Dorset

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

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

A new study has revealed the UK’s top dog-friendly beaches as the heatwave continues

Beth Franklin

‘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

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)

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

Great entry of sheep at Tuesday's sale, sold to a sharper trade.

Darryl Armitage

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

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)

Most expensive place to buy a seaside home in Britain revealed

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

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

The hut in Westward Ho! Devon.

Beach hut with ‘uninterrupted sea views’ goes on sale for £30k

Foetus found on Dorset Heath: Police appeal to find missing mother

Appeal for missing mother after discovery of foetus on Dorset Heath

Aurora Borealis, Northern lights. Mumemories - stock.adobe.com

Aurora Borealis: Why 2023 is a good year to see Northern Lights

Only youth games will be allowed to be played at Colehill Cricket Club now

Cricket club banned from hosting adult matches after complaints

The ring which will be up for the auction later this month (Photo: Noonans)

Medieval ring to go to auction for up to £40,000

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (left) and missing friend Nick Fisher.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in urgent appeal for missing friend

Durdle Door in Dorset came in at 17.

Durdle Door owner furious with “dishonest” BBC after Doctor Who finale

Dorset was battered by thunderstorms and a band of heavy rain overnight on the weekend.

Rare footage shows thunderbolt hit sea off the English coast

Th scariest areas have now been revealed

Mapped: The most haunted regions in the UK

Gerard runs a flock of 250 BelclareXDorset and CharollaisXDorset ewes near Portaferry

Pre-tupping decisions lead to over £20 increase in ewe profitability

Overall champion pictured with Ben lamb, sponsor Mark Crawford, Topflock and judge Ellen McClure

Strong turnout at sixth Dorset sale at Beattie’s

Geoff Roper with his bull called Conker

Farm business unable to fulfil £150,000 of European orders due to sea port chang...

Ballymartin Farm Shop

Dorsets in demand at Ballymartin farm shop

Out of season lambing gives Dorset the ‘diamond edge’

Sam Reaney’s mum Ruth said: “I didn’t realise how complicated it was until I started, I had contacted people and asked them to bring the ram in and they all said no, ‘there’s no way I’m going through that’. Everybody was saying the same thing that they don’t want to be involved because it is too much hassle.”

Teenage Dorset breeder one of the first to bring sheep in from GB

Ballymena Mart

Ewes with lambs selling to £500 at Ballymena Mart

Paul Gascoigned had a medal earned during his time at Rangers stolen (Getty Images)

Here’s why Piers Morgan may have accidentally caused Gazza’s house to be burgled

How to find perfect beach staycations across the UK

Richard Graham with a ewe and her lambs

Why the Lleyn is the best breed for Richard