Workington Nature Partnership volunteers have braved the cold and wrapped up warm to venture out in December and clean litter off beaches three times during December. This takes the number of volunteer hours to 55 and they hauled a massive total of 47 bags of rubbish over the three clean-ups. Susan Cammish, nature ranger of the partnership, said: “It was a great response from members of the local community, some of whom brought their children out for some pre-Christmas family time, as well as contributing to a great cause”. “Removing this rubbish from the beach is hard work, with heavy, awkward loads needing to be brought back to a central collection point for removal.
Savills is selling this Grade II listed townhouse on Wells Cathedral Green for £895,000
When it comes to cities in the post-Covid world, it seems that small is beautiful. Urban dwellers may be hankering after more space, but for many of them rural isolation is not the answer.
House price data suggests that our appetite for a “middle way” – something between village calm and metropolitan buzz – means that some small cities are in higher demand than a year ago.
Using data from property firm TwentyCi, the estate agency Savills identified the cities where the rise in agreed sales this year compared with 2019 most outpaced that of their surrounding region.