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The world’s largest cashew tree covers two acres of a park in Brazil and looks like a mini forest

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Nuts! Behold the world’s largest cashew tree, which covers two acres and looks like a mini FOREST (and it’s still growing) The tree, located in a park next to an urban beach in Brazil, is a major draw for Instagramming tourists It is the size of 70 regular cashew trees, with some of its limbs … Read more

Man of the people? New Labour leader Sir Keir owns seven acres of land in Surrey worth up to £10m 

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Man of the people? New Labour leader Sir Keir owns seven acres of land in Surrey worth up to £10m  Sir Keir Starmer owns seven acres of land that could be worth up to £10 million The property is on a green belt next to the Surrey home where he grew up  The leader’s spokesman … Read more

Aristocrat sells off 4,000 acres of estate to be developed into ski and mountain tourism resort

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Aristocrat sells off almost 4,000 acres of his estate – including gold-panning hotspot and Scotland’s highest village – to be developed into ski and mountain tourism resort Duke of Baccleuch, Richard Scott, will carve off part of his Queensberry Estate Wanlockhead community trust will purchase the land to create ski resort Bike trails and zip … Read more

Green Acres star Tom Lester dies at age 81 following battle with Parkinson’s disease

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Green Acres star Tom Lester dies at age 81 following battle with Parkinson’s disease By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 19:46 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 19:46 BST, 20 April 2020 Green Acres star Tom Lester has passed away at age 81 after suffering complications from Parkinson’s disease.  The actor died at the Nashville … Read more

Huge fire destroyed 250 acres of hillside in Northumberland National Park

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Flaming idiots! Police hunt arsonists after huge fire destroyed 250 acres of hillside in Northumberland National Park famous for its grouse, red squirrels and wild goats Around 20 firefighters spent over six hours tackling Monday afternoon blaze The flames engulfed over the Simonside Hills in Northumberland National Park  Residents in the picturesque village of Rothbury … Read more

Huge swarms of locusts rip through 500,000 acres of crops in Ethiopia

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Billions of locusts have laid waste to 500,000 acres of Ethiopian cropland and unleashed a food crisis.  A United Nations report found that the devastation caused by the swarms have left millions of citizens in need of emergency food aid.     The findings from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, which recently concluded a joint assessment … Read more

National Trust plans to turn acres of idyllic Green Belt countryside into sprawling car park

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Protesters are locked in a furious row with the National Trust over plans to turn acres of idyllic Green Belt countryside into a sprawling car park for a moated manor house. Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks, already has 232 parking spaces but the conservation charity wants to double capacity by moving the car park to a nearby area … Read more