Getty Images Juvenile ravens – like this one pictured on a hilltop in Orkney – could be shot in areas where attacks become a problem New powers to shoot young ravens in Orkney are being drawn up by Scotland’s natural heritage agency following a spate of attacks on livestock. Farmers say the birds have killed...
Council planners have rejected an application for a livestock processing facility in Torridge over concerns about neighbouring land being contaminated. Torridge District Council’s planning committee said there was a lack of information on how foul water would be stored and how surrounding farmland and property would be protected. The applicant wanted to convert an agricultural...