November 2010
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.
Britain's capital of biodiversity
A small area of land on the Norfolk-Suffolk border has been revealed as the most diverse place in Britain, with more than 12,000 species of plants and animals.
Daily Telegraph - 30 November 2010 - 34
Bus routes for over-60s saved
The threat to rural bus services for the over-60s has receded after the Government amended plans for reimbursing travel operators to pay for the free scheme.
Daily Telegraph - 30 November 2010 - 12
Green taxes increase to revive 'spirit' of economy
Plans to raise environmental taxes to fund the UK's transformation to a low-carbon economy will be set out by the Government in the New Year.
Daily Telegraph Business - 30 November 2010 - 3
Thousands of trees felled to halt fungus
The Forestry Commission and landowners across the South West are set to fell seven square miles of Japanese larch to combat the tree-killing fungus phytophthora ramorum.
Daily Telegraph - 30 November 2010 - 13
Worst is yet to come with blizzards and snowdrifts
The Met Office has warned the big freeze is set to get worse over the coming days with blizzards bringing deep drifts to the North and four inches of snow expected in the South East.
Daily Telegraph - 30 November 2010 - 11
'No single answer to UK's energy needs'
Alistair Buchanan, chief executive of energy regulator Ofgem, writes that no single product will satisfy our appetite for safe, secure and affordable energy supplies within a low carbon economy.
Sunday Telegraph - 29 November 2010 - 6
A million trees to lift spirits of inner cities
Caroline Spelman has announced a £9 million scheme to plant one million trees in Britain's most deprived urban areas.
Sunday Times - 28 November 2010 - 14
Bull kills farmer
A farmer from Hampshire has been killed by a charging bull.
Sunday Times - 28 November 2010 - 8
Country Diary on national parks
Ben Fogle writes that as president of the Campaign for National Parks he was warned by environment secretary Caroline Spelman to " join the family or look like a spoilt brat for complaining" about the cuts to national park funding.
Sunday Telegraph - 28 November 2010 - 39
Market tilted to shore up low carbon
A radical shake-up of Britain's energy markets to pay for a £200 billion investment in low-carbon power will be unveiled by the Government in the next fortnight.
Sunday Times - 28 November 2010 - 11
'Bleak future if no climate deal'
The prospects for people living on the planet are "pretty bleak" unless carbon emissions are cut by 2020, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Chris Huhne, has warned.
Daily Telegraph - 25 November 2010 - 6
Arctic wind blows in early winter
Scotland and the North East of England are bearing the brunt of freezing air sweeping in from the Arctic delivering the earliest widespread snows since 1993.
The Times - 25 November 2010 - 7
Cornwall floods lead to review of policy
Defra has published a consultation on a national flood and coastal erosion strategy for England and Wales which aims to allow greater local involvement in planning flood defences.
Daily Telegraph - 25 November 2010 - 40
Cottage gardens 'last hope' for bees
Researchers are warning that cottage gardens are the "last chance saloon" for bumblebees because farmland and the open countryside are now so hostile to the species.
Daily Telegraph - 25 November 2010 - 13
Lambing season now lasts all year
Two special Dorset breed lambs were born this week in Bradford and the breed is expecting to produce further lambs all year round.
The Times - 25 November 2010 - 30
Longleat sacks every worker over 65
The Longleat Estate yesterday sacked every employee aged over 65 as part of its "modernisation", a year before legislation comes into force to make it illegal to force out older workers.
Daily Telegraph - 25 November 2010 - 2
Longleat staff too long inthe tooth at 65
The Longleat safari park's new chief executive has pensioned off all staff aged 65 and over, stressing that no-one was made redundant and that staff had traditionally been allowed to stay on after the age of 65.
The Times - 25 November 2010 - 19
Activist investor set to top dairy farmer ' shares offer
Thousands of small dairy farmers are not being told about a higher offer for their shares in National Milk Records, according to activist investor Christopher Mills.
The Times - 24 November 2010 - 51
Celebrities join fight to save badger
Joanna Lumley, Alan Titchmarsh and Sir David Attenborough have joined Brian May to help stop the culling of badgers in England.
Daily Telegraph - 24 November 2010 - 40
Charter to save countryside
The Rural Economy and Land Use Programme has said a new charter on how land is managed could save some of the nation's countryside with targets for conservation and by ensuring government departments consider the environment when making policy decisions.
Daily Telegraph - 24 November 2010 - 40
New drive to push tax affairs online
Companies would soon have to register online for value added tax and file their Company House returns the same way, according to Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, as the Government launched a fresh drive to get far more of its business online, closing paper-based channels.
