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Police close off playing fields in Berkshire after reports a teenage boy has been stabbed Cordon is in place following ‘serious incident’ in Emmer Green, near to Reading Thames Valley Police have not revealed what happened in incident this evening Reports claim a boy has been stabbed with some saying he was just 13 years … Read more
Sarah Beeny’s New Country Life viewers have criticised the presenter for pouring ‘huge amounts of concrete’ in a field in the middle of the ‘beautiful countryside’ to create her dream home. The Channel 4 show follows the property expert, 48, her husband Graham Swift and their family after they relocated from London to Somerset, and started renovating a … Read more
Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: See tulip fields burst into colour with Adam Frost – join the TV gardening star for a fabulous river cruise in Holland By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 13:40 BST, 1 October 2020 | Updated: 13:40 BST, 1 October 2020 The riot of springtime colour as Holland’s famous bulb … Read more
Britain concreted over green fields equivalent to the size of Dorset in the past 25 years, satellite analysis shows Britain concreted over green fields equivalent to Dorset in the past 25 years There was a significant reduction in land for farming crops in East Anglia The analysis was made by the UK Centre of Ecology … Read more
Drinking could be banned from a park in east London after it was left trashed and covered in litter, urine and faeces by thousands of louts during lockdown. Hackney Council is seeking a court injunction to temporarily prohibit boozing on London Fields following weeks of disturbance, which it says has put officers under pressure and … Read more
David Hockney is a Vogue cover star with his painting of golden wheat fields to illustrate a return to nature in the post-Covid world David Hockney’s vibrant landscape will feature on the cover of August’s Vogue The themed edition, called Reset, is all about the post-Covid return to nature The landscape piece, titled Wheat Field … Read more
‘TX 45 killer is my dad’: Woman blocks California freeway with sign on her car claiming she’s the daughter of ‘Texas Killing Fields’ serial killer The unidentified driver had a sign on the back of her car making the claims She blocked the southbound 55 freeway in Costa Mesa for an hour Wednesday Since the 1970s, … Read more
Your country needs YOU – to pick fruit and veg: Waitrose boss calls for 70,000-strong ‘Land Army’ to stop food rotting in fields By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 15 May 2020 | Updated: 11:45 BST, 16 May 2020 Hundreds of thousands of tons of ‘wonderful British produce’ will be left … Read more
Your country needs YOU – to pick fruit and veg: Ocado boss calls for 70,000-strong ‘Land Army’ to stop food rotting in fields By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 15 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 15 May 2020 Hundreds of thousands of tons of ‘wonderful British produce’ will be left … Read more
Bruce Kerr is a third-generation farmer in Suffolk, with 150 of his sandy acres dedicated to early asparagus. Each year, 90 experienced pickers will gather 500-600 tonnes of plump green spears from his land between the beginning of April and June 21, when the season ends. They’ll pick from 6am to 6pm, with just 60 minutes’ … Read more