DNfourteen Magazine Issue No.127 October 2020

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Welcome to DNfourteen Welcome to our October 2020 edition of the magazine.

I hope that all our readers are keeping well and I hope that we can all start moving forward to some kind of normality. Please support our advertisers through these difficult times by using local people as much as possible - it does make a difference to our local economy.

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We have some interesting articles in this months edition ranging from our pick of new books to read, energy saving tips for your home to the different varieties of British apples that are in season. We also have our regular gardening slot which looks at what you can plant now, Motoring news - which focuses on MOT’s and as always we finish off with Fiona’s Food for Thought.

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House & Home

Energy Efficient Home Ideas

We are living in world that has changed so rapidly over the past 12 months, it is unlikely to ever be the same. We have been spending more time at home and watching our finances a little more closely than usual.

The one benefit that has come out of this pandemic is the reduction in global pollution. We’ve seen parts of the world revive itself with cleaner air and even fish returning to the canals of Venice! As a result, people are increasingly concerned about sustainability and how they can improve their environment impact.

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As avid DIYers, we’ve pulled together a list of our 5 favourite devices that can help reduce negative impacts on the environment while saving you a

heap of money, sounds like a winwin to us!

1. Energy Efficient LED Lights LED lights cost slightly more that incandescent bulbs, however given their lifespan, you’ll save lots of money buying fewer bulbs and having lower energy bills.

2. Wifi- Enabled Smart Thermostat Smart thermostats save you money by shutting off the heating in a house when there is no one it. You can switch on the smart thermostat via your mobile, so the house is warm when you arrive.

3. Retractable Clothes Line In warm weather, hanging your clothes on the line to dry will not only save you energy, but also give your garments great

longevity. Whites will maintain their brightness and your clothes will have a beautiful sun-dried, fresh air feel.

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This reduces to amount of water used overall whilst still ensuring you get a thorough rinse in less time. These shower heads conserve hot water and save you money on your energy and water bills!

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These days most homeowners suffer from a lack of storage space. So many precious items that need to be kept – but where to store it all? That’s where Yorkshire Loft Ladders come in.

The company, based locally, offers homeowners the opportunity to maximise their storage space with a loft ladder, 50 sq ft of boarding and a light all fully fitted in less than a day from just £277 + VAT. But it’s not just the affordability of the package the company offers that makes Yorkshire Loft Ladders stand out as manager Warren Ingleson explains: ‘Our watchwords are Quality,

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Integrity and Value. Quality in the materials that we use for all our installations and the fact that all our loft packages are fitted by time served tradesmen so our customers are assured of the best job. Integrity in that we will turn up at the time we say and make sure the house is spotless when we leave, and Value in that we offer our services at a price people can afford. Our business relies on referrals and we got a huge amount of our calls from people who have been referred to us by our existing customers - that simply wouldn’t happen if we didn’t adhere to our overriding principles.

lead to more happy customers is true and we work hard to make that happen for every installation we carry out!’

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KNOW YOUR APPLES: Some of our favourite British apple varieties Red Prince This variety has glorious, deep red skin and crisp, creamy, juicy flesh. Expect a sweet tartness, with an aroma of roses. Available from April to August.

Bramley This is an apple for cooking, not eating. It has the distinction of being the only apple exclusively grown in the UK, and is available year round. It has a sharp flavour that’s perfect for “pies” and sauces.

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Evelina A cross between Cox’s Orange Pippin and Golden Delicious, this is crisp, sweet, and has a hint of

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acidity. Available from October to April.

Gala This is the largest single variety of eating apple produced in the UK. It’s a stripy, redskinned apple with crisp, sweet, juicy flesh. Available from late September to early May. Cameo Sweet, with hints of honey and citrus, the flesh is very crunchy and juicy. Available from the end of October until May.

Cox’s Orange Pippin). The flavour is sweet and tart, with a firm texture. Available from late September to early April.

Spartan A dark, purple-skinned apple with white flesh and a crisp texture. It’s sweet, with lots of acidity to balance it. Available from October to November.

Cox A truly British apple, the first was grown in 1825 by Richard Cox (it was originally called

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Motoring

AVOID MOT TEST BACKLOG Motorists are being urged to book their cars in for an MOT to avoid a bottleneck in demand following the Government’s six-month extension.

