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RAF secures £120m to support UK’s smaller farms
The Scottish Farmer
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August 1, 2025
The agreement, jointly provided by NatWest Bank and BCI Capital, is supported by the British Business Bank’s ENABLE Guarantees programme, which helps reduce capital requirements for lenders, making it easier to offer credit to small businesses. A...
Jeremy Clarkson 'not enjoying farming this week'
RTE Ireland
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August 1, 2025
Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has said he is "not enjoying farming" at the moment, amid a week that has seen bovine tuberculosis found on his Diddly Squat Farm. The TV star, 65, said he is also dealing with "a very sickly calf", and...
Plans submitted to build huge solar farm on land the size of 80 football pitches
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
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August 1, 2025
Fresh plans have been submitted to build huge solar farm on land the size of 80 football pitches near Northampton. A revised plan to build a major solar farm on farmland near Gayton village has been submitted to West Northamptonshire Council...
‘Momentum growing’ in UK plum industry with bumper crop, says grower
Norwich Evening News
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Plum production in the UK hit its peak in 1987 with 28,900 tonnes being produced that year, according to Defra figures. Due to lower yields and cheaper imports, the industry then declined, hitting its lowest point in 2008 with total production of...
Scotland Greenlights SSE’s 4.1 GW Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm
Offshore Wind
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July 31, 2025
The Scottish government has granted a consent order for SSE Renewables’ Berwick Bank in the UK, which, if fully developed, would become the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The Section 36 consent determination by Scottish ministers approves the...
Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat farm to shut for two months after TB outbreak - and his dog has died
Birmingham Live
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August 1, 2025
Jeremy Clarkson's beloved dog has died as Diddly Squat is forced to close for TWO MONTHS over a TB outbreak. The 64-year-old confirmed the tragic loss of his beloved pooch after the "devastating news" of the outbreak yesterday. ITV Who Wants To Be...
UK programme pushes for seed certification, variety release in Nigeria
Abuja Inquirer
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July 31, 2025
A UKAID Climate-resilient and agricultural market development programme, Propcom+, is pushing for a framework to strengthen the regulatory environment for seed certification and variety release in Nigeria. The push is coming on the heels of...
Jeremy Clarkson ‘not enjoying farming this week’ after bovine TB found on farm
Irish Independent
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The TV star, 65, said he is also dealing with “a very sickly calf”, and discovered that one of his puppies had died on Friday morning. On Thursday, he wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that a pregnant cow had contracted the disease on his farm near...
New agreement with UK to accelerate 24-hr economy strategy
Business and Financial Times
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August 1, 2025
The United Kingdom and Ghana have signed a landmark partnership agreement aimed at fast-tracking government’s 24-Hour Economy initiative and strengthening bilateral cooperation on industrialisation. The new agreement was formalised during the...
House of Lords urges stronger nitrogen controls across agriculture
The Scottish Farmer
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August 1, 2025
The report, Nitrogen: Time to Reduce, Recycle, Reuse, warns that reactive nitrogen, largely from farming, transport and wastewater, is damaging air, water and soil quality and contributing to premature deaths and biodiversity loss. Baroness...
Government farming policies need climate change resilience, urges NSA
The Scottish Farmer
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August 1, 2025
The NSA urges farmers to consider climate resilience measures in their farming systems and plans. The announcement comes in the wake of this week’s Met Office warning that the UK is experiencing a 'notably different' climate to just a few decades...
Scotland Gives SSE Approval for What Could be the World's Largest Wind Farm
The Maritime Executive
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In what is being called a “vital step” for Scotland and the UK’s renewable energy ambitions, the Scottish Government has granted consent for the proposed Berwick Bank offshore wind farm. If the project is developed, it would supply twice the...
More than 170 people stood up to save this 'popular' farmhouse gym - now it's gone
Manchester Evening News
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August 1, 2025
A ‘popular’ and beloved gym in a grade-II listed farmhouse is set to close and become flats — despite more than 170 objections. Little Box Gym, which opened on St Werburgh’s Road in Chorlton in February 2017, faces an uncertain future after...
Your pictures of Scotland: 26 July - 1 August
BBC
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ShareSave Debbie Neilson said she enjoyed an "annual dose of vitamin sea" during a visit to "idyllic" Iona A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 26 July - 1 August. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure...
Jeremy Clarkson says his farm will be shut for TWO MONTHS after TB outbreak - as he reveals one of his dog's puppies has died
Daily Mail
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August 1, 2025
Jeremy Clarkson has revealed his farm will be closed for two months after an outbreak of TB - and also told how one of his pet dog's puppies has died. The news comes after the TV presenter revealed on social media how he faced culling his beloved...
Top tractor talent to be put to the test as prestigious contest comes to UK
The Scottish Farmer
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August 1, 2025
The event, which has already seen five successful editions in Italy, will take place this October at Prestwold Hall, Leicestershire, and promises to be a standout moment in the rural calendar. Forty tractor operators will take on four timed...
Bucks market town named most expensive in UK for house buyers
Bucks Free Press
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August 1, 2025
Beaconsfield was identified by Lloyds Bank as the most expensive market town for all buyer types, with an average price of £839,468. The bank had been carrying out research into the most affordable market towns in the UK, stating that choosing to...
Who needs French cheese? We've got British Brie! Cheesemonger reveals the UK's top alternatives to France and Italy's soft cheeses after 'overzealous' border officials' import ban
Daily Mail
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August 1, 2025
Deli and restaurant owners in the UK have been left outraged after 'overzealous' border officials slapped an import ban on unpasteurised soft cheeses such as mozzarella and brie from Italy and France. One Marylebone retailer and distributor of...
'We've gone down with TB' — Jeremy Clarkson confirms outbreak at farm
Irish Examiner
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August 1, 2025
A case of bovine TB has been found at Diddly Squat Farm — leaving the team "devastated," Jeremy Clarkson has said.The TV presenter says a pregnant cow has contracted the disease on the farm near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. In a post on X,...
Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Lidl shoppers warned over UK supermarket change that's 'inevitable'
Birmingham Live
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August 1, 2025
UK supermarket shoppers face skyrocketing grocery bills in a change across stores that is "inevitable". Retail chiefs and grocery analysts have shared details over how surging food prices pose an "inevitable"' threat to consumers. Nearly £300 will...