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  • Deaths in farming nearly doubled in a year

    Agriculture has the worst rate of fatal injuries of all the major industrial sectors - around 20 times higher than the average five-year annual rate across all industries. The new report from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that provisional

  • Tractor and baler destroyed by fire in Somerset field

    A tractor and a baler were destroyed by fire in a Somerset field on Sunday afternoon (July 18). Crews from Bridgwater, Nether Stowey, Williton and Wiveliscombe were called to a field in Bicknoller at 4.19pm. On arrival they found that the tractor