A recent survey has revealed that 75 per cent of garages are experiencing a surge in demand for MOT bookings for October, November and December compared to normal year-on-year trends. Meanwhile, 45 per cent of garages said that they have had to make customers wait longer than usual to book their cars in.

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Not only that, but 70 per cent of garages have experienced issues regarding increasing costs, along with an increase in prices for delivery. Sourcing issues for parts

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number is expected to balloon to 10.4 million.

It means that drivers may not be able to get their car MOT tested when desired. If found driving without a valid MOT, motorists could be slapped with a fine of up to £2,500 and three penalty points.

such as tyres and brakes have already arisen.

According to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), 9.58 million cars were granted the six-month MOT extension.

As of September 21, 58.7 per cent of those vehicles have yet to have an MOT test. Typically UK garages would expect to see 6.5 million MOT certificates expiring in October, November and December combined, but as a result of the extension, this

Limvirak Chea, CEO and Co-founder of Fixter, who commissioned the study, said: “The backlog of vehicles for MOTs is having significant implications on garages, which comes as a result of the six-month Government Coronavirus extension. Following our study, we believe the current backlog is just the start, and that significant waiting lists are yet to come from October onwards. As a result, UK consumers are facing a race against the clock to get their MOTs booked-in now, to avoid significant waiting lists, resulting in them potentially unable to use their vehicle.”

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Literature

Books to read in October The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante From the bestselling author of the Neapolitan quartet comes this powerful new novel set in a divided Naples.

The mysterious Elena Ferrante is unsurpassed in her ability to draw readers into her books from the very first page and she proves this again with The Lying Life of Adults. Twelve-yearold Giovanna’s pretty face has changed: according to her father it’s turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent – and that of an aunt’s she’s never met. But is she seeing things as they really are? And which mirror should she look in to find her true self? Originally published in Italian last year, The Lying Life of Adults fast became another hit for Ferrante in her home country. Now published in a further 40 countries as of this month – and translated

by Ann Goldstein for the UK version – we predict another bestseller – and perhaps another HBO adaptation.

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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman This classic murder mystery is the first book in The Thursday Murder Club series by TV presenter Richard Osman. In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case.

Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing 80, but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Can this unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it’s too late? A wonderfully modern

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and witty update on the classic whodunnit.

Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald From the bestselling author of H is for Hawk comes Vesper Flights, a collection of essays about the human relationship to the natural world. Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best-loved writing along with new pieces covering a range of subjects. There are essays here on headaches, on catching swans, on hunting mushrooms, on 20th-century spies, on numinous experiences and high-rise buildings; on nests and wild pigs and the tribulations of farming ostriches.

Vesper Flights is a book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love and loss and how we make the world around us. Moving and frank, personal and political, it confirms Macdonald as one of the UK’s greatest nature writers.

Sisters by Daisy Johnson Something unspeakable has happened to sisters July and September. Desperate for a fresh start, their mother Sheela moves them across the country to an old family house that has a troubled life of its own. Noises come from behind the walls, lights flicker of their own accord, sleep feels impossible and dreams are endless. In their new, unsettling surroundings, July finds that the fierce bond she’s always had with September – forged with a blood promise when they were children – is beginning to change in ways she cannot understand. Taut and profoundly moving, Sisters explodes with the fury and joy of adolescence and the equal pull of sibling love and sibling envy. A must for anyone after a gripping read.

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Gardening

Garden tips for October Our guide to the gardening jobs you need to do in October.

Dreaming of a white Christmas If you want to be surrounded by scented, flowering daffodils at Christmas, now is the time to start planting. It is always a bit of a hit-and-miss operation, but you greatly increase your chances by buying lots of bulbs and planting a few bulbs a week for the next few weeks. Paperwhites should only take around six weeks from planting to flower.

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Clear leaves The simplest method of clearing leaves off the lawn is to run over them with a lawn mower. The cutting action of the mower blades will help to shred the leaves and make them quicker to rot down. Collect leaves this way once a week - any longer and the grass will start to grow long and get harder to cut. For clearing patios, paths and other surfaces, a leaf blower is a better bet.

Either blow the leaves onto the lawn for the mower to pick up or blast them on to a tarpaulin and drag them to the compost heap.

