towns and cities. his plans to aim towns and cities. his plans to aim to address the country s housing crisis by allowing more home extensions and conversions of shops into houses. the government has insisted that it will need its manifesto commitment to build a million new homes by 202a. add run charity has preached in court for being a member of the banned group. the prosecution said it is known in north america as the islamic thinker society. choudhury has been charged with addressing meetings to encourage support for the banned organisation. police have charged a man with the murder of a woman found deadin man with the murder of a woman found dead in the churchyard of lincolnshire. collect law who was 26 was found in a tent in the grounds last week. you re live with bbc news.
remarkable stories of those who gave their lives for their country, as graham satchell reports. in the solemn stillness of a country churchyard, steve davies is heading to his latest project. he starts by using a brush, washing up liquid and elbow grease. it s a work of art. and i think to myself, that needs you know, they need to be cleaned and remembered. you re bringing back a story, a life of someone who has defended the country. you know, and i get a buzz out of that. yeah, i agree. i get more of a buzz out of it than anything. steve is a former soldier, served in northern ireland. he started restoring military graves by chance after a family christening.
this is one of the existing wild flower meadows that english heritage already owns. its aim over the next ten years is to increase the number to 100. the reason they are doing this is because it is in saint mary s churchyard in gloucestershire, in other words it hasn t been farmed. the field behind would have looked like this perhaps 100 years ago, but it doesn t any more because of farming methods. these wild flower more because of farming methods. these wildflower meadow, which were all across the country at one point, have disappeared. 0ne all across the country at one point, have disappeared. one of the key thing is they are trying to do is restore as many as possible. there is an english heritage has announced it today is because it is the king s coronation coming up and he is particularly interested in wild flower meadows and he is interested in that. i would say the best time to come and see them is not on a wet friday in march we might see a few daffodils. come out in may and j
building, which is important to the village and has been at the centre of village life, we think, for about 1000 years, not this building, but previous buildings on this site. so it s important to us that we were able to find a new use for it. this is the third church on this site. and in 1884, as you can see from this plaque here, money was given towards the rebuilding of the church, which cost £1800 in those days. hudswell already has a community run shop and pub, and it s hoped the church hostel will boost the local economy after a tough few years. covid. electricity. energy. fuel costs. you know, the price of beer has just gone up again. i think it will really sort of bump the village up and bump business up as well. the actual churchyard itself, the graveyard is going to remain as part of the church holdings and so it will remain an active churchyard. and you get this lovely panoramic view across the whole of swaledale.