Kokova Magazine

Competition now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Mary Ballard (Cumbria).

Today sees the start of the 2013 Hickstead Derby Meeting 19th - 23rd June and this year the event has attracted a strong field of entries, with 13 nations represented and a total of 180 horses entered in the international classes. Entries for the national classes on the opening days of the show are already full, with record numbers wishing to compete at the All England Jumping Course.

Returning to the UK's capital this October, the world famous UK RumFest will take place on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th October 2013 and will offer visitors to London's ExCeL Exhibition Centre the chance to embark on a voyage of rum discovery.

Giggling Squid, a 98-seater Thai restaurant, is to open in Reigate in early July 2013. The latest opening will take the group's total number of venues to six, adding to sites in Brighton, Hove and Crawley in Sussex, Tunbridge Wells in Kent and Henley in Oxfordshire.

After slaying the dragons on Dragon's Den in 2012, the popularity of Sweet Mandarin Sauces has gone from strength to strength; with twins Helen and Lisa rustling up tantalising treats and fabulous dishes at the Allergy & Free from Show at Olympia (7-9 June 2013). We were delighted to meet both Helen and Lisa and finally taste their amazing sauces ourselves.

Competition now closed. Congratulations to our winners: Rosemary Marsden (Essex) - June Symes (Essex) - Sandra Lane (Middlesex) - Emma Harkness (Cambridgeshire) - Nicola Christopher (London) - Brita Bevis (Lincolnshire) - Christine Bull (Battersea) - Mike Martin (Worthing) - Julie White (Kent) - Carol Sugden (Middlesex).