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Win: A collectable Dower & Hall ornament – and £250 in jewellery!

Win a limited edition Christmas decoration – and £250 to spend on jewellery – with great British brand Dower & Hall

Win: A statement pearl-set gold pendant necklace – worth £169!

Win: A statement pearl-set gold pendant necklace – worth £169!

Set with mother of pearl and plated in 18K gold, the Shelly necklace is a bestseller for British brand Another Mother – and you could win one. . .

Win: The sell-out Advent Candle from Norfolk Natural Living

Win: The sell-out Advent Candle from Norfolk Natural Living

Make the countdown to Christmas both mindful and sweetly scented this year – by winning this seasonal self-care bundle from Norfolk Natural Living

Win: A Spa & Stay package for two – worth £580! – with milsoms Kesgrave Hall

Win: A Spa & Stay package for two – worth £580! – with milsoms Kesgrave Hall

Here's a little bit of heaven. . . We’re giving away a Spa & Stay package for two – worth more than £580! – at milsoms Kesgrave Hall in Suffolk

Music: Cambridge Jazz Festival brings living legends to town

Music: Cambridge Jazz Festival brings living legends to town

From Courtney Pine to Tanita Tikaram: the lineup for this month’s Cambridge Jazz Festival is packed with living legends

Win: £100 of plant-based products and recipes from The Happy Pear

Win: £100 of plant-based products and recipes from The Happy Pear

Win a year of recipes and wellness resources – plus a bundle of best-selling products – from the plant-based pros at The Happy Pear

Halloween: Pick pumpkins by torchlight at Suffolk’s coolest patch

Halloween: Pick pumpkins by torchlight at Suffolk’s coolest patch

What beats pumpkin picking in Halloween week? Doing it by torchlight, in fancy dress, at a silent disco. . .

Recipes: Three ways to pep up your porridge

Recipes: Three ways to pep up your porridge

It’s National Porridge Week in October. To celebrate, Glutenless Paige shares three ways to boost your bowl with both flavour and goodness

Halloween: Could this be Cambridgeshire’s coolest haunt?

Halloween: Could this be Cambridgeshire’s coolest haunt?

Held to raise funds for caring causes, the Halloween walkthrough on Chippenham High Street gets spookier every season. Here’s why you need to go. . .

Charity: New headline sponsor for festive fundraiser

Charity: New headline sponsor for festive fundraiser

Newmarket Christmas fair Presents Galore - which raises thousands for charities every year - has announced a new partnership

Food: Get 10% off a Diwali feast in Cambridge

Food: Get 10% off a Diwali feast in Cambridge

Order a Celebration Thali at Namaste Village Cambridge this Diwali and claim 10% off

Health: Cambridge hospice launches emergency appeal

Health: Cambridge hospice launches emergency appeal

A sudden £800,000 slash to funding sees Arthur Rank Hospice Charity launch the Protect Our Care campaign

Sustainable Style: Denim repair and recycling service comes to Cambridge

Sustainable Style: Denim repair and recycling service comes to Cambridge

Known for giving new life to old clothes, Cambridge fashion designer Cosmin Diaconu has just launched an upcycling service: Repair My Denim

Recipes: Proof potatoes deserve to take centre-plate

Recipes: Proof potatoes deserve to take centre-plate

It’s Vegetarian Day this week. As these potato-powered plates prove, vegetarian never needs to mean boring. . .

Event: Meet the makers at Thaxted Arts & Crafts Fair

Event: Meet the makers at Thaxted Arts & Crafts Fair

Want to give one-of-a-kind gifts this Christmas? Make a date for this month’s Thaxted Arts & Crafts Fair

Recipes: Sunny Moroccan dishes to brighten autumn days

28 September 2025

Recipes: Sunny Moroccan dishes to brighten autumn days

28 September 2025

Put some sunshine on your plate with this trio of recipes from The Moroccan Cookbook by award-winning author and cook Ghillie Bașan

Win: A trio of luxury Potion De V vanilla extracts CLOSED

Win: A trio of luxury Potion De V vanilla extracts CLOSED

Level up everything from cakes to hot chocolate this autumn – by winning a trio of artisan vanilla extracts, worth £120, from Potion De V

Charity: Join Cambridge firewalk to help families in need

Charity: Join Cambridge firewalk to help families in need