Bureaucracy holds back fruit industry's potential

The top fruit industry which could grow by 50% over the next ten years is being held back by a lack of government joined up thinking

Cedric Porter

17 July 2026 • 5 min read

Tributes paid to respected farmer and NFU livestock chief David Barton

Olivia Midgley

17 July 2026 • 1 min read

Minister's response on African Swine Fever fails to reassure UK pig farmers

Scottish Conservative MP for Gordon and Buchan Harriet Cross wrote to Baroness Hayman last month warning of the ‘severe crisis engulfing' the UK's pig farming industry

Rachael Brown

16 July 2026 • 3 min read

Farmer will not face further action over fatal burglary shooting

CPS says the decision has been made in accordance with statutory legal tests surrounding the 'householder's rights to defend themself'

Jane Thynne

15 July 2026 • 1 min read

New fire byelaw takes place across National Park

Campfires and barbecues are banned between April 1 and September 30 across Cairngorms National Park

Mia Willemsen

12 July 2026 • 3 min read

Plant machinery thefts spike in Warrington, says police

Those responsible have been warned to ‘look over their shoulder’ as they will be receiving a knock on the door to ‘face the consequences of their actions’

Mia Willemsen

10 July 2026 • 1 min read