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'Devil is in the detail' - MP seeks assurances for Shropshire farmers following US trade deal

An MP today asked for assurances that Shropshire farmers will be protected under Britain's trade deal with the US.

Politics|20 hours ago

McCartneys are pleased to be favoured with instructions to offer for sale by auction the holding known as Yr Onnen, Nantmel, on June 5 2025 at 6pm at The Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells

Rhayader farmhouse and land for sale at auction

'Happy pigs' braille sign at Fordhall Organic Farm

England’s first community-owned farm introduces ‘Braille Trail’ for visually impaired visitors

Your World|May 7

Ukrainian Cossacks headline at Royal Welsh Show with breath-taking display

Ukrainian Cossacks headline at Royal Welsh Show with breath-taking display

Lian and Carlos with Dr Jane Yardley at LOHAS

Shropshire business resource helps fertiliser company grow

Farmers across Brecon & Radnor have been urged to heighten biosecurity and remain vigilant to protect their livestock and businesses from disease

Biosecurity key to keeping disease at bay, Brecon and Radnorshire NFU Cymru members told

Pioneering organic farm owned by the same family for 100 years goes on the market for £10million

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Activists in chicken costumes were outside the High Court. Picture: River Action/A Heggerty

Campaigners await High Court judgement over chicken megafarm in Shropshire

Meurig James FRAgS Elected Chair of CARAS UK

Meurig James FRAgS announced as new Chair of The Council for Awards of Royal Agricultural Societies

Last year’s Gareth Raw Rees Memorial Scholarship winners

Gareth Raw Rees travel scholarship to celebrate 40 years of encouraging young farmers to travel the world

Mr Harry Featherstonhaugh OBE, FRAgS being presented with the ASAO Lifetime Achievement Award by ASAO Secretary, Paul Hooper and RWAS CEO, Aled Rhys Jones.

Agricultural stalwart receives prestigious recognition for 25 years of service as Royal Welsh Show Director

The Project - Banc Du Energy Park Ltd

Wind turbine developers spoke to Rhayader Town Council in the same week they submitted a notice of intention to put in an application for two proposed local windfarms

'People don't realise how much the family farm tax will affect farms' - Angry farmers protest in Shrewsbury

Campaigners in chicken costumes were outside the High Court in Cardiff. Picture: River Action/A Heggerty

'Kindly cluck off!' Activists in chicken costumes protest against Shropshire farm plan as High Court legal challenge gets underway

Row over 200,000-bird Shropshire chicken farm to be heard at High Court today

Royal Three Counties Show.

From Soil to Succession: Farming challenges and opportunities at Royal Three Counties Show this June

Your World|Apr 29

A terrace of three houses would be among replacements for the buildings at Newburn Farm to be demolished, in red (Own Hicks Architecture, from application)

Plans for new homes at farm near Kington, Herefordshire

(left to right) Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar

Nottingham attack survivor says she wishes killer ‘had taken me instead’

UK News|Just now

Rightmove app

Rightmove sees customer and revenue growth as UK housing market improves

UK News|Just now

Bank of England monetary policy report

UK must seek to ‘rebuild’ trade relationship with EU, says Bank governor

UK News|1 hour ago

Aerial view of ocean surf on beach

Ratify ocean treaty and ban destructive fishing in protected areas, PM urged

UK News|1 hour ago

Eurostar trains on the platform at St Pancras International station, London

Direct trains from UK to Switzerland move step closer

UK News|1 hour ago

Cabinet meeting

‘Trade deal needed urgently to save 150,000 livelihoods’ senior minister says

UK News|1 hour ago

The Royal Mint VE Day commemorative 50p coin

Coins to mark 80 years since VE Day launched by Royal Mint

Viral news|Apr 30

Stephen Lappin smiling while holding a defibrillator

Runner who had cardiac arrest at race to compete in same event a year later

Viral news|Apr 24

Blues and Villa fans spotted at WWE

Aston Villa and Birmingham City fans spotted at WWE 'every week' - leaving fans flabbergasted

Aston Villa|Mar 26

CCTV shows Shane O'Malley and an accomplice raiding Hansons Auctioneers building in Derbyshire

BBC Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson's auction house targeted by hammer-wielding ram-raid crook in £21,000 raid

Mackintosh at the Willow

Glasgow tearoom hosting talks on enduring relationship with ‘now-humble’ cuppa

Viral news|Mar 24

Ireland’s ‘best contemporary art’ to be showcased at Dublin fair

Viral news|Mar 23

A Powelliphanta augusta snail lays an egg from its neck

Rare snail filmed for the first time laying an egg from its neck

World News|Just now

Military troops stand in formation in Red Square

Russia’s Victory Day parade marks 80th anniversary of defeat of Nazi Germany

World News|1 hour ago

The new Pope waves at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV to celebrate first Mass after election as Francis’s successor

World News|1 hour ago

Man stands in the window of a scorched building

Indian and Pakistan troops swap intense artillery fire overnight

World News|2 hours ago

A family waits for transportation as they leave following overnight shelling from Pakistan at Gingal village in Uri district, Indian controlled Kashmir

Pakistan denies Indian accusations of attacks on military bases

World News|3 hours ago

Photo provided by the North Korean government showing what it says a drill of long-range artillery and missile systems at North Korea’s eastern coast

North Korea says Kim Jong Un supervised missile tests

World News|7 hours ago