this is how mike duxbury sees his farm. through a series of carefully designed memory aides that tell him where he is. the only blind farmer in britain, mike has a point to prove that disability is not a hindrance to working in agriculture. blindness and everything else aside, ijust wanted to be a farmer. i put all the fences up. i built the barn behind me. you know, i do and do and keep doing. and to me, it sjust the best life ever. you know, i m doing what i always dreamt. not many people get to where they dreamed to be. and finally, i m there. mike wanted to share his dream with young people who have their own additional needs. and since the farm opened a year ago, students from milton keynes college have been coming here to get valuable hands on experience.
i built the barn behind me. you know, i do and do and keep doing. and to me, it sjust the best life ever. you know, i m doing what i always dreamt. not many people get to where they dreamed to be. and finally, i m there. mike wanted to share his dream with young people who have their own additional needs. and since the farm opened a year ago, students from milton keynes college have been coming here to get valuable hands on experience. so every pig that comes on the farm has to be identified. inside his ear has got some raised veins. i always go for the second, the middle two veins. and place the gun. he s helping us to learn for the future and to be confident. he s a nice man to work with. the first time i came here,
demonstrate to the world around us, don tjust shut the door on people, give them a chance. mike wants to take on students with disabilities from more schools and colleges, but he needs funding to expand his farm and his vision of a more equal world. if you think it s been cold so far this week, it ll be colder still through this weekend as the freezing fog lingers and the grey clouds are with us. still concerns with ice and snow. we have seen snow showers across scotland, north east england, north west and england, down into the midlands, wales and the southwest this morning. snow in land because it s cold. temperatures 1 2,
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to pay for the protection of biodiversity. with a million species now facing extinction according to the un, this is being called a last chance for the natural world. sir eltonjohn s become the latest celebrity to leave twitter since its acquisition by tesla boss elon musk. in what could be his last ever tweet, the rocket man singer wrote it saddens me to see how misinformation is now being used to divide our world. i ve decided to no longer use twitter, given their recent change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked. in response to the announcement, mr musk said he hoped the star would return. a farm in bedfordshire has everything you might expect to see a home to pigs, sheep and chickens plus it produces meat for local businesses. but it also provides a route into a career in agriculture for people with disabilities. it was set up by mike duxbury, who lost his sight when he was six and believes he s the only blind farmer in britain. nicola hasler h