Ingredients 50g butter, softened 2kg turkey crown on the bone 1 tsp Chinese five spice or a pinch of ground cloves For the glaze 4 tbsp honey 1 tbsp Dijon mustard 1 tbsp red wine vinegar Method Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Smear the butter all over the turkey crown and season all over with salt and half the five spice. Put in a roasting tin, skin-side up, and roast for 30 mins. While the crown is roasting, mix all the glaze ingredients in a bowl with the rest of the five spice. Remove the crown from the…

Drone: The new tool in the council’s fight against fly tipping in the city. (LTR) Thomas Hawkins, section leader – fly tipping, Councillor Bhupinder Gakhal, cabinet member for resident services and Ian Crutchley, senior compliance officer A new drone will help City of Wolverhampton Council to keep fly tippers in its sights as the authority continues its fight against the crime. The ‘eye in the sky’ will allow officers to easily scan areas that have been victim to fly tipping and collect high quality footage to assist with prosecutions. It will also identify hot spots to target…

We’ve all learned through the years that a well-balanced diet is healthy for our body and critical for optimal health and performance. Our hair is no different A mixture of protein, complex carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and iron are all required for healthy, strong hair. Good hair nutrition begins with getting enough protein, which is the building block of your hair. Then you need complex carbohydrates to help assemble the proteins for hair growth. Other important vitamins and minerals include B complex, which is associated with energy production and building good hair and skin issues, folic acid, B12, and zinc. …

November is Men’s Health Awareness Month – and people in Wolverhampton are being encouraged to seek advice and support whenever it is needed. Councillor Jasbir Jaspal, the City of Wolverhampton Council’s Cabinet Member for Adults and Wellbeing, said: “Men’s Health Awareness Month is a national campaign that focuses on raising awareness and to encourage us to talk about some of the key aspects of men’s wellbeing. “Men, for whatever reason, are generally less likely to talk about their health – and in particular their mental health – and we want to change that, and in particular highlight the issues of…

Today (Monday 18 November, 2024) marks the start of International Fraud Awareness Week, and the City of Wolverhampton Council is reaffirming its commitment to protecting public funds and services from fraud. Public sector fraud costs the UK billions annually, affecting the NHS, schools and other vital services. The council works collaboratively with the Public Sector Fraud Authority, wider Government and with external partners to find and prevent fraud. Councillor Louise Miles, Cabinet Member for Resources, said: “The council has a policy of zero tolerance towards public sector fraud. It is far from a victimless crime, and its impacts ripple through…

carbohydrates. The food that a person consumes should have vitamins, minerals and fiber. A lot of this can come from oats, rice, potatoes and cereals. The best still come from vegetables and fruits since these have phytochemicals, enzymes and micronutrients that are essential for a healthy diet. The second is fat which can come from mono and poly saturated food sources rather than animal fats. Since fat contains more than double the number of calories in food, this should be taken in small quantities to gain or lose weight. Another way to stay healthy is to give up some…

Woodburning has a major impact on air quality in Birmingham and the West Midlands – accounting for a substantial proportion of all fine pollution particles and representing a significant risk to public health, a new study reveals. University of Birmingham researchers found that biomass burning, primarily from woodburning activities, such as heating homes using woodburning stoves or logs on open fires, contributes significantly to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) levels in the region – accounting for some 20% of the total PM2.5 mass. Publishing their findings in Atmospheric Environment, the researchers call for targeted measures to mitigate health risks associated with…

Birmingham City Council is encouraging local businesses to find out more about retrofitting and how they can benefit from being involved in carrying out energy improvements to homes across the city. It is estimated that around 270,000 homes require retrofitting in Birmingham alone. For this reason, the council is looking to grow existing supply chains and the people, skills and organisations needed to deliver the work. Retrofitting is a process that makes homes warmer, less damp and more comfortable while making them more energy-efficient and cheaper to run. As well as saving on energy bills retrofitting also reduces carbon emissions.…

When you’ve been eating raw foods and changing your lifestyle, you’re feeling better, finding you have more energy, and are purging the toxins from your system. You’re also rediscovering the wonderful flavors that raw foods benefits the raw enzymes have possess, as well as learning about t on your health. And summer provides the perfect he opportunity to expand your taste buds and try all sorts of wonderful new produce options you’d never dared explore before. Don’t let your newfound inspiration and energy get lost once you set foot in the kitchen because you’ve run out of new and exciting…

Vitamin C is often regarded as a wrinkle fighter or an anti-aging agent. The main objective of ‘Vitamin C skin care’, in scientific terms, is to increase the synthesis of collagen (a structural protein that is found in skin). The additional benefit of ‘Vitamin C skin care’ is related to its capability of countering free radicals which cause damage to the skin. Vitamin C skin care, however, faces a major challenge today. This is related to the oxidation tendency of Vitamin C skin care products. On coming in contact with any oxidising agent (e.g. air), the Vitamin C in the…