Farm Life

Radio 2 DJ Sara Cox thanks farmers for support during BBC Children in Need challenge

Entertainment

Radio 2 DJ Sara Cox thanks farmers for support during BBC Children in Need challenge

Presenter completes gruelling five-day run to raise more than £7.6m for annual charity event

clock 14 November 2025 • 2 min read
IN PICTURES: King's support for countryside highlighted as he celebrates birthday

Farm Life

IN PICTURES: King's support for countryside highlighted as he celebrates birthday

King Charles is celebrating his 77th birthday on November 14

clock 14 November 2025 • 1 min read
'Some areas could see up to a month's worth of rain in 24 hours' - Further flooding likely from Storm Claudia

Weather

'Some areas could see up to a month's worth of rain in 24 hours' - Further flooding likely from Storm Claudia

Rainfall has already caused flooding across parts of the North of England

clock 14 November 2025 • 2 min read
Farmers To Action 'disbands'

Farm Life

Farmers To Action 'disbands'

Group vows to fight on for farmers but will no longer act as a single organisation

clock 14 November 2025 • 1 min read
Farm Business Innovation Show 2025: Opportunities in wind energy

Environment

Farm Business Innovation Show 2025: Opportunities in wind energy

Interest in wind turbines is increasing following the UK Government’s lifting of the ban on onshore development, but the planning system remains ‘complex and opaque’

clock 14 November 2025 • 2 min read
Environment Agency says only a long, wet winter will save England from drought

Weather

Environment Agency says only a long, wet winter will save England from drought

Farmers urged to prepare for challenging season unless ow water levels recover by spring 2026

clock 14 November 2025 • 2 min read
Scrapping Police and Crime Commissioners risks 'silencing rural Britain's voice', says Countryside Alliance

Rural crime

Scrapping Police and Crime Commissioners risks 'silencing rural Britain's voice', says Countryside Alliance

The Government has announced today (November 13) that the role of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in England and Wales will be scrapped

clock 13 November 2025 • 3 min read
Chickens spill across road after collision on A9 near Dunblane

Rural crime

Chickens spill across road after collision on A9 near Dunblane

Road users have been urged to avoid the area as ‘it is absolute carnage’

clock 13 November 2025 • 1 min read
Breakdown in communications between RPA and contractor may have played a role in farmer suicide

Farm Business

Breakdown in communications between RPA and contractor may have played a role in farmer suicide

An inquest has heard how Rodney ‘Rocky’ Poulson was found dead four days after an inspection conducted on behalf of the Rural Payments Agency

clock 13 November 2025 • 4 min read
Isle of Wight farm owner fined after disease outbreak infects hundreds of visitors

Rural crime

Isle of Wight farm owner fined after disease outbreak infects hundreds of visitors

264 people who attended an animal bottle feeding activity at a petting farm were infected with Cryptosporidium - a zoonotic disease

clock 13 November 2025 • 3 min read