Plant up spring pots If you haven’t already planted some containers with spring colour, there’s still time to plant now using bedding plants such as violas and wallflowers, plus spring-flowering bulbs.

Keep your pots in a sheltered spot, such as under a porch, to encourage blooms through the winter and to avoid plants rotting off in the winter wet.

Cyclamen and ornamental cabbage are particularly vulnerable to rotting in damp conditions. You won’t get masses of blooms during colder weather, but any milder spells should see a good show

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drained and stored for winter.

Fish can be deprived of oxygen if pond surfaces freeze over later in the year, so float a ball on the surface now, to keep water moving.

Boxing clever At this time of year I always pat myself on the back for having planted low box hedges several years ago as edges to borders: I can barely see them through the summer but now they give definition and greenery where there is little. A mulch around the base of the hedge shows off the plants to their best and keeps roots cosy and plants healthy.

Store squash Winter squash and pumpkins should be harvested now and will need to be stored in a frostfree place. In the warmth of a kitchen they may not last long, so keep them in a cool shed or porch and you’lll be eating them until spring.

Rosy outlook Pruning roses now helps them to weather winter well. Roughly chop bush roses back by about a third and take out those stems that cross the centre, and anything dead or diseased and you cut down on their wind resistance and make them less likely to get rocked about and incur winter damage. More thoughtful pruning can take place in spring.

Pond life Pond pumps need to be removed from your pond,

Turn to ash If you have a bonfire to get rid of all of your accumulated allotment prunings and debris, make use of the potash-rich ash. Any ash that is pure wood – no coal or smokeless fuel – is useful on the plot. When it is cool scatter it around the roots of fruit trees and bushes for great flowering and fruiting next year.

Feed the birds Buy birdfeeders and bird baths if you are not already fully equipped for your garden birds’ winter needs. It is also time to hang fat balls, as birds need more energy to get them through cold nights. All from rspb.org.uk

Hedge your bets A native hedge is not only brilliantly useful for wildlife, it is beautiful too, an ever-changing patchwork of greens, flowers and berries. This is the perfect time to plant a mix of hawthorn, blackthorn, field maple, elderberry, dog rose and more.

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Fiona’s Word Fiona Dwyer, broadcast journalist, PR & media consultant, slave to 2 children and a husband.

What happens when your child has to self-isolate?

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I thought it might be useful to talk about this because lots of people have said to me that they are a bit unsure about the rules - and I know it’s happened to schools in our region already and if it hasn’t, I think it’s fairly inevitable that all schools/parents/children will have to deal with this at some point. So, what does it mean for the whole family when a child needs to self-isolate?

Obviously, if your child is the one who has tested positive then he or she has to stay at home for 14 days along with the rest of the family. You must then tell your childcare provider or school so that they can alert the parents of other children in their bubble and those they have been in close contact with. If your child’s bubble is sent home, he or she needs to self-isolate at home for 14 days, so they can’t leave the house, except to go into the garden, and can’t meet up with anyone from another household. BUT no-one else in the house needs to self-isolate unless your child gets symptoms themselves. That’s the key thing. So, siblings can still go to school and you can still go to work (if you have an older child that can look after themselves at home) - and you just need to follow the usual Rule of Six, maintain hygiene, wear masks when required and remember to socially distance. If you have younger children, you will effectively have to isolate with them

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so you can stay with them. By the way, on the subject of masks, you still need to distance yourself when you wear a mask. It doesn’t give you carte blanche to stand right behind someone or reach in front of someone to get something off a supermarket shelf! This is something that particularly annoys me!!!! Rant over! Hope that helps.

Is it too early to get ready for Christmas?

Yes, it’s that time of year when all the shops are displaying their Christmas offerings. Last year, for once, I was pretty organised and started in October, getting a few bits every week so it wasn’t a mad dash in December. It was so much better, I think I’ll do the same this year. Of course, with coronavirus and people worrying about shortages in the shops and supermarkets restricting how many items you can buy again, let’s make sure we leave enough for everyone - so don’t go mad, everyone’s in the same boat. And spare a thought for all the people who are struggling even more this year because of what’s going on - and let’s see how we help.

Stay safe and stay positive!

Fiona x

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