Financial Times - 24 November 2010 - 2
Priority to save English heritage
A letter to the Editor from Dr Simon Thurley, chief executive of English Heritage, that says funding cuts of 32 percent make the future challenging but the priority will be firmly set on the heritage that is most important and threatened.
The Times - 24 November 2010 - 32
Quango 'bonfire' left in doubt
Coalition plans to abolish scores of quangos have been left in doubt after peers voted 235 to 201 in favour of an amendment that could curtail ministerial powers to get rid of almost 200 public bodies.
Daily Telegraph - 24 November 2010 - 2
Climate change deal could take at least five years
A global deal on tackling climate change may take another five years, according to energy secretary Chris Huhne.
The Times - 23 November 2010 - 9
EU to cut lamb tags costs
An EU scheme to electronically tag lambs could cost sheep farmers millions but farming minister Jim Paice says the sharing of equipment should cut costs.
Daily Telegraph - 23 November 2010 - 36
Rural life 'costs hundreds more'
A Commission for Rural Communities survey has found that rural families need to spend hundreds of pounds per month more than city dwellers to cover even the most basic outgoings.
Daily Telegraph - 23 November 2010 - 2
Eagle owls avoid cull
Environment minister Richard Benyon has said eagle owls will remain protected and that there is no need for a cull despite concerns they are killing off native birds.
Daily Telegraph - 22 November 2010 - 38
Miliband pledges to keep 50 pence top tax
Ed Miliband confirmed last night that he wanted a permanent top rate of income tax of 50 percent.
The Times - 22 November 2010 - 3
Spider feared extinct spotted on the Fens
The rare Rosser's sac spider has not been seen in Britain for 10 years but a colony has now been discovered at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire.
Daily Telegraph - 22 November 2010 - 38
Cornish flood bills mount up
Defra yesterday announced grants of £650,000 to allow flood-rescue operations to buy more specialist equipment and provide training even though the overall budget for flood-risk management is being reduced from £664 million to around £540 million over the next four years.
The Times - 19 November 2010 - 13
Growing opportunity to taste the good life
CLA Policy director Allan Buckwell is quoted in a feature on entrepreneurs who are teaming up with landowners to become farmers.
The Times - 19 November 2010 - 73
LEAF is top of the pile
A study has found that LEAF (Linking Food and the Environment) is the most reliable food farming label, beating Red Tractor.
Daily Telegraph - 19 November 2010 - 42
Letter on listed building fees
A joint letter to the Editor from various councils saying that the Coalition's reform of the planning system will continue to prevent councils from setting their own fees for listed buildings and conservation areas which are among the most complex and time consuming of the process.
Daily Telegraph - 19 November 2010 - 31
Partridges back on the Downs
The Duke of Norfolk has won an award for reintroducing grey partridges to the South Downs.
Daily Telegraph - 19 November 2010 - 42
Tax system adds to burden on small business
Britain's tax system has slipped from 11th to 16th place over five years due to increased tax bills on small and medium-sized businesses and an extra administration burden resulting from changes to value added tax rates.
Financial Times - 19 November 2010 - 2
'Super dairy' plans scaled back after protests
A planning application for a 'super dairy' was resubmitted yesterday, but the farmers behind the scheme have more than halved the number of cows they plan to have on the farm after protests from locals.
Daily Telegraph - 18 November 2010 - 22
'We will force you to invest in green energy ' says Government
Britain's electricity market is braced for its biggest shake-up since privatisation as the Government prepares to unveil a package of measures designed to shore up £200 billion worth of investment in greener sources of energy over the next decade.
The Times - 18 November 2010 - 59
Confusion as ministers meddle with £1bn green tax on business
Businesses have been thrown into further confusion by new changes to the Government's £1 billion green tax on carbon emissions.
Daily Telegraph Business - 18 November 2010 - 3
Floods cut Cornwall off from outside world
The worst affected flood areas are Cornwall's coastal communities in the south of the county where run-off from the moors and overflowing rivers sweep through steeply sloping streets towards the sea.
The Times - 18 November 2010 - 8
Hundreds evacuated in Cornish floods
The Cornish floods come at a time when only weeks ago the Government reneged on promises to protect flood defences from spending cuts.
Finanicial Times - 18 November 2010 - 4
Super-dairy plans scaled back after welfare concerns
A second planning application for Britain's first "super-dairy" has been scaled back after pressure from animal rights campaigners.
