Google A family who ran a Dartmoor dairy farm have been banned from keeping animals for ten years A family who ran a Dartmoor dairy farm have been banned from keeping animals for ten years due to chronic neglect of their cattle. William Dunn, 50, of East Barton Farm, Exbourne, Devon, admitted 22 food hygiene...
I know a lot of you saw this story I had in the headlines last Friday because WOOF. Weren’t the comments enfuego?! For those of you who didn’t, here’s a quick recap, and I guarantee, it’ll frost your shorts. City Gov to Seize 175-Year-Old Farm by Eminent Domain, Replace with Affordable Housing Family fights township...
One of the secrets to not having a heart attack around Donald Trump at least once a week is to realize that he just throws things ‘out there‘ not so much to see what sticks, but to see what blows up. Much of what is perceived as him stepping on himself – or his ‘message’...
Max Matza and Leire Ventas BBC News Reporting fromOxnard, California BBC News The women crouch down motionless, kneeling between endless rows of fruit bushes, almost hidden from view. “Are you from ICE?” one of the women, a farm worker in a hat and purple bandana, asks us fearfully. After assuring her that we’re not with...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Wire The solar farm is being proposed together with a sub station, cabling, CCTV and fencing Plans for a new solar farm on 108 acres (44 hectares) of land is being proposed in Devon. Exagen Development, which builds and operates renewable energy projects, is applying for planning...
Malcolm Prior and Jenny Kumah Getty Images The cryptosporidium parasite causes cryptosporidiosis, a serious gastrointestinal illness Tens of thousands of visitors due to attend a UK-wide open farm day this weekend have been warned about a parasitic infection that causes serious gastrointestinal illness. There were 17 outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis linked to farms in England and...
Sweden has quietly had its momentary romance with renewables, as has much of the rest of Europe. In 2018, the World Economic Forum was tooting its own horn about how the Nordic country was hell bent for leather on installing wind turbines to fully achieve one of its ‘renewable’ climate goals by 2030. Formerly humming...
A farmer under “financial pressure” stole more than 70 pregnant sheep from a neighbour, a court has heard. Hywel Williams, 40, from Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, pleaded guilty to the theft of 73 ewes from Rhodri Llyr Evans. Some of the animals were found on land owned by Williams near Llandysul which neighboured Mr Evans’ farm, following...
After the wildfires that swept through LA neighborhoods of Altadena and Pacific Palisades, State Farm (California’s top home insurer) requested an emergency rate hike of 22%. They didn’t get that but yesterday a judge did approve a 17% hike. Administrative Law Judge Karl Frederic Seligman, who oversaw an unusual three-day hearing on the matter last...
A renewable energy company hopes to install 56 CCTV cameras around the perimeter of its 34-acre solar farm in north Devon, to reduce theft and vandalism. Sunsave 12 Ltd said the system at Tamar Solar Farm will improve security and enhance safety of staff. The planning application comes after a recent break-in at the site...
The Trump administration has halted construction of a vast wind farm off the coast of New York, which was designed to provide enough electricity to power 500,000 homes. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the Biden administration had “rushed through” the approval of the Empire Wind 1 project “without sufficient analysis”. The halt is a major...
Clara Bullock BBC News, Bristol PA Media Prince William filmed with Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland during a visit to Somerset The Prince of Wales will appear in an upcoming episode of Clarkson’s Farm. Prince William was joined by stars of the show Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland as he met young farmers in Somerset...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter Reuters A large solar park will be built on farmland in north Devon A controversial large solar park will now go ahead on farmland in north Devon. Plans for solar panels and a battery storage facility on an 80-acre site near Torrington were first refused by Torridge District Council...
A man who was arrested for carrying a knife at a Devon farm shop has been charged, police have said. Nicholas Courtney, 45, of no fixed abode, was arrested at Darts Farm, Topsham at 10:45 GMT on Monday. Devon and Cornwall Police said he had been charged with assault by beating an emergency service worker,...
Google Police were received reports of a man with a knife at Darts Farm A man who was carrying a knife has been arrested at a Devon farm shop, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said they received reports of a man with a knife at Darts Farm, Topsham at 10:45 GMT on Monday....