Inspirational local project, Harvest Brighton and Hove, has reached the final of the National Lottery Awards in the Best Environment Project category and now need everyone to show their support as the final voting stage opened on Tuesday 11th September. The National Lottery Awards are the annual search to find the UK's favourite projects.
Autumn is here and it's time for the Big Book Swap. Host a Big Book Swap this October together with friends, family or colleagues to raise funds for Bowel Cancer UK and help us save lives. You can hold your book swap anywhere; at home with friends; involve colleagues with a work book swap, or what about at your book club?
The second of Chris Evans' spectacular fund raising CarFest extravaganzas celebrating great cars, scrumptious food and rousing live music was another huge hit with more than 25,000 festival goers savouring two-days of dazzling entertainment in the sunshine at Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire. Following fast in the wheeltracks of the inaugural CarFest held at Jody Scheckter's Laverstoke Park Farm in Hampshire over the August Holiday weekend, CarFest North (8th-9th September) once again showcased the radio and TV personality's three greatest passions with Evans himself right to the fore throughout the fun-filled weekend.
Being coffee lovers and going caffeine-free, along with having to ditch the dairy and gluten, can be a real bind when it comes to finding a great cuppa. But this weekend we went out and about in Brighton and took in the delights of the Brighton and Hove Food Festival on Jubilee Street - and discovered the Small Batch Coffee Company - and possibly the world's best decaf soya latte!
The winners of the Soil Association Organic Food Awards 2012 have been announced as part of this year's Organic September, Europe's biggest celebration of all things organic. Now in their 24th year, the Soil Association Organic Food Awards recognise and celebrate the highest quality organic food and drink. The awards are among the most prestigious and widely respected in the UK food sector.
Renowned rally star Petter Solberg is the latest champion to join the star-studded line-up at this weekend's CarFest North 8th-9th September to be staged at Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire. The 37-year-old Norwegian who won the World Rally Championship in 2003 and currently competes for the Ford World Rally Team, confirmed his participation on both Saturday and Sunday when chatting live on air to Evans on this morning’s Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2.
