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February 2012

Links and references to articles by the leading UK news providers covering subjects that are of interest to those living and working in rural England and Wales.

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Cornish wine needs protecting
The Camel Valley Vineyard in Cornwall is applying for Protected Designation of Origin recognition for its Darnibole wine.
Daily Telegraph - 7 February 2012 - 16

Council tax to rise in Tory heartlands
One in ten local authorities, including Tory-controlled Surrey, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and East Cambridgeshire, is defying the Government and planning to increase council tax, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
Daily Telegraph - 7 February 2012 - 1

Farmers Guardian is sold
UBM has offloaded its its medical and agriculture titles including Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer to Briefing Media, as part of its ongoing shift away from print.
Daily Telegraph Business - 7 February 2012 - 4

Huhne replacement faces political storm over wind turbines
Ed Davey used his first day as Energy Secretary to send a warning to more than 100 Conservative MPS that he is not prepared to back down over the issue of onshore wind farms.
The Times - 7 February 2012 - 8

Ladybirds in a spot of bother
Invasive harlequine ladybirds are causing rapid declines in the insect's native British species, according to a study led by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
Daily Telegraph - 7 February 2012 - 15

Metal thieves call on Vodafone Man
A five-foot bronze statue nicknamed "Vodafone Man" and worth at least £10,000 has been stolen from the grounds of Rupert Hambro's country home in Berkshire.
Daily Telegraph - 7 February 2012 - 11

Rider stamped by horse sues owner
In a test case for equestrianism, a woman who had to have her face rebuilt after a horse stamped on her during a riding accident is claiming damages from the animal's keeper.
Daily Telegraph - 7 February 2012 - 7

Runaway sheep hazard
Villagers in the Forest of Dean have complained to their local MP about free-roaming sheep owned by a shepherd who is not a member of the Commoners' Association.
Daily Telegraph - 7 February 2012 - 2

Tractor gang rip out cash machine
A gang of thieves used a tractor to steal a cash machine from the wall of a bank in Nottinghamshire during the early hours of yesterday morning.
Daily Telegraph - 7 February 2012 - 3

Burning issue for the grouse moors
Natural England is using landmark legal action to stop the Walshaw Moor Estate in the Pennines from burning heather on a blanket bog which the owner claims is being treated as a "test" case.
Sunday Telegraph - 5 February 2012 - 18

Estate restoration
Inspired by the 18th Century landscape architect Capability Brown, large landowners are spending millions transforming their estates.
Sunday Times - 5 February 2012 - 17

Rivers and planning
Charles Clover writes about the chalk rivers in southern England and the threat they face from reform of the planning system.
Sunday Times - 5 February 2012 - 25

Broadband 'is faster by a fifth'
Ofcom has reported that broadband speeds have risen by more than a fifth in previous years.
The Times - 2 February 2012 - 41

Broadband is getting faster but not fast enough
Britain's broadband is getting better, according to new research from Ofcom but the bad news is that the UK average is still just 7.6Mbps.
Daily Telegraph - 2 February 2012 - 27

DNA tests to solve big cat mystery find a fox
DNA tests commissioned by the National Trust to find once and for all if there is a big cat on the prowl in Gloucestershire have confirmed it is a fox.
Daily Telegraph - 2 February 2012 - 9

HS2: £1,000 payments promised for survey work
Landowners along the route of the new HS2 high-speed rail line will be offered an initial £1,000 payment to allow surveyors access to their land.
BBC News Online - 2 February 2012

Illegal travellers can stay but villagers must go
Solihull Council has ordered villagers from Meriden in Warwickshire to leave a protest camp set up more than 600 days ago in opposition to an illegal travellers' site that will be allowed to remain.
Daily Telegraph - 2 February 2012 - 7

Landowners to get £1,000 each to allow HS2 contractors onto property
Landowners and farmers are to be paid £1,000 each to allow contractors involved in the high speed rail project onto their property. CLA President Harry Cotterell is quoted.
Daily Telegraph Online - 2 February 2012

Obituary
Sir Richard Butler, former president of the NFU, has died aged 83.
Daily Telegraph - 2 February 2012 - 29

Old tyres, TVs and rubble blot Hockney landscapes
Visitors to the Yorkshire Wolds that inspired David Hockney's latest show say they are horrified to find an "eyesore" strewn with litter.
Daily Telegraph - 2 February 2012 - 9

Cables to save landscape
Some of Britain’s famous landscapes could be saved from pylons after a new study for the National Grid found underground cables are less expensive than previously thought.
Daily Telegraph - 1 February 2012 - 9

Fishing is good for everyone
A three-year study funded by the Big Lottery Fund as found that angling is good physical exercise, stimulates the rural economy and helps to lower crime levels.
Daily Telegraph - 1 February 2012 - 32

Hedgehogs dying out
The author Sir Terry Pratchett has warned that hedgehogs and sparrows are in danger of dying out after being "orphaned by traffic, hurt by pollution and forced out of their natural habitat".
Daily Telegraph - 1 February 2012 - 12

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