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What is witches’ broom, and how does it form?

Martin Fone looks into one of the most curious — and curiously named — natural phenomena visible on a country walk in Britain. A winter woodland walk, an opportunity to admire the deciduous trees’ skeletal frames with their filigree of twigs against the lowering sky, to hear the creaking of the boughs in the wind. Something about […]

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Hope shoots from fire disaster

New grants will provide practical assistance for hardworking farmers and local communities with their ongoing property recovery after last year’s Corrigin bushfires. Click to check the original article.

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Boys Hall: A moreish restaurant with rooms in Kent

A manor house in the Garden of England — rumoured to once have hosted Charles I — is now a buzzy restaurant with rooms. Gilly Hopper checks in. Husband-and-wife duo, Brad and Kristie Lomas purchased Boys Hall, a 17th-century Jacobean Manor in Ashford, in 2019. Restored and revived, the Wealden Hall house has been transformed […]

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Woolworths reviewing use of farm animal welfare benchmark

MAJOR Australian supermarket Woolworths is reviewing its use of the Business Benchmark for Farm Animal Welfare to measure its performance against other retailers. Sheep Central on Thursday reported on a call for Australia’s major supermarkets to dissociate themselves from the benchmark due to its proposal to rank food companies on commitments to reduce their reliance […]

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