Top 10 spring walks in the UK

Top 10 spring walks in the UK

No hedge-cutting is allowed after 1 March, protecting nests. Wrens dip inside the dense hawthorn to their hidden maternity wards. Our most distinct signs of the arrival of spring are gorse hedgerows – called whines in these parts and soon to burst out with yellow flowers – so thick even a wren can't enter.
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What's on in Cambridgeshire this weekend

The course content includes the proper use of hand tools, removing unwanted branches and stems on the hedge, cutting and laying the pleachers with an axe and hand saw, how to stake the laid hedge, and how to … Tickets cost between £21 to £29 and can be purchased from cambridgelivetrust.co.uk.
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Irish Farmers Journal nightly news: Macron on Mercosur and UK meat hygiene

Irish Farmers Journal nightly news: Macron on Mercosur and UK meat hygiene

UK meat industry fears, as analysis points to major hygiene breaches in meat plants. French president Emmanuel Macron has outlined a number of protective measures he says have now been included in the proposed trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc of South American countries. The IRHA has …
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Future road closures across north Essex

The road will close for hedge cutting so expect delays. Essex County Council's resurfacing at Rectory Lane, Abberton, will close the road on February 22. Across Colchester, these roads will shut from Monday, February 26: Gilberd Road, Scarletts Road (both 9am until 5.30pm), Gurdon Road and Dyers …
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Letter: Alexandra Kemp December 29, 2017

Letter: Alexandra Kemp December 29, 2017

Buses, the gritting of the roads, mobile libraries, hedge-cutting and children's centres all face the squeeze. Building arterial roads is the Government's business, not the county council's, as Whitehall has greater expertise and greater clout with large contractors. So let the Government come up with the …
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Company apologies after former Sheffield doctor is left 'isolated' with no phone, internet or TV

… numerous occasions about her hedge substantially overhanging and obstructing the path and agreed with the resident that we would cut back the hedge to her boundary at no cost to her. “Whilst undertaking the hedge cutting we inadvertently cut a Virgin cable which was entangled within the hedge.
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