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Our city in Watercolour

Our City in watercolour

AN exhibition exploring Salisbury through watercolours is drawing to a close. The Timeless City – Salisbury Through Watercolour is a…

The Haunting Season

Book tokens for Christmas? Here are some festive reads to enjoy…

Words by Francesca Tyer. BOOK vouchers for Christmas? Or just planning on spending some time relaxing and looking for recommendations. Here…

Pets

Advice for keeping your pets safe through the next few months

AS the temperature drops, the UK’s largest vet charity PDSA is warning owners to take extra care of their…

Farming potato field

Inquiry launched into UK soil health

THE health of soils in the UK – and how it can be addressed – will be considered by…

Defra research in farms

Farmers urged to bid for share of £12.5m Defra research fund in 2023

NEW guidelines on a competition for farming research funding have been released. The Department for Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)…

Baroness Manningham-Buller giving the lecture. Pictures: NFU

Home-grown food is part of UK’s ‘critical national security’, says a former head of MI5 at NFU lecture

A FORMER Director General of MI5 has told farming delegates home-grown food production is part of the UK’s ‘critical…

Head falconer ‘James’ flying Snowy Owl

Being late for lunch with an arctic owl is ‘snow laughing matter’

By Emily Ryland-Langley, director, TWO Bird Experiences. After the release of Harry Potter in 1997, ‘Hedwig’ became a household name…

Frosted leaves

Beating the freeze can help to ensure a good fruit crop in the year ahead

Prune your larger fruit trees to control their shape and size as they grow in the spring. It will…

The Brig offers pirate escape adventures

It can be a great place to escape to, but will you ever want to leave?

With all the challenges of the year just gone, many of us would like to escape to another place,…

Rahul Sharma, director and owner of Sufinama

Owner looking forward to bright future

Words and photo by Tristan Ovington. Small businesses have been hit hard by many challenges this year. But Rahul Sharma,…