9 h. ago The lovely farm shop village with free play area, cafes and petting zoo

It boasts a free play area, cafes, restaurants and quirky independent shops in the heart of Lancashire countryside

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34 h. ago Our Yorkshire Farm's Reuben Owen shares 'worst thing' about growing up on show

Our Yorkshire Farm star Reuben Owen appeared on Sunday's episode of Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh

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3 d. ago Virginia Giuffre's lonely life on a rural farm after bitter love split cut her off from her kids

The 41-year-old - who was allegedly trafficked by Jeffery Epstein to have sex with Prince Andrew as a teenager - initially claimed she had just 'four days to live' after the crash at a rural intersection.

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3 d. ago ‘Scary times’: New York shopkeepers plan ‘astronomical’ price hikes under Trump tariffs

Small businesses that import goods brace for steep price increases that they have to pass on to their customersIt’s just two days since Donald Trump launched his extraordinary tariff assault on the world in a bid to rebuild the US economy and roll back an era of globalization. But already shopkeepers are bracing for recession, and their customers spending less, as they prepare to increase prices.“We’re going to have to put our prices up and people aren’t going to like it,” said Ian Anderson, store manager at Tea and Sympathy, a UK grocery store, restaurant and fish-and-chip shop stalwart in Manhattan’s West Village. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Welcome to Britain's kindest village: Volunteers run shop, library and post office, pub is locally

Residents of Trawden in Lancashire run their own community centre, pub, shop and post office and hold regular friendship meetings for the elderly in what must be Britain's kindest village.

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1 week ago The Scottish Highlands village with 'perfect' fish and chip shop and Outlander abbey

Whether you're an Outlander fan or just love a good fish supper, our latest Village of the Week is for you.

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1 week ago ‘It’s a bit like PTSD’: Cambridgeshire villagers react after mystery killing of alpacas and sheep

Residents say they are still ‘shocked and horrified’ after farm animals shot dead in East HatleyThe last time Mick Marshall can recall a crime happening in Hatley, John Major was still the prime minister. “We got broken into in 1996 and that’s it. That was a long time ago,” he said.The 81-year-old runs the Hatley Shop and Post Office with his wife, a quaint little shop shrouded in green shrubbery. The Cambridgeshire village, which is hidden up a long country road lined with small farms, is so quiet that some days Marshall nary serves a soul. “Sometimes we don’t have any customers, sometimes it’s two or three,” he said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'We could go under': Locals blast plans for 'industrial' seaweed farm the size of 180 football pitches off 'iconic' Cornwall coast loved by Love Actually star

EXCLUSIVE: A proposal to build two 50 hectare sites - equivalent to 180 football pitches - near Port Isaac on the North Cornish coast were met with anger by locals when first introduced last year.

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last month Noel Fitzpatrick: ‘We often put on the radio and TV for the animals’

The supervet talks about growing up on a farm in Ireland, learning the elusive language of elephants and his love of Led ZeppelinThis week I’ve done brain surgery, spinal surgery, elbow surgery, knee surgery and a fracture that took 14 hours to fix. By the end, everything ached. I empathise with my patients, for sure. You feel connected to the universe, helping to prolong the lives of animals.People say, “I’ve got a knee problem, a back problem. Can you operate on me?” If I did, I’d lose my licence. Continue reading...

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