Would you consider yourself a cheese connoisseur? Is tucking into a cheese board your idea of an ideal night? Know your bries from your camemberts?
If you're a dairy fiend, then you'll probably be keen to hear that the popular Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival is set to return next month for four cheese-filled days of fun after what has undoubtedly been a difficult year.
The festival will be welcomed by visitors looking to enjoy some inspiring food and drink with the stunning Yorkshire Dales providing a unique backdrop.
Taking place from Thursday 7 October - Sunday 10 October, the festival will shine a worthy light on some of the most incredible produce the Yorkshire Dales has to offer and will include a range of local businesses hosting special events such as menus and tasting to mark the special occasion.
As well as there being a selection of delicious cheeses to taste test from a collection of independent local retailers, there'll also be cheesy dishes to tuck into at local cafes and restaurants in Leyburn, Skipton, and Hawes, according to The Yorkshireman.
There'll even be demos using local produce, cookery courses, dining experiences and more.
The festival will shine a worthy light on some of the most incredible produce the Yorkshire Dales / Credit: Pxfuel
If you're after a little teaser of what to expect, Riverbank in Burnsall is putting a cheesy twist to some of its amazing home-baked best sellers, including its Fatboys sausage rolls wrapped in nutty Emmental cheese and cheesy scones, and the Burgoyne Hotel in Swaledale will also serving up famous Swaledale cheese and gin and some freshly-baked scones too.
Town End Farm Shop & Tea Room near Skipton are serving Dale End Mac n Cheese, Mac n Cheese toasties, a trio of Wensleydale cheeses and fruit cake, and fabulous local cheese and charcuterie.
Tipples of Yorkshire gin and ale will also be served alongside the cheesy dishes to wash down all the dairy, and if you've got room to fit even more in, there will also be specially-created dairy ice creams and sorbets, jams, jellies and chutneys, locally-reared meat and more.
Some fantastic businesses have already signed up for the festival, so make sure you get down and visit to sample the produce.
IKEA will be launching its own online marketplace full of second-hand furniture.
Just like the ever-popular Facebook Marktplace, the IKEA second-hand marketplace is a dedicated space where pre-loved IKEA products can find a new home.
In bid to make affordable second-hand home furnishings easily accessible, the new online platform will enable customers across the UK to connect with one another directly, so they can buy and sell pre-owned IKEA items locally.
Designed specifically for IKEA products, the marketplace will provide everything shoppers need in one place.
The Swedish retailer is already known and loved for its 'functional' and 'affordable' home furnishings, all produced with care for people and the environment, but the launch of the new IKEA second-hand market place will make it just as easy to pass on an old favourite as it is to find a new one.
IKEA is launching its own online marketplace full of second-hand furniture / Credit: Supplied
"At IKEA, we are always looking for new ways to make life at home even better and help our customers discover products they love," a spokesperson for the retailer said.
"With the launch of IKEA second-hand marketplace in the UK, we’re taking a meaningful step toward creating a destination that simplifies access to pre-owned IKEA furniture.
"Our goal is to make passing on beloved IKEA pieces as seamless as possible.
"We’re creating a trusted and vibrant space to make it quick and easy for our IKEA Family members to trade directly with one another. We want the process for buying and selling pre-owned IKEA products to be simple, accessible and rewarding."
Detailed information regarding the official launch and how customers can get involved will be made available in the coming months.
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New TV adaptation of classic Yorkshire-inspired novel Jane Eyre to air on BBC starring Aimee Lou Wood
Emily Sergeant
Manchester actress Aimee Lou Wood is set to lead a new BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre, it has been reported.
It was announced earlier this year that Working Title are producing a new TV adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, Jane Eyre - which will be led by The White Lotus and Sex Education star in the titular role - and Deadline has now exclusively revealed that the BBC has joined the production as the broadcaster.
The new TV adaptation has been penned for the screen by Miriam Battye - an award-winning writer best known for her work on HBO's Succession.
Published all the way back in 1847 and set across a number of fictional Northern England settings - mainly inspired by the Brontë sisters' upbringing in Yorkshire - the classic novel explores the moral and emotional development of orphan Jane Eyre as she searches for love, independence, and social equality in the 19th century.
Throughout the novel, Jane overcomes a harsh and unloving childhood and goes on to find work as a governess at Thornfield Hall, before falling in love with her moody master, Mr Rochester, and discovering a dark secret in his attic.
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline hears that 'The White Lotus' and 'Sex Education' star Aimee Lou Wood is attached to star in a new TV adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel Jane Eyre.
Emmy nominee Wood will play the indomitable heroine in the buzzy adaptation which we understand is… pic.twitter.com/ETBRaPJanN
The novel is widely considered to be ahead of its time due to how it approaches topics of class, sexuality, religion, and feminism.
Jane Eyre has been the subject of a number of adaptations of the years - most notably the last major TV version being in 2006, also for the BBC, and a 2011 film starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender - but there hasn't been any in 15 years now, and 2027 marks the 180th anniversary for the iconic story.
Aimee Lou Wood is also riding high at the moment after her Emmy, SAG, and Golden Globe nominations for Season 3 of The White Lotus, and after having also been cast as George Harrison’s wife, Pattie Boyd, in Sam Mendes' four Beatles biopic movies, all set to be released in 2028.
As of yet, further information on when and where the new adaptation will be being filmed is yet to be released, and there is no indication of air dates either.
The BBC is expected to reveal more details in due course, so stay tuned.
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10th September 2021 
