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Radio 1 presenter says new rural role will be 'enriching'

Even families in Ambridge will face the fallout of Rachel Reeves' Budget

Sir Keir Starmer has faced questions from local BBC radio stations, including on Inheritance Tax, solar farms and whether he has a problem with rural Lincolnshire

Somerset grower blames weather app claiming heavy rain was not predicted

"It is quite scary when we have one viewpoint being pushed which could hurt so many farm businesses"

Defra said the new approach will use a 'data-led and scientific approach to end the badger cull by the end of this parliament'

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Following the Brian May documentary broadcast on BBC last week, Farmers Guardian looks at the impact of the programme on the farming sector.

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

Programme met with dismay and disappointment as industry condemns 'one-sided' view