Rural MPs Unite Against ‘Damaging’ Family Farm Tax Amid Budget Controversy Thursday, October 23, 2025 tax farming rural agriculture inheritancetax budget mps environment foodsecurity protest Liberal Democrat MPs from