Thursday 21st December This year the National Farmers’ Union have backed their membership with a #BuyMyTurkey campaign, an initiative to encourage the British public to buy turkeys from local farms. The campaign includes a ‘turkey finder’ search engine on the Union’s website where users can find their nearest turkey supplier by typing in their [...]
Thursday 21st December 2017 Plans to reintroduce the lynx back into the British countryside have caused concern among some in the farming community following the deaths in November of several sheep that it has been claimed were killed by a lynx which had escaped from a local wildlife park. The animal was eventually shot [...]
Thursday 14th December 2017 Last month’s incident on the Channel island of Jersey - where five Manx sheep were chased over a cliff to their deaths by dogs - underlines the importance of dog-owners keeping their animal under control whilst walking in the countryside. It happened in the afternoon on Saturday 19th November on the [...]
Monday 11th December 2017 On Friday 1st December The Royal Bank of Scotland announced that they would be closing a total of 259 of their branches across the United Kingdom in 2018, with 197 of them (under the name NatWest) in England & Wales and 62 north of the border. The bank said the [...]
Monday 11th December 2017 With temperatures dropping as Scotland heads into the winter months, Denis O. Brown Insurance Brokers, Scotland’s Agricultural & Rural Specialists, have some advice for those taking their dogs out into the countryside at this time of year. 1. BE VISIBLE Low light is an issue at this time, so [...]
