Share the love this February and support your locals in the process.
There's plenty to love about Valentine's Day: regardless of your relationship status. Whether you're celebrating with friends, partners or showing yourself some love this month, you can bet there's plenty of food-based gifts that are perfect for the occassion.
This year, replace the age old box of chocolates with a unique Valentine's Day gift that supports local businesses too. This way, you're sharing the love with small businesses too.
The Savvy Baker- Valentines Brownie
Image: The Savvy Baker
The Valentines Brownie from the Savvy Baker is essentially a giant slab of chocolatey goodness, but all four come with a heartfelt message, including hilarious quotes like ‘cute butt’ and ‘I heart your d*ck’, and the wholesome ‘my fave human’ and ‘happy bestie day’.
Each brownie is priced at £15, a bargain given you can usually get four brownies from £11.00.
What's more romantic than sharing a dessert together? Not a sharer- jus neither. Luckily with this Valentine's Day selection from Oh So Bakes, there's a date night box that offers lots of individual sweet treats. Each delicious box includes 15 Triple Chocolate Brownie Pieces, 15 Kinder Cookie Pieces, white hazelnut dipping sauce, nutella dipping sauce, cookies and cream dipping box, as well as strawberries, Ferrero Rocher, foiled heart chocolates and marshmallows.
Each box costs £25, a 50% deposit must be given to sure the booking.
Packed full of delicious treats, this date night essential is probably one of the sweetest hampers we've seen and it's perfect for a night in on Valentines. Each set comes with half a bottle of wine or Prosecco per person, homemade fresh focaccia bread, olive oil, olives, a selection of meat & cheeses & antipasti, a large bag of crisps, a sweet treat platter and chocolate covered strawberries.
The Date Night hamper costs £50 and should be booked 24 hours hours in advance of collection.
The Gift Box Leeds- Valentine's Collection Cookies
Image: The Gift Box Leeds
If you want to say something heartfelt but don't quite have the words: you can find them pre-written on a giant cookie. These are seriously some of the most beautiful cookies we've ever seen and they come as a pair in a cute Valentine's Day box: all for a tenner too. You can collect from store from Friday 11th February or order online for national delivery.
Each box comes as a set of two cookies and are priced at £10 each.
As well as a selection of regular and gluten free Valentine's Day themed cupcakes, the chef behind Baking Creations is whipping up batches of giant heart brownie and blondie dessert topped with buttercream and a sweet 'Happy Valentine's Day' message on top. Priced at a tenner, this ones a sweet reminder to your loved one that comes without the pricetag.
All orders are available for collection on Sunday 13 February and cost £10 each.
If you're looking for some seriously beautiful gifts for Galentines or Valentines, the talented baker behind Amber's Baked Goods will have you covered. Expect gift boxes filled high the decadently-decorated cupcakes, dipping boxes with Love Heart sweets, homemade brownies and blondies, as well as a choice of Kinder, Bueno, Nutella or caramel dipping sauces.
Each box contains 12 sticks of blondies and brownies and 2 dips and will cost £16 each.
The sweet treats at Cinnammmm come with a date night activity: the DYO (that's decorate your own) boxes are perfect if you're looking for something to do this Valentine's Day- and it leaves you with a tasty dessert for afterwards too. If you'd rather receive a pre-made box, there's Plus Berry Kisses flavours available, as well as a range of heart-shaped cinnammmm's too.
Boxes cost depend on the variation chosen. Make sure to order online before postage on Wednesday 9 February for UK and Friday 11 February for local delivery.
Leeds Festival 2026 is officially underway and we've rounded up drinks prices at the bars on the festival site.
While many of us will be sipping on warm cans of cider and boxes of wine at the camp sites, you can't take any of your own alcohol into the arena (where all the stages are) itself.
So you'll need to budget for drinks over the course of the weekend if you want to watch the headliners with a pint in hand.
And with headline performances from the likes of Fontaines D.C., Raye, Florence and the Machine and Dave, there's masses of amazing live music on the horizon at Leeds Festival 2026.
Image: The Hoot Leeds
We're already on site at Leeds Festival ready to bring you all the action and updates from this massive weekend - staring with, importantly, drinks prices.
So, let's get into it...
This year you're looking at paying around £7 of beer and £7.50 £7.50 for a pint of cider.
Different for this year, is you'll get 10% off if paying with a Paypal debit card which you can get for free - which we think is pretty class and well worth your time.
You can take your own empty water bottles in to refill at water stations around the festival site.
You're also allowed to bring in sealed water/soft drinks which are 500ml or less.
And if you're taking your own booze into the campsites, remember that there's no glass allowed, so you'll need to decant anything into plastic bottles.
Here are all your drinks prices for Leeds Festival 2026
Beer and cider
Budweiser - £7 (£6.30 with Paypal discount)
Corona Extra - £7.50 (£6.75 with Paypal discount)
Kopparberg Crisp Apple - £7.50 (£6.75 with Paypal discount)
Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime - £7.70 (£6.93 with Paypal discount)
Rose - 175ml £10 / btl £35 (£9/£31.5 with Paypal discount)
Italian sparkling - 200ml £10 (£9 with Paypal discount)
No and Low
Budweiser Zero - £5.80 (£5.22 with Paypal discount)
Water - £2.50 (£2.25 with Paypal discount)
And that should just about do you in terms of booze - as always, please drink responsibly and look after each other.
For all the other important information, you can consult our complete 2026 Leeds Festival guide down below.
Featured image - The Hoot Leeds
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Leeds Festival warning issued as police announce speed cameras and traffic restrictions
Clementine Hall
Leeds Fest is almost here, but festival-goers heading to Bramham Park by car have been warned to take extra care on the roads.
Driving to Leeds Festival has never been particularly easy, but West Yorkshire Police have issued a warning to those driving by car in an attempt to make it somewhat easier.
Ahead of Leeds Festival 2026, temporary traffic management measures will be in place from Wednesday 26 August until Monday 31 August.
The measures are designed to improve road safety, reduce congestion, and help ensure the safe movement of the tens of thousands of people expected to attend the event.
Speed camera enforcement vans will be operating throughout the festival period alongside clearways surrounding the festival site.
Police have warned that drivers caught breaking the temporary restrictions could face prosecution, so it's definitely worth keeping an eye out for the signage as you approach the festival.
Superintendent Dan Wood said: “Leeds Festival is one of the largest events in West Yorkshire and attracts a significant increase in traffic to the local road network.
"The temporary speed restrictions and clearways are being introduced to help keep everyone safe, including festival-goers, local residents and road users.
"We would ask all motorists to pay close attention to the temporary signage in place and allow extra time for their journeys. Speed enforcement will be carried out during the event, and we encourage drivers to comply with all restrictions for their own safety and that of others."
Festival attendees are also being urged to follow the event signage rather than relying solely on their sat nav. Dedicated routes will direct different categories of visitors to the correct locations, including:
Camping entrances
Day / Non-camping ticket parking areas
Drop-off and pick-up points
Staff and authorised vehicle access routes
Motorists who follow sat nav directions alone may be directed to unsuitable routes, causing unnecessary delays for themselves and other road users.
Sophie Smith -
3rd February 2022 
