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65-year-old Clarkson, who runs the 1,000-acre Diddly Squat farm in Oxfordshire, is now a ‘cow midwife’. Now known for starring in the titular Clarkson’s Farm, the TV star was called into action after one of his cows struggled to give birth last week. He wrote in The Sunday Times: “I was on my own, and I don’t…
The future of newspaper, The Shetland Times, has been left uncertain after the company has been put up for sale. The Shetland Times, which was established in 1872, is the most northerly newspaper in the UK and Shetland’s only weekly newspaper. It is also the first weekly newspaper in Scotland to go online, doing so…
Tylan Berry, county spider recorder for the British Arachnological Society, said the “nationally rare” lichen running spider was sighted near Cornwall. The “amazing looking” creature with its “incredible colour and camouflage” is “incredibly difficult to spot”, according to Berry. See the spider below. Lichen covered trees in the woodlands of Cornwall and Devon are a…
Although Brian Lazenby saw much of the world during his years in the Merchant Navy, Hadleigh was the town which had a special place in his heart. “Brian will be much missed in Hadleigh,” said councillor Kathryn Grandon, for Hadleigh South, paying tribute to him at a Babergh Council meeting earlier this month. “He was…
LONDON (AP) — Voters in many areas of England go to the polls Thursday in local elections that provide a test of feeling about Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s center-left Labour government, 10 months after it was elected in a landslide. Both Labour and the main opposition Conservative Party are bracing for losses in the midterm…
Before long, she’s leading a team of fellow misfits, including her own father Red Guardian (played by Stranger Things star David Harbour), against a powerful force that takes hold in New York City. As is standard for a major Marvel blockbuster, Thunderbolts* will be beginning its run exclusively in cinemas, but a home release will…
It’s a nice day for voting in England. Yesterday the Green party said it was likely to be “the hottest local election day on record”. Here are two pictures of people arriving to vote. A man entering a polling station in Runcorn this morning. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA A woman leaving a polling station in Hull…
Late on Wednesday, the US Treasury announced a “reconstruction investment fund” for Ukraine, with Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal describing it as “truly an equal and good international deal”. Ukraine’s economy minister Yulia Svyrydenko confirmed both parties had signed the deal, writing on X: “Thanks to the leadership and agreements between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and…
Badenoch insists Tories deliver ‘better services for lower taxes’ In her final message to voters, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said: “If you want a great council, don’t just hope for it, vote for it. “Vote Conservative because Conservative councils deliver better services for lower taxes across the board.” Kemi Badenoch faces the prospect of significant…
What elections are taking place, and where?published at 06:12 British Summer Time 06:12 BST Around a third of voters in England are getting the chance to have their say in these elections, and more than 1,600 councillors will be elected. All the seats will be contested in: 14 county councils: Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire,…