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Farmer dies in hill farm quad bike tragedy

A farmer has died in an incident involving a quad bike in Cumbria.

Farmers Guardian
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Farmer dies in hill farm quad bike tragedy

A farmer has died in an incident involving a quad bike in Cumbria. The man, named locally as Martin Mawson, whose family own popular rural tourism business Highside Farm, in Bassenthwaite, died on Sunday...

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