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Phase Worldwide has launched its Start Strong UK Aid Match Appeal, which is raising money to support 1,000 women and their children in Nepal, with a focus on small-scale farming

Compulsory housing measures to contain avian influenza have so far been successful, and if they continue to be so, they will be lifted on 31 March 2021
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All five lambs with student Alisha Utting

From 20-21 March, the Wellness in Wellies weekend will feature a range of fun and relaxing activities, including yoga for farmers, cooking masterclasses, stand-up comedy, farm scavenger hunts and mini meditations

The most common place for fly-tipping to occur was on highways (pavements and roads), which accounted for over two-fifths (43%) of total incidents
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Charity launches appeal to assist female smallholders in Nepal

Monday, April 12, 2021 Emily Damment

Phase Worldwide has launched its Start Strong UK Aid Match Appeal, which is raising money to support 1,000 women and their children in Nepal, with a focus on small-scale farming

Phase Worldwide’s Start Strong UK Aid Match Appeal raises money to support women & their children small-scale farming in Nepal

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Bird flu update: housing measures set to be lifted March 31

Friday, March 19, 2021 Emily Damment

Compulsory housing measures to contain avian influenza have so far been successful, and if they continue to be so, they will be lifted on 31 March 2021
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Compulsory housing measures for poultry/captive birds have been successful in containing bird flu; set to be lifted at the end of March

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One-in-million quintuplet lambs born at Hartpury

Friday, March 19, 2021 Emily Damment

All five lambs with student Alisha Utting

A ewe at Hartpury has given birth to five lambs in a one-in-a-million chance event; all five lambs are developing well

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Wellness in Wellies weekend to raise money for farming charities

Thursday, March 18, 2021 Emily Damment

From 20-21 March, the Wellness in Wellies weekend will feature a range of fun and relaxing activities, including yoga for farmers, cooking masterclasses, stand-up comedy, farm scavenger hunts and mini meditations

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New figures show rise in fly-tipping incidents

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Emily Damment

The most common place for fly-tipping to occur was on highways (pavements and roads), which accounted for over two-fifths (43%) of total incidents
Credit: steve631/Getty

Alarming 2% increase in fly tipping on public land doesn’t include dumping on private land & does not reflect the severity of the problem

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