Fund to help elderly farmer plagued by fly-tippers tops £50k

Donations pour in after Hertfordshire farmer revealed bill to clean-up land

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Archie Ford set up a crowd-funding campaign after reading about an elderly farmer who had been the victim of fly-tippers
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Archie Ford set up a crowd-funding campaign after reading about an elderly farmer who had been the victim of fly-tippers

More than £55,000 has been raised to support an elderly Hertfordshire farmer whose land has been blighted by fly-tippers. The farmer, who is in his 80s and wishes to remain anonymous, was facing potential...

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