An animal bedding company has thanked its workforce for their “incredible help” during the pandemic by giving every member of its team a £1,000 Covid bonus. Family firm Platts Agriculture says it’s a way of recognising the work of its staff over the last two years. The Wrexham-based company overcame a whole host of difficulties […]
A POPULAR farm labourer suffered fatal injuries after being hit by a car as he helped to move sheep on an unlit country road while he was wearing dark clothing, an inquest heard. A police accident investigator said the collision which caused the death on January 20 last year of Chris Ritson –a fit and healthy man – may have happened because he ‘severely underestimated’ how conspicuous he was to the approaching driver. He died from multiple injuries. An inquest in Cockermouth heard that on the day of the tragedy Mr Ritson, a 64-year-old self-employed farm labourer, was working with sheep belonging to farmer Stephen Graham, who lived on the farm next door and regarded him as a close friend.