motoring Journalist -@carwriteups
Location: Barcelona
it’s being made with no specific changes for regions, other than the obvious adaptations for left and right-hand drive markets.
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Topping the features of the new Civic is Honda’s ‘Connect’ Tim Barnes-Clay infotainment unit, which isBy companionable with Android Auto and Apple Car Play operating systems. The other headliner, in @carwriteups terms of kit, is Honda’s safety technology bundle, known as ‘Sensing’. It merges several bits of tech to keep you safe and sound. Features include lane keeping assistant, forward collision warning adaptive cruise control, and traffic sign recognition.
• Price: £22,470
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Combined mpg: 48.7 Honda has• announced the price-tag of its up-to-date Civic, and it will start from £18,335 increasing to £27,295, depending on • Engine layout: 1498cc which trim level you want. 4-cylinder turbo petrol
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The Honda Civic has been around forever. It’s one of those Japanese brands that has never faded away or changed into anything else, and it’s remarkable to think it’s been on our roads since 1972.
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joined to a CVT automatic gearbox, he Honda Civic has been The 2017 Civic is the 10th generation of the model, and Honda recommend trying yet the sixbringwe’d back the essence of a practical, around forever. It’sclaims oneit wanted of tobut entertaining vehiclespeed to drive. To do this, the firm has manual gearbox as spent it feels excelthose Japanese brands that time re-engineering this fresh Civic from top to toe. lent in the hand and gratifying to work has never faded away or changed The all-new Hondawith. Civic marks of two petrol It’s the alsointroduction to the Civic’s credit that into anything else, and it’sunits remark– a 1.0-litre three-cylinder ‘VTEC Turbo’ and a 1.5-litre it stays hushed and refined, regardless four-cylinder power plant. The 1.0-litre yields 129PS, and will able to think it’s been on doour of1.5-litre the flashy undercurrent. 55mpg, while the produces 182PS and 48mpg of fuel economy. roads since 1972. The design of the all-new Honda
he Honda Civic has been around forever. It’s one of those apanese brands that has never faded away or changed into Civic has changed. The exiting model The 2017 Civic is the 10th generation is rounder, but the new Civic like nything else, and it’s remarkable tois think it’s been on our of the model, and Honda claims it a compact saloon. It looks wider and merges several bits of tech to keep you wanted to bring back the essence of smoother around the nose area, and safe and sound. Features include lane oads since 1972. a practical, yet entertaining vehicle to the rear has an angular, level shape. In- keeping assistant, forward collision Undoubtedly, the tenth incarnation of the Civic is an improvement over the last model, handling well on the test route that we took it out on around Barcelona in Spain. And the new power units – of which we drove the 1.5-litre variant – are first-rate, with lots of keen delivery, although the 1.5 iVTEC Turbo Sport is not as potent as its athletic body suggests.
drive. To do this, the firm has spent side, thecan split-dash has been replaced The new ‘VTEC Turbo’ engine be joined to a CVT automatic time re-engineering this fresh Civicbut we’d recommend gearbox, tryingdesign the six-speed manual by a smarter – reminiscent gearbox as it feels excellent in the hand and gratifying to work from top to toe. of the lovely 90’s Honda dashboard with. It’s also to the Civic’s credit that it stays hushed and This is a nod to an age when refined, regardless layouts. of the flashy undercurrent. The all-new Honda Civic marks the the Japanese automaker made some of The design of the all-new Honda Civic has changed. The exiting introduction of two petrol units –a its the best cars. model is rounder, but new Civic is like a compact saloon. It 1.0-litre three-cylinder ‘VTEC Turbo’ looks wider and smoother around the nose area, and the rear has an angular, level shape. Inside, the split-dash has been and a 1.5-litre four-cylinder power The 2017 Honda Civic will be made replaced by a smarter design – reminiscent of the lovely 90’s plant. The 1.0-litre yields 129PS, and in Swindon, a factory Honda dashboard layouts. This is a nod to an agethat whenhas the turned Japanese automaker made some of itscars best cars. will do 55mpg, while the 1.5-litre out well-built for some time now. produces 182PS and 48mpgThe of 2017 fuelHonda Civic The will abe constructing willBritish be made plant in Swindon, factory that economy. has turned out well-built cars for not somejust time for now.the The British the model UK, but for plant will be constructing the model not just for the UK, but for the whole world. This is the inaugural the whole world. This is the inaugural ‘global’ Civic, meaning Undoubtedly, the tenth incarnation of ‘global’ Civic, meaning it’s being made the Civic is an improvement over the with no specific changes for regions, last model, handling well on the test other than the obvious adaptations for route that we took it out on around left and right-hand drive markets. Barcelona in Spain. And the new Topping the features of the new Civic power units – of which we drove the is Honda’s ‘Connect’ infotainment 1.5-litre variant – are first-rate, with unit, which is companionable with lots of keen delivery, although the 1.5 Android Auto and Apple Car Play opi-VTEC Turbo Sport is not as potent erating systems. The other headliner, as its athletic body suggests. in terms of kit, is Honda’s safety techThe new ‘VTEC Turbo’ engine can be nology bundle, known as ‘Sensing’. It
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