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A year or so ago I bought some lovely skewers with a pig design on from my favourite cookshop in Paris, E Dehillerin in the Rue Coquillière. I've actually only just started using them but they look great, in a twee sort of way. This recipe involves most bits of the pig but you can really use whatever cuts and offal you fancy. It's also a great way to use rare breed pork from farms where you have to buy a quarter of a beast. Richard Vaughan at Huntsham Farm in Herefordshire does exactly that with his Middle White pork and Longhorn beef.

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Winter Wonderland, London's spectacular winter attraction, returns to the capital this weekend! It's back for a second year after a phenomenal success with over half a million visitors last year.

Britain's train companies are to raise regulated fares, including season tickets, by an average of 6% from the new year.

Four Norwegian beaver families arrive in the UK as part of an historic plan to reintroduce the mammals to Scotland.

Two patients in Holywell Hospital in County Antrim are diagnosed with the bug Clostridium Difficile, the Northern Trust says.

Chancellor Alistair Darling is reportedly planning to force banks to lend to small firms in the pre-Budget report.

Model Katie Price is to stand trial over an alleged speeding offence in Brighton, it is revealed.

Which news heavyweight regrets saying no to Strictly Come Dancing - Paxman, Humphreys, Wark or Marr?

The number of properties repossessed by mortgage lenders rose by 12% to 11,300 in the third quarter of the year.

A teacher is due to appear before the General Teaching Council accused of incompetence, in the first case of its kind in Scotland.

The BBC Trust rejects the corporation's plans to launch a £68m network of local news websites with video content.

A suspected arson attack on a car in West Yorkshire may be linked to the publication of BNP members' addresses, police say.

More than 15,000 primary seven pupils across Northern Ireland are to sit the second part of the last 11-plus exam.

New rural building rules balance the needs of rural dwellers and protecting the countryside, the environment minister says.

The families of US victims of the 1988 Lockerbie Pan Am bombing claim victory in their quest for justice.

Honda announces it will cut production and close its Swindon plant in February and March next year.