The Times - 18 November 2010 - 21
Super-farm cow numbers to be reduced by half
The farmers behind the Nocton Heath "super dairy" have said they have scaled back plans to a proposed 3,770 cows with access to outdoor paddocks during good weather, but if the farm proved successful they would consider expanding to the level of the original plans.
The Guardian - 18 November 2010 - 14
UN fears food crisis
The Un has said the world is "dangerously close" to a food crisis, with the bill for global food imports this year set to top $1,000 billion for the second time.
Financial Times - 18 November 2010 - 8
Wildlife incentives for farms
Farmers will get paid more for protecting wildlife and less for doing up buildings under the Higher Level Stewardship schemes, says farming minister Jim Paice.
Daily Telegraph - 18 November 2010 - 42
Abu Dhabi diversifies
Abu Dhabi is set to move into commodities with the creation of a trading house aimed at securing food supplies and capturing profit margins in agriculture trading.
Financial Times - 17 November 2010 - 19
Broadband in rural areas takes up to 12 hours to download film
Communities in rural areas are still having to put up with slow broadband speeds, with a music album taking 45 minutes to download in some places, according to comparison website Top10.com.
Daily Telegraph - 17 November 2010 - 22
Favourite river
The Wye has been voted the best river in England and Wales for its beauty and wildlife in a new survey.
Daily Telegraph - 17 November 2010 - 19
Stumped for trees
Thousands of people could struggle to find a Christmas tree as experts predict this will be the toughest year ever for finding the popular Nordmann fir.
Daily Telegraph - 17 November 2010 - 20
'Mass trespass' peak to be restored
Kinder Scout in the Peak District, the site of a "mass trespass" in 1932 which led to a greater access to the countryside is to be fenced off as part of a £2.5 million restoration scheme by the National Trust.
Daily Telegraph - 16 November 2010 - 4
Fencing on moorland as part of £2.5m project to prevent further damage
The landscape of Kinder Scout in the Peak District is now so seriously degraded by millions of ramblers, wildfires and the overgrazing of sheep that it is in danger of becoming permanently damaged and will be fenced off to help restore the land.
The Times - 16 November 2010 - 15
Government looks to SMEs for jobs growth
The Prime Minister has urged "more people to make a job rather than take a job" at the launch of a week of events to encourage people to set up businesses.
Daily Telegraph Business - 16 November 2010 - 6
National parks safe
In a letter to the Editor in response to national parks, Natural Environment minister Richard Benyon MP writes that the suggestion that housing estates and business parks will suddenly appear is absolutely ludicrous and that the consultation is to give the public the opportunity to voice their ideas on how they would like their national parks to be governed.
The Guardian - 16 November 2010 - 31
Profits fall at Wiseman dairy
Dairy firm Robert Wiseman has reported a drop in pre-tax profits blaming rising costs, increased competition and a number of major contracts being renegotiated for the fall.
Daily Telegraph Business - 16 November 2010 - 3
Walker killed by bull 'always careful' near livestock
The family of a walker killed by a bull said he was "always careful around livestock" and hope the recommendations from a Health and Safety Executive investigation prevent such an incident from occuring again.
Daily Telegraph - 16 November 2010 - 16
Woodlands and biodiversity
Letter to the Editor from GWCT saying that without the better management of woodlands due to shooting we stand to lose more of our woodlands and the biodiversity they support.
The Times - 16 November 2010 - 27
Bull that killed walker may have been startled
A bull that killed a walker and left his wife seriously injured may have attacked after being startled by their approach because of the gathering gloom of the evening.
Daily Telegraph - 15 November 2010 - 7
Cost of country living continues to rise
Living in Britain's countryside has become increasingly unaffordable with the cost of housing rising by 96 percent, according to research from the Halifax.
The Times - 15 November 2010 - 49
Farmers in Africa 'losing $250m a year' over subsidies
The United States and the European Union have spent $32 billion in nine years on subsidies for cotton farmers, costing an estimated $250 million to West African farmers each year.
The Times - 15 November 2010 - 50
One third of UK electricity 'will be green in a decade'
Britain is on track to meet its target of generating one third of its electricity from renewables by 2020, according to a report by National Grid.
The Times - 15 November 2010 - 45
Preserve our national parks, Defra is warned
High-profile campaigners such as Ben Fogle and Janet Street-Porter have urged Defra to ensure national parks are protected in a joint letter to The Daily Telegraph.
Daily Telegraph - 15 November 2010 - 4
Price of country home doubles over 10 years
Rural property prices have nearly doubled during the past decade, rising by about £200 each week, according to new research by Halifax Bank.
