Supply chain issues and the popularity of garden centres during lockdown are causing a shortage of garden gnomes.
Ian Byrne, assistant manager of Highfield Garden World in Whitminster, said there had been a “massive upswing” in the sales of garden gnomes.
“We haven’t seen a gnome in six months now unfortunately,” he said. BBC West (Godfrey Holmes) Not pheasant company A postman has told how he has to run for cover on a village round after being repeatedly attacked by a pheasant.
The male pheasant has taken a dislike to Kevin Keeler, flying at him, knocking letters from his hand and pecking at his ankles. Keeler said he believed the pheasant, whom he has nicknamed Mr Angry, was “just being very territorial”.
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A flurry of incidents across Devon and Cornwall are causing havoc on the roads.
They range from multi-vehicle pile-ups to police incidents - and they are causing delays for unlucky motorists who are being caught up int he aftermath.
Currently, queues around three miles in length are being reported near Landrake in Cornwall following what has been described as a serious crash .
Devon and Cornwall Police says there are believed to be several casualties from the incident.
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A clever pig escaped the chop on the way to an abattoir - by leapfrogging out of a trailer on the backs of two bigger porkers.
The desperate animal was one of three being transported by Sarah Allan from her smallholding to a slaughterhouse eleven miles away.
But Sarah, 29, was dumbstruck when after arriving to drop off the livestock, she realised there were only two in her trailer.
She started a large-scale search team involving friends and neighbours back home in Langtree, Devon - to locate the porker on the run.
Thankfully a local farmer then posted on Facebook to report a curious pig wandering one of his fields.