Trick or treat yourself, get your Halloween fancy dress costumes at the ready. We have reached that time of the year. Spook-tacular season is upon us so you’re probably looking for that next ghoul-icious outfit to scare your friends. Cheltenham and Gloucester has lots to offer with several independent fancy dress stores. John Pannett who runs Showcase in Montpelier said: […]
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Join the #PumpkinRescue: don’t dump your doorstep decoration
The UK is set to bin a staggering 18,000 tonnes of edible pumpkin this Halloween – that’s the same weight as 1,500 double-decker buses! In a bid to combat the waste of the humble pumpkin, environmental campaigners Hubbub started a #PumpkinRescue campaign in 2014. Their statistics showed that 58% of consumers buy pumpkins to hollow […]
Will you waste your pumpkin?
The UK produced a staggering 10 million pumpkins this year, most destined to end up outside doorways with spooky designs carved into them. While 95% of pumpkins will be carved up, only 5% of them go on to be used as food. This leaves a lot of pumpkin going to waste – an estimated 70-75,000 […]