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  • Men seen trying to steal working dogs from Dorset farm

    Working dogs could have been the target of two men seen acting suspiciously near kennels on a farm in West Dorset. At around 10.50pm on Saturday, October 24 two men were spotted acting suspiciously near a kennel on a farm in the Hilfield area.

  • Classic tractors score top prices at vintage machinery auction

    More than 200 classic tractors starred in a sale that sold more than £1.2million worth of machinery. The classic and vintage tractors, motorbikes, vehicles, automobilia and collectors’ items were sold at Cheffins’ Cambridge Vintage Sale near Ely

  • Italian backpacker admits killing woman on Devon stud farm

    An Italian backpacker has admitted killing a woman on a horse-stud farm where he had been volunteering, writes Tom Bevan. Luigi Palmas, 27, had been working at Combe Farm Arabians for just three weeks when he took the life of Katherine Bevan, 53

  • Huge barn fire in Wiltshire village

    Dramatic photos show a large barn fire that broke out on a farm near Wilton, Wiltshire on Friday afternoon (October 23). The barn in Barford St Martin was well alight. Firefighters from Salisbury, Tisbury and Wilton Fire Stations were called

  • The loss of an extraordinary farmer: RIP Brian Peace

    The south west is mourning the loss of a farming great. Brian Littlewood Peace of Willicroft Farm in Rackenford, near Tiverton, sadly passed away on October 13. Brian has been hailed as "an extraordinary public spirited and generous man" who

  • Sedgemoor Livestock Market report for Monday, October 26

    THE MARKET report from Sedgemoor Auction Centre for Monday, October 26, is as follows. The total stock was 749 head. Greenslade Taylor Hunt report excellent trades for the last market in October. (49) UTM & (17) OTM Prime Cattle Greenslade