Rural Life
Dorset chalk stream benefits from EA funding
The Environment Agency (EA) has funded a successful project to improve water quality and fish habitat in the Devils Brook,...
Rural Life
N.Ireland
Monaghan farming family win Lakeland Milk Quality Awards
A dairy farming family in Co. Monaghan have been announced as the Supreme Champions of the Lakeland Dairies Milk Quality...
Rural Life
Foot and mouth: Control zone set up after potential case in England
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has established a temporary control zone in response to a suspicion...
N.Ireland
Farmers urged to keep all dogs on leads when walking around freshwater bodies
Farmers have been warned to take extra precautions and keep all dogs on leads when walking around freshwater bodies. The...
Rural Life
Stop notice handed to Norfolk landowner for illegal waste burning
A stop notice has been issued by the Environment Agency to a Norfolk landowner to halt the unauthorised deposit and...
N.Ireland
Rural residents in need of care are being ‘failed by the system’ – Sugden
East Derry MLA Claire Sugden has said rural residents who are being forced to stay in hospital or move into...
Rural Life
£30m flood defence work completed in Burton-upon-Trent
The Environment Agency has completed additional flood defence work in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, to alleviate issues around the A38 at Branston....
Rural Life
FLS calls for forest visitors to be responsible this summer
As part of its bid to help halt biodiversity loss, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is calling on all visitors...
Rural Life
Pembrokeshire farmers encouraged to apply for Long Service award
Farm and estate workers from Pembrokeshire, who have been employed on the land for 25 years or more, can be...
Rural Life
Down to Earth event shows off regenerative farming to the masses
The Down to Earth regenerative farming event has been hailed as one of the most “influential agri-food events to take...
Rural Life
Company fined £26,000 after contractor injured in a fall from height
A manufacturing company has been fined after a contractor sustained injuries whilst working on the top of a machine. Manchester...
Rural Life
Tractor overturns on country lane in Gloucestershire
A crash on a country lane in Coleford, Gloucestershire, between a tractor and a car left the road completely blocked...
Rural Life
Overturned trailer causes road closure in Northumberland
Police in Northumbria have recovered a tractor trailer which had fallen on and blocked a road in Hexham, Northumberland. Police...
Rural Life
Heat-health alert issued by UKHSA
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a heat-health alert as the Met Office forecasts high temperatures for the...
Rural Life
Yorkshire Water farms take step towards carbon net zero
Yorkshire Water is supporting its tenant farmers to manage the land sustainably through its Beyond Nature scheme and by investing...
Rural Life
£7m dairy farm in Cumbria hits the market
A rare opportunity to own a fully equipped modern dairy farm with an exceptional farmhouse along with two cottages in...
N.Ireland
Child Farm Safety Week takes place across NI
This week is Child Farm Safety Week in Northern Ireland, and the HSENI’s Agriculture team are extremely busy visiting rural...
Rural Life
3 teens arrested after tractor used to cause pitch damage at Home Park stadium
Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with a break-in at Plymouth Argyle Football Club’s Home Park stadium that saw...