Daily Telegraph - 15 November 2010 - 12
US ethanol exports raise tax credit issue
US ethanol, subsidised as a homegrown alternative to foreign oil, is being exported in record volumes but exporters use of tax credits is drawing objections in Europe.
Financial Times - 15 November 2010 - 21
WI backs UK's dairy farmers
Dairy farmers are teaming up with the Women's Institute to campaign for a fairer price for milk.
Daily Telegraph - 15 November 2010 - 38
Country Diary on National Parks
Fiona Matthias writes that she believes that people who live, work and depend on national parks for their livelihoods should have the biggest say in how they change.
Sunday Telegraph - 14 November 2010 - 37
Farmers fear beef price rise
Farmers are fearing the price of beef will soar under plans by the Food Standards Agency to pass the £69 million-a-year cost of meat inspections on to producers.
Sunday Telegraph - 14 November 2010 - 2
Puppy contract to tame rogue dog owners
Dog owners who buy or sell a pet could be obliged to sign "puppy contracts" guaranteeing that the animal comes from a good home or pledging to meet high welfare standards in its new one.
Sunday Times - 14 November 2010 - 9
BT quickens broadband pace
In an interview with the Financial Times, BT chief executive Ian Livingston, has highlighted the company's interest in extending superfast broadband to rural areas by using public funds.
Financial Times - 12 November 2010 - 17
Butterflies flutter on brink of oblivion as their haunts vanish
The number of species of British butterflies vulnerable to extinction has doubled since the 1990s and changes in farming practices are partly to blame, according to a new study by conservation charities. In response, Defra has said it is committed to protecting wildlife and has increased funding for Higher Level Stewardship schemes which will have benefits for butterfly populations.
The Times - 12 November 2010 - 21
Chefs demand happier cattle
Six of Britain's top restaurants are calling for the Sustainable Livestock Bill to be reformed so that dairy and beef farmers are forced to improve welfare standards.
Daily Telegraph - 12 November 2010 - 42
Prince's climate change warning
The Prince of Wales has warned European business leaders of the consequences of climate change, suggesting its effects would be more devastating than the recession.
Daily Telegraph - 12 November 2010 - 20
'Green' distillery to supply power as well as whisky
A Scottish distillery will shortly become the first in the world to go completely green by creating its own electricity from the whisky-making process.
Daily Telegraph - 11 November 2010 - 9
70 percent of wildfowl killed with lead shot
Laws to protect birds are failing, according to a Defra survey that indicated the most water fowl were killed with illegal lead shot.
Daily Telegraph - 11 November 2010 - 17
National Parks under review
The Government is planning to cut funding by more than a third for national parks and is to run a public consultation asking for ideas on how to improve the management of the parks.
Daily Telegraph - 11 November 2010 - 40
Cut carbon with lime
Changing the chemistry of the oceans to make them suck more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could be cheaper than investing in alternatives to fossil fuels, according to research sponsored by Shell.
The Times - 10 November 2010 - 23
Greek farmers in subsidy scam that cost EU £750m
Greece was castigated yesterday for "systematic" cheating as it overpaid its farmers by £747 million of EU money for falsely claiming pasture subsidies revealed by auditors.
The Times - 10 November 2010 - 20
Hens get room to move
Poultry farmers will not be allowed to keep so many birds in one cage in future under new European regulations on animal cruelty.
Daily Telegraph - 10 November 2010 - 34
Train more apprentices, urge business leaders
Apprenticeships are the key to future prosperity, according to business leaders who today will call for companies to take advantage of the Government's expanded scheme.
Daily Telegraph - 10 November 2010 - 2
Two-pronged attack to prevent TB
Defra has said that some badgers will be vaccinated while others will be culled in a two-pronged scheme to prevent the spread of bovine TB.
Daily Telegraph - 10 November 2010 - 34
'Bonfire of quangos' at risk
Government plans for a 'bonfire of the quangos' may have to be shelved after peers warned they "strike at the heart of our constitutional system". The Lords will debate proposals today for over 300 quangos to be scrapped or pared down.
Daily Telegraph - 9 November 2010 - 16
British shoppers fail to check wood labels
British shoppers are supporting extensive deforestation in the Amazon by continuing to buy wood and paper made from illegally sourced timber, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
Daily Telegraph - 9 November 2010 - 36
Fears on threat to autonomy in quango shake-up
Quangos such as the Climate Change Commission whose prime function is to operate independently of ministers may be less willing to do so in the future, the Institute for Government has warned.
