41 h. ago Travellers who 'seized' field in 24 hours: Horrified villagers in sleepy hamlet are left 'powerless' by speed of 'land

'Powerless' locals in the isolated farming community of Charles have lashed out at the alleged 'eco-vandalism' after industrial diggers ripped into a field and levelled it.

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48 h. ago Travellers who 'seized' field in 24 hours: Horrified villagers in sleepy  hamlet are left 'powerless' by speed of 'land

'Powerless' locals in the isolated farming community of Charles have lashed out at the alleged 'eco-vandalism' after industrial diggers ripped into a field and levelled it.

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4 d. ago British OAP 'caught with 5kg of meth' in Chile is bowls fan from sleepy village

William ‘Billy Boy' Eastment is being held in jail in Chile after drugs were alledgedly found in his suitcase.

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4 d. ago Brit, 79, 'caught with 5kg of meth' in Chile is bowls fan from sleepy Dorset village

William ‘Billy Boy' Eastment faces dying behind prison bars if found guilty after the 79-year-old was arrested at Santiago Airport with a suitcase allegedly containing £200,000 worth of the class A drug

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4 d. ago Brit, 79, 'caught with 5kg of meth' in Chile is bowls fan from sleepy Somerset village

William ‘Billy Boy' Eastment faces dying behind prison bars if found guilty after the 79-year-old was arrested at Santiago Airport with a suitcase allegedly containing £200,000 worth of the class A drug

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5 d. ago Yes, Monty Python lampooned it and it smells like cheap cat food... but Mrs T loved it and even my son's a fan! No wonder Spam is back on the menu: TOM PARKER BOWLES

Well, I've heard it all now. Spam, that tinned, meaty monolith is officially back in vogue. Sales have soared 48 per cent compared to this time last year, much of it down to the 80th VE Day anniversary.

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1 week ago British pensioner, 79, is arrested at airport in Chile 'after being caught with 11lbs of methamphetamine'

The man, whose identity has not been disclosed, had arrived on a flight from Cancun, Mexico, and was detained after a scanner detected a 'suspicious' substance in his suitcase.

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1 week ago Brit pensioner 'arrested in Chile after trying to smuggle 5kg of meth'

The 79-year-old man, who authorities have been named, was arrested at Santiago Airport in Chile, where he had arrived on a flight from the Mexican resort of Cancun

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2 w. ago Hundreds of travellers arrive with their horses as Wickham Horse Fair begins in quiet Hampshire village

The community has descended on the sleepy village of Wickham, which has a population of just over 2,000 people, once more in a tradition that has lasted for generations.

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2 w. ago Every year hundreds of travellers tie up their horses outside my house to sell them

EXCLUSIVE: Residents living in a sleepy Hampshire village have taken to locking their doors and shutting their blinds on the same day every year when a traveller festival arrives.

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