Very exciting to be here. But im trying to understand what has happened to this land of yours, because when you arrived here, this was an intensively farmed land, wasnt it . It was. My husband, charlie, inherited it from his grandparents when he was in his early 20s, and this was back in the 1980s. And every inch of the land was ploughed, it was producing arable crops and dairy. And we fully expected to be farmers for the rest of our lives. Mm. 17 years on, we were £1. 5 million in debt, tearing our hair out and realised that, you know, this is very marginal land. Were walking on 320 metres of clay, over a bedrock of limestone, and its an absolute pig to farm. So you were literally close to going out of business . Yeah, the farm was a failing business. And we did everything we could. We diversified, we tried different crops, we tried different cows. We sold ice cream. We did everything we could. But always it was this clay that was against us. So lets just stop for a second and look a
ah, well, it s actually still, for me, very exciting to be here. but i m trying to understand what has happened to this land of yours, because when you arrived here, this was an intensively farmed land, wasn t it? it was. my husband, charlie, inherited it from his grandparents when he was in his early 20s, and this was back in the 1980s. and every inch of the land was ploughed, it was producing arable crops and dairy. and we fully expected to be farmers for the rest of our lives. mm. 17 years on, we were £1.5 million in debt, tearing our hair out, and realised that, you know, this is very marginal land. we re walking on 320 metres of clay, over a bedrock of limestone, and it s an absolute pig to farm. so you were literally close to going out of business? yeah, the farm was a failing business. and we did everything we could. we diversified, we tried different crops, we tried different cows. we sold ice cream. we did everything we could. but always it was this clay that was ag
As british Prime Minister. An increasing number of conservatives say they want to see mrjohnson secure a Second Period at number 10 downing st. The first wild bison for thousands of years has been born in the uk. Three bison were released back injuly as part of a Rewilding Project in kent 0h, shes shes like A Ray Of Sunshine on a dark, cloudy day. Its thousands of years since a bison was born in the wild in britain. So this is quite a moment in kents blean woods. Europes largest mammal, once hunted almost to extinction, taking her first steps. Shes a little ball of energy. And when she sees. When we get a little bit of rain, she starts sprinting around and its, whats this stuff falling out of the sky . Shes fantastic. Shes doing so, so well. Donovan oversaw the arrival of the first three bison in july. Its basically a little treat, but that is the menu, what you see out there. These bison are not free to roam. Under uk law, theyve rather unfairly been classed as dangerous animals, whic
conditions and for some of us wintry showers as well. we are in this cold air mass, the wind coming in from the arctic. that is the picture for the arctic. that is the picture for the next few days, but notice these yellow colours waiting in the wings and that will sweep in during the end of the week. but now still quite a lot of clout in the east midlands and anglia and a few rain and showers coming out of that and more snow showers coming in, even to lower levels, in scotland, northern ireland and north west england. in that the temperatures are only two to three degrees. this evening, once the sun sets, those temperatures drop quickly and we are likely to see mist and fog patches in central areas, some rain and sleet in the far south west and icy conditions there. snow flurries in the north west as well. temperatures in the towns and cities down to 1 to minus six degrees. heading through the day tomorrow low pressure is sitting in the north sea and we have still got those