Financial Times - 9 November 2010 - 2
Pigs will fly
A Yorkshire company has won a contract to export pigs to China for breeding stock.
Financial Times - 9 November 2010 - 2
Tax loopholes set to be closed
Dozens of tax loopholes are likely to be scrapped next year following an official review which has uncovered more than 1,000 different allowances available to taxpayers.
Daily Telegraph - 9 November 2010 - 2
Firework sparks cattle's midnight stampede
A herd of 132 cattle escaped from a field and ran through village after being spooked by a firework, according to residents of Cleadon, Sunderland.
Daily Telegraph - 8 November 2010 - 7
Fishermen allowed to shoot more than 2,000 cormorants
Fishermen shot more than 2,000 cormorants last year after the Government decided to scantion the killing of the seabird.
Daily Telegraph - 8 November 2010 - 7
Orders for wind turbines to fall by 93%, energy experts predict
Orders for offshore wind turbines in Britain will slump next year, threatening to halt the industry's recent growth and the expected creation of up to 10,000 "green economy" jobs.
The Guardian - 8 November 2010 - 26
Subsidy for green fields
Farmers are being offered up tp £50,000 a year by Chinese and German companies to fill fields with solar panels under the Government's new Feed-in Tariff scheme.
Daily Telegraph - 8 November 2010 - 7
The tractor index of farming investment
An analysis of global underinvestment in farming.
The Times - 8 November 2010 - 54
Church at war with congregation of bats
Some rural churches are struggling to stay open amid the increase in the numbers of bats nesting in belfries.
Sunday Telegraph - 7 November 2010 - 17
Dig deep to heat home
The owners of the biggest private house in London plan to shave £40,000 off their annual energy bills by installing technology that uses the earth's natural warmth to provide heating and air-conditioning.
Sunday Times - 7 November 2010 - 10
EU sizes up mini-pig for vivisection
Micro pigs have been earmarked by the European Union at the laboratory test animal of the future.
Sunday Times - 7 November 2010 - 3
Middle England's fast track to trouble
The National Trust has spoken out against the proposed route for the High Speed 2 rail link which will cut through the estate of one of its properties, Hartwell House, in the Vale of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
Sunday Telegraph - 7 November 2010 - 9
Mobile giants tell farmers to cut rents
Leading UK mobile network operators are demanding massive rent "concessions" from thousands of small landowners in an attempt to slash the cost of their mast networks, according to letters seen by The Sunday Telegraph.
Sunday Telegraph Business - 7 November 2010 - 2
Organic veg 'cost more but are no healthier' says study
A Danish study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry has concluded that organic vegetables are no healthier despite their premium price after a two-year research experiment.
Daily Telegraph - 5 November 2010 - 18
Recycling numbers up
The amount of household waste being recycled in England has more than trebled in the past decade, according to figures released by Defra, but 60 percent rubbish still ends up in landfill.
The Times - 5 November 2010 - 4
Yorkshire aims for best beaches in Europe
Yorkshire has to deal with sewage, industrial pollution and agricultural run-off as part of a clean-up campaign to fight for the title of best beaches in Europe.
Financial Times - 5 November 2010 - 4
Yorkshire aims to take European beach prize
A partnership including water companies, local councils and the NFU is planning to double Yorkshire's "excellent" beach ratings in a five-year programme along 50 miles of sandy shoreline, by helping to clean up Europe's secondary category of rural beaches at coves such as Boggle Hole near Robin Hood's Bay.
The Guardian - 5 November 2010 - 23
'Help wildife', farmers told
Farming minister, Jim Paice, supports the Campaign for the Farmed Environment but asks farmers to set more land aside for wildlife to prevent statutory regulation.
Daily Telegraph - 4 November 2010 - 40
British food prices rising four times faster than in eurozone
Food prices have risen quicker in Britain than in the European Union, raising fears that UK supermarkets are taking advantage of the surge in commodity values.
Daily Telegraph - 4 November 2010 - 15
Capercaillie pulled back from the brink
Forestry Commission Scotland has spent 10 years working to improve the habitat for capercaillies as numbers declined nationally.
Daily Telegraph - 4 November 2010 - 40
Countryside faces 'social apartheid'
A Bishop at a conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the Archbishop's Commission on Rural Areas has warned that rural communities are at risk from an influx of affluent city workers who dream of "escaping" to live in the countryside.
