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Farmer died of natural causes

A Shropshire farmer who was found dead next to a tree died of natural causes, police said today.

Farmers launch spuds campaign

Farmers today launched a campaign to encourage young people to eat less pasta and more potatoes.

Worker crushed by farm machinery

A 35-year-old man was crushed between machinery while working on a farm in Shropshire. He was airlifted to hospital with a suspected broken pelvis.

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Listening Liberal might offer some hope

It’s no wonder that Nick Clegg is arguably about as involved at the cutting edge of this country’s political system as England are in Euro 2008, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.

Show will come to a ’spectacular’ end

The marching pomp of the RAF college band will ensure this year’s West Mid Show continues to pull in record numbers of visitors, organisers said today.

Show ‘to mark rural fightback’

This year’s West Mid Show will prove that rural communities are fighting back after 12 months of disease and low prices, officials said today. The event takes place on June 21 and 22.

Rustlers hit two areas

Almost 100 pigs have been stolen from a Shropshire farm.

Show talks over disease impact

West Mid Show bosses were today meeting officials from Defra about the effect bluetongue disease may have on this year’s event.

Countryside in crisis - rural tsar

The countryside is in crisis, with businesses floundering, villages polarised into wealthy enclaves of commuters and a resentful local population suffering low wages and limited opportunities, the Government’s rural tsar warned today.