2 d. ago Alan Titchmarsh shares 'heartbreaking' discovery after returning home

TV gardening presenter Alan Titchmarsh shared how his Hampshire garden has been overrun by wildlife - but not in a good way.

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5 d. ago The beautiful riverside beer garden near Greater Manchester serving Salford

Hydes Brewery operates pubs across North Wales and the North West

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7 d. ago Man plots revenge on neighbour who complained about Pride flag in garden

A man is plotting revenge because his neighbour wants him to remove his Pride flag from his garden. It's been claimed the flag "doesn't exude the luxury experience" they're trying to promote

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8 d. ago Angela Rayner refuses to help Charles Dickens' favourite pub in fight with killjoy council over its beer garden

Angela Rayner was urged to overrule the Labour authority which told the Trafalgar Tavern in Greenwich to remove roughly half of its outdoor seating.

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8 d. ago Gardeners urged to keep hold of one kitchen scrap and sprinkle over plants

Before scraping that pile of potato peel into the bin, anyone with a garden has been urged to bag them up and sprinkle the food waste on the soil of their plants

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8 d. ago Gardeners with bird baths urged to make one immediate change in July

If you want to keep your garden birds hydrated this summer, then garden-owners have been urged to make one adjustment - and it needs to be done immediately

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8 d. ago Airbnb owner is ordered to tear down 40ft 'prison camp watchtower' from his garden after neighbour complained

The owner of Gardd y Llys, an Airbnb property in one of the most upmarket residential areas of Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales, has been ordered to tear down a towering 'garden room' following complaints.

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8 d. ago The Greater Manchester beer garden tucked out of sight that's perfect for the sunshine

A sun-soaked beer garden or rooftop terrace is particularly tempting as summer gets into full swing

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9 d. ago Dad who built bunker in garden with gym and beer lift now preparing for World War Three

Dave Billings, 44, began work on the huge underground bunker in his garden more than a decade ago

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1 week ago The buzzing city centre beer garden among the country's best

As temperatures soar this weekend, cool off with a crisp pint

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2 w. ago The Scottish coastal pub with beer garden that was crowned 'best in Scotland'

The pub is only a short walk away from the beach.

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2 w. ago Man who spent £180k on bungalow in back garden for dying dad has days to demolish building

Mark Jones spent £180,000 on building a bungalow in his ex-wife's garden. He has now been ordered to tear it down by the council amid a planning row.

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2 w. ago Households urged to move bird feeders immediately to one secure place

Garden-owners have been urged to move bird feeders as temperatures continue to soar across the UK - otherwise birds risk overheating in search of their next meal

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2 w. ago Google Earth helps man win planning battle over garden decking

Gareth Leek won the planning case after obtaining images from Google Earth showing the decking had been in his garden for more than four years unchallenged

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2 w. ago The Scottish island home to beaches and pub with 'sun trap beer garden'

The isle has everything for a family summer getaway.

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2 w. ago I've been to hundreds of pubs and asked locals for the unknown hidden gems in their areas. This is the definitive list of the 27 best beer gardens in Britain

There are few better places to be when the sun comes out than one of our great British unsung institutions - the traditional pub beer garden.

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2 w. ago The quirky riverside pub in Greater Manchester praised for its ‘best’ beer garden and historic surroundings

It's right next to a river and one of the country's oldest parks

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3 w. ago Grow strawberries in your own garden this summer with plants now reduced to £1

Growing fresh strawberries in your own garden, greenhouse or allotment has never been cheaper as this strawberry plant plummets all the way down to £1 in time for summer planting

Economics

3 w. ago Get to grips with pollination – your garden (and the bees) will thank you for it

GCSE biology a distant memory? Here’s how plants reproduce, and how to encourage themIf you’re growing any plants for fruit, getting your head around pollination is key to ensuring a bountiful harvest. Thankfully, the plants and the pollinators – whether that’s bees, beetles or a summer breeze – have a system for making this happen. Still, any grower should be familiar with the pollination needs of their crops in case intervention is necessary.If GCSE biology is a distant memory, here’s a quick refresher. Pollination is the reproductive process whereby a flower’s pollen is transferred from the stamen to the stigma before travelling to the ovule, where fertilisation takes place. Seeds start to develop and, for those crops that coax a creature into dispersing their seed, a fruit will form and swell around them. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man arrested over 'murder' after beer garden 'assault' leaves man dead

Cops were called to the Market Inn in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, around 9.10pm on Sunday, June 8, after reports of a serious assault.

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