Daily Telegraph - 4 November 2010 - 2
Fair Trade 'failure'
Fair Tade, the ethical food label, has been attacked by the Institute of Economic Affairs for failing to help the world's poorest farmers and for saddling producers with high administration costs.
Daily Telegraph - 4 November 2010 - 15
Yeo condemns Treasury's £1bn green tax swoop
The Government's £1 billion green tax grab on the energy bills of businesses is " a great pity" and will be "very negative", according to Tory chairman of the energy select committee, Tim Yeo.
Daily Telegraph Business - 4 November 2010 - 5
Big food price rise fear
Food prices have soared to levels last seen in the 2007-08 crisis after a big October rise, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation announced yesterday.
Financial Times - 3 November 2010 - 5
Calling the shots
A feature article about ladies shoot days with a journalist on the Ripley Castle shoot in North Yorkshire.
Daily Telegraph - 3 November 2010 - 27
Court Circular
CLA President William Worsley was invited by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to a dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, 2 November.
Daily Telegraph and The Times - 3 November 2010 - 34 and 64
Rare fungus found
A rare "bearded tooth" fungus, so called because of its white and hairy appearance, has been found in Surrey.
Daily Telegraph - 3 November 2010 - 38
Three mile trek to post a letter after village loses postbox
Villagers in a Suffolk village have been left with nowhere to post a letter after their postbox was removed leaving a three mile trek to the next box.
Daily Telegraph - 3 November 2010 - 16
Co-op farms to boost wildlife
Co-operative Farms is to adopt Entry Level Stewardship schemes to encourage more wildlife on 6,500 hectares of its land.
Daily Telegraph - 2 November 2010 - 36
Leaked letter warns of business fears over policy
A leaked letter from Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk says that the introduction of local economic partnerships (LEPs) has caused "strong concerns" among business leaders and could be "in danger of failing to aid economic growth".
The Times - 2 November 2010 - 3
Lease fears for offshore wind farms
Wind farm operators building offshore risk having their leases terminated without compensation if oil and gas companies decide they need the seabed plot for exploration, drilling or pipelines.
Financial Times - 2 November 2010 - 1
New energy rules force landlords to upgrade properties
Tenants will be given the right to force their landlords to upgrade their homes with loft and cavity wall insulation, double glazing and new boilers, under Government plans to increase energy efficiency.
The Times - 2 November 2010 - 35
BBC Wildlife presenter Johnny Kingdom says he saw a poacher slit the throat of the Exmoor Emperor, a giant red stag, on a misty valley in Devon.
Daily Telegraph - 1 November 2010 - 2
Blairs planning restrictions at listed home
Tony and Cherie Blair have resubmitted plans for a "contemporary sports pavilion" at their Grade 1 listed home in Buckinghamshire after the first planning proposals were rejected by neighbours, the parish council and English Heritage.
Daily Telegraph - 1 November 2010 - 3
Cameron promises boost for SMEs
David Cameron has pledged to reverse the state's "institutional bias" against small business with a review that will tackle the "shocking ways" in which companies are blocked from winning procurement contracts.
Financial Times - 1 November 2010 - 2
Coalition 'neglects' farmers
Only a handful of Local Enterprise Partnerships recognise food and farming as key sectors, according to the NFU.
Daily Telegraph - 1 November 2010 - 34
Farmworker loses foot
A farmworker's foot had to be amputated after he was caught in a pumpkin harvester in West Sussex.
The Times - 1 November 2010 - 4
Hunting ban is likely to stay despite change of government
A ban on hunting with dogs is likely to remain despite the change in Government because worries about the nation's finances have forced the issue off the political agenda, campaigners have claimed.
Daily Telegraph - 1 November 2010 - 2
Rival turbines would be a blow to me, says wind farm owner
Plans for a new wind farm in Caithness, Scotland, have been challenged by a neighbouring turbine owner who claims the development will "steal his wind".
Daily Telegraph - 1 November 2010 - 12
Russia seeks brighter future for its wheat
Americans who run the world's biggest derivatives market are working with Moscow to create a wheat futures market that will serve the huge agricultural producers in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
The Times - 1 November 2010 - 42
Unreliable rural internet
A reader letter to the Editor says that it would be encouraging to hear the powers that be acknowledge the pitiful state of much of the country’s broadband service but argues that rural broadband pilot schemes are not the answer.
Daily Telegraph - 1 November 2010 - 23
Wildlife revived as kingfishers return
The annual British Waterways wildlife survey has found that the number of kingfishers identified on rivers has doubled after fears they would be hit by last year's harsh winter.
Daily Telegraph - 1 November 2010 - 12
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