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Roberta Hall McCarron and Shaun McCarron’s award-winning restaurant, Eleanore, is closing at the end of January for a refurbishment. It will reopen a month or so later, in a different format, reflecting its origins, as a neighbourhood bistro.   Diners will have the choice of either a two or three-course menu, with snacks such as oysters with rhubarb ponzu and hot sauce, and ox-cheek croquettes with salsa verde also available, as additions.  Starters will reference bistro classics, recreated...

Sponsored New Year resolutions often focus on health and fitness goals – joining the gym or going more often; changing eating habits; or vowing to run a marathon. But there’s a health and fitness goal that some may overlook – perhaps because they’ve already given up trying to achieve it.  Almost half (43 per cent) of the UK adult population suffers from chronic pain – in other words, pain that lasts for more than three months.  And many are just gritting their teeth and baring it,...

Independent distiller, Eden Mill and Edinburgh-based COCO Chocolatier, have launched a limited-edition bundle for Valentine’s Day. The Love Gin & COCO Chocolatier bundle pairs a bottle of Eden Mill's Love Gin with a bar of salted-caramel milt chocolate. Love Gin is made with raspberries and strawberries grown close to the Eden Mill distillery, while COCO Chocolatier sources its cocoa 'at origin'. All beans are harvested and processed in Colombia, before being shipped to the chocolatiers in...