Dorset

Women in agriculture profile featuring Bethany Nutt

Martin Down Farmer Cluster has a seen a 50% increase in wild pollinator habitat

Decade of monitoring shows Farmer Clusters are key to nature restoration

Sam Driver with his CCM Skipton Dorset supreme champion and 1,600gns top price shearling ram.

Sam Driver shearling ram supreme champion at CCM Skipton Dorset highlight

The winning pairs of ewe lambs

In pictures: Dorset annual premier show and sale

Joe Redford, judge, alongside Ben Lamb with the Reserve Champion ewe lamb and Kevin Corry, Technical Sales Manager NI, Norbrook.

In pictures: Dorset annual premier show and sale

Pre-sale champion and top price at 6000gns was Ballytaggart Iconic I3532 from Thomas Wright.

Top prices and strong demand at Dorset May Sheep Fair

Birdwatchers across the UK have been charting the rise and rise of the very distinctive Little Egret for decades, but scientists have been unable to accurately calculate the breeding population of this relative newcomer.

BTO research sheds a new light on UK’s Little Egret population

Ladram Bay holiday park in Devon

I stayed at possibly the best holiday park you have never heard of

Nicole Love pictured during lambing.

Love Lamb Week takeover

Champion pair of ewe lambs from Richard Currie with judge Joe Larder and sponsor Kevin Corry. (Photo: Graham Cubitt)

Ballymacnamee ewe lamb tops NI Dorset club premier sale at 2,700gns

Cattle in the fields at the Dorset farm

Dorset-based Wessex Lowlines has been in business for more than 15 years

Ballyamage ewe lambs

Ballyhamage flock dominates the NI Dorset club flock competition

Pembroke Houdini from David Lewis, Pembrokeshire, sold for 1200gns.

Poll Dorset, Ballymaconnelly Hulk H475 leads sale in Worcester

Second highest price on the day was the 2600gns Ballymaconnelly Haribo.

Poll Dorset, Ballymaconnelly Hulk H475 leads sale in Worcester

Rachel Hayton BSc (Vet Sci) BVM&S Cert CHP MRCVS, Synergy Farm Health Research Lead, Eve Yeatman from CowRecoery and James Yeatman, inventor and Dairy Farmer from CowRecovery.

A dairy farmer and farm vet have joined forces to launch CowRecovery

Rachel Hayton BSc (Vet Sci) BVM&S Cert CHP MRCVS, Synergy Farm Health Research Lead, Eve Yeatman from CowRecoery and James Yeatman, inventor and Dairy Farmer from CowRecovery.

CowRecovery to improve ‘down’ cow health and welfare
A dairy farmer and farm vet have joined forces to launch a new device to improve management, health and welfare of ‘down’ cows, as well as staff safety.
Ruth Wills

Wood Sandpiper

Charity launches Christmas appeal to create wetland lifeline for wading birds

Reserve & Best Opposite sex to Champion, Mark Crawford, Sponsor Top Flock, William Carson, Judge Adam Armour, Judge, Woodvale flock

Dorset breeders get ready for penultimate sale of the season

Reserve & Best Opposite sex to Champion, Mark Crawford, Sponsor Top Flock, William Carson, Judge Adam Armour, Judge, Woodvale flock

Dorset breeders get ready for penultimate sale of the season

A team of conservation officers and volunteers in Dorset has been given the go ahead to plant native wildflowers and meadow grasses, which will enhance floodplain fields for biodiversity

Dorset farm plants native wildflowers to enhance natural flood plains

Swift on the wing. c. David Moreton

Farmers install bird boxes and call players to help struggling swifts

The hugely successful Armagh Craft Fair is back for its 12th year at The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre on Saturday 25th May

Armagh’s annual craft fair is back at the Market Place Theatre

Ad Feature Vrbo announces the UK holiday homes of 2024

Tom King & Amber Broadway. (Pic supplied)

Calf health makes Shine a permanent feature at Vortex Holsteins

Best opposite sex to champion pictured with Caroline McKeown, judge Matthew Hall and sponsor Seamus McCormick, Danske Bank

Final Dorset sale of the season

An increasingly rare breeding bird has returned to a Co Down fen this year, following restoration efforts by Ulster Wildlife to help bring nature back. Picture: Ulster Wildlife

Fallow plots study aims to help more Lapwing chicks survive

World War 2 bunker and staple of Winston Churchill’s ‘chain home’ radar given stunning holiday-home makeover

World War II bunker transformed into coastal holiday home
The former World War II bunker is still fitted out with the same concrete walls, exposed pipes, and lighting
Will Millar

A child has died after attending Camp Bestival

Child dies after falling ill at ‘UK’s favourite family festival’

Christine Robinson. Picture: UFU

Women in Agriculture profile featuring Christine Robinson

Ruairi Kelly previously lived on the Bibby Stockholm migrant barge

‘I lived on Bibby Stockholm - it’s no place for asylum seekers’

Bibby Stockholm migrant barge

Pictured: 9 images inside Bibby Stockholm migrant barge

Wetherspoons will introduce a much welcomed price slash on several items for a limited time in January.

15 Wetherspoons sites ‘under offer’ - is your area on the list?

Cherie Lunghi. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney)

Going Green : Make your barbecue environment friendly

Michael Eavis greeted Glastonbury guests from his Land Rover weeks after founder spotted in wheelchair

Michael Eavis spotted greeting Glastonbury guests at gate

UK’s best dog-friendly beaches - full list of locations

Breaking ‘Massive gas blast’ sees woman rushed to hospital

Best Poll Ram Lamb and Champion Male from Ben Lamb.

Richhill Frazer tops Dorset May Fair Sale at 3,400gns

S Club 7 singer Paul Cattermole pictured in 2014. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Paul Cattermole’s death certificate reveals what star died of

Police have issued an update following the death of Paul Cattermole

Breaking Police issue major update following death of S Club’s Paul Cattermole

Paul Cattermole’s death comes just weeks after S Club 7 announced reunion plans (Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Breaking S Club 7 singer’s cause of death confirmed

Saintfield Mart

Ewes selling to £208 at Saintfield Mart, spring lambs to £154

Saintfield Mart

Ewes selling to £225 and spring lambs to £158 at Saintfield Mart

Police on proactive patrol spotted a car driving on a 60mph road with an unrestrained child in the boot.

Police stop car with unrestrained child in boot on 60mph road

Man travels 2,000 miles from the UK to Ukraine via bike

Overall supreme champion and top price pictured with Michael Maybin (breeder), Adam Care (Judge) and Allister McNeill (handler).

Dorset’s blossom at annual spring sale in Ballymena

Saintfield Mart

Ewes selling to £240, hoggets to £151 and springers to £150 at Saintfield

S Club stars Jo O’Meara and Tina Barrett have left tributes to their former bandmate Paul Cattermole by Tim Roney/Getty Images)

Breaking S Club stars pay heartbreaking tributes to Paul Cattermole

Tom Glanfield at the property he has bought, Sandbanks, Hampshire. The entrepreneur who bought the ‘world’s most expensive bungalow’ has revealed what it’s like inside - including a “death trap” swimming pool and a leaking roof.

UK’s most expensive bungalow isn’t in the best state for £13.5m

The latest prices from Saintfield

Latest sheep prices from Saintfield

The most expensive seaside location in Great Britain is Salcombe, where the average property goes for £1.2 million - 33% (more than £300,000) higher than in 2021. (image: Adobe)

Breaking Most expensive place to buy a seaside home in Britain revealed

The Bibby Stockholm will house 500 people (Photo: Home Office)

Breaking More than 500 asylum seekers to be housed on barge off coast

The UK’s top trending destinations to get away this Easter

Saintfield Mart

Excellent entry of sheep with hoggets selling to £204 at Saintfield

A general view of The Wytch Farm oil production centre, on March 27, 2023 in Poole, England

Major incident declared after oil spill in Dorset

Gary Glitter will ‘probably die in prison’ after breach of bail terms

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