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Scotland prepares to welcome the world for agritourism showcase
The Scottish Farmer
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July 8, 2025
This landmark conference follows the formation of the Global Agritourism Network in 2023 and will set the stage for future international events. Scottish Agritourism, the national sector body, won the bid to host the inaugural gathering after a...
Our Yorkshire Farm's Reuben Owen faces 'really bad' setback with girlfriend Jess
Manchester Evening News
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July 8, 2025
Our Yorkshire Farm star Reuben Owen faced a "really bad" setback with his girlfriend Jess on Tuesday (July 8). The second series of Reuben's show, Reuben Owen: Life in the Dales, is currently being broadcast on Channel 5. The programme follows...
England's farmers offered £150m in Capital Grant support
The Scottish Farmer
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July 8, 2025
The initiative, launched this week, is aimed at helping farms adopt more sustainable practices, enhance environmental protections, and boost overall productivity. Available through the Countryside Stewardship scheme, the grants can support 78...
Farmers more likely to seek financial advice amid concern around pensions
Express & Star
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July 8, 2025
The UK’s leading rural insurer, NFU Mutual, questioned 331 farming and non-farming customers about their confidence in saving and investment as part of its twice-yearly investor sentiment study. Some 62 per cent of all customers interviewed in the...
Meet the Romford constable who is Britain's strongest police officer
Barking and Dagenham Post
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PC Sean Gannon, who serves with the Metropolitan Police’s East Area basic command unit, competed in the national event on Saturday, June 28. PC Gannon, based in Romford town centre team B, took part in a series of strength challenges. Events...
Canada Grants Investigational Permit for West Coast Offshore Wind Farm
The Maritime Executive
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Canada granted an investigative Use Permit to Oceanic Wind Energy for what could become the country’s first offshore wind farm. The company, which is in partnership with a First Nation company, Coast Tsimshian Enterprises, is calling the permit a...
Improving road access through critical highway repairs in West New Britain and Madang
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 9, 2025
The Department of Works and Highways (DoWH) has finalised two major road work contracts to upgrade priority sections of the national highway network, with support from Australia’s Transport Sector Support Program Phase 3 (TSSP3). Valued at nearly...
Businesses collaborate on sustainability roadmap for dairy farmers
Edie
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July 8, 2025
The Dairy Roadmap will be steered by AHDB, Dairy UK, NFU, Arla Foods UK, Dale Farm, First Milk, Lactalis UK & Ireland, Müller UK & Ireland, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, McDonald’s and Sysco GB. It aims to create a shared responsibility from...
Trump administration looks to ban sale of U.S. farmland to Chinese buyers
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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July 8, 2025
The Trump administration is moving to ban the sale of American farmland to buyers from China and other countries deemed adversaries, citing national security concerns. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said during a news conference Tuesday...
UK slams BP and EnBW over missing wake effect study for new offshore wind farm
Windpower Monthly
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July 8, 2025
The UK government has criticised the developers of a newly approved 1.5GW offshore wind farm for failing to submit an assessment of the potential wake effect impacts on neighbouring Irish Sea projects. by Orlando Jenkinson
Wales’ largest offshore wind farm marks 10 years powering the nation
Energy Global
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July 8, 2025
RWE, a world leader in offshore renewables, has marked 10 years of electricity generation at Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, off the coast of North Wales, a major clean power milestone. At 576 MW installed capacity, Gwynt y Môr is currently the...
Groundswell 25: Farmers reveal what makes a good grower group
Farmers Weekly
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July 8, 2025
Successful grower groups are those with good farmer engagement, flexible funding arrangements and an unwavering focus on two-way knowledge exchange, rather than knowledge transfer. A Groundswell session bringing together participants from Canada,...
Increased temperatures harming fish and wildlife in UK’s rivers
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 8, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
UK drought: should we monitor commercial water usage more closely in the...
Envirotech Online
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England’s freshwater stores are being drained at an increasing pace - but we don't yet know exactly how fast. A major investigation by Watershed Investigations has revealed that licensed water abstraction from rivers and lakes in England has...
I ate at Jeremy Clarkson's pub 90 minutes from Wales — 1 thing I wish I'd known before going
Wales Online
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July 8, 2025
I love Clarkson's Farm. This has very much come as a shock to me, given I'm one of those annoying people whose default starting position on anything popular is to dislike it. But the Amazon Prime Video series is a joy. It's funny, sad,...
Agrifac Condor Vanguard: Two for one
profi
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July 7, 2025
A Beckett recently changed their spraying set up to the latest tech, and it has revolutionised their crop protection system, and improved application efficiency and efficacy to boot. Based near Rufforth outside York, A Beckett grow 320 hectares of...
UK farming ‘can’t give no more’ in US trade negotiations
Farmers Guide
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July 8, 2025
8th July 2025 Author: Aleksandra Cupriak UK farming industry leaders said that further agricultural concessions would cripple an already hard-pressed farming and growing sector, which they argued had ‘done its bit’ on trade with the USA. Stock...
Prime Video fans have days left to watch 'best horror' that left viewers 'unable to move'
Manchester Evening News
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July 9, 2025
Horror enthusiasts have only a handful of days remaining to catch a critically celebrated film that secured the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2018. Initially hitting cinemas in 2017, Get Out remains available for streaming on Prime...
UK farmers outraged Australian beef is selling cheaper citing lower welfare standards
Beef Central
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July 7, 2025
Major UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s 30 Days Matured British Beef Thick Cut Sirloin Steak sells for the equivalent of £33.13/kg or A$69/kg FARMERS in the United Kingdom are outraged to see imported beef, including that from Australia, being sold...
This Is A Prime Example Of The Hate Meghan Markle Is Subjected To In The UK, And How It Makes Absolutely No Sense
Buzzfeed
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July 8, 2025
Set in a picturesque farmhouse near her Montecito, California home, each of the eight 33-minute episodes showcases Meghan engaging in various activities such as harvesting honey, arranging flowers, and preparing meals, often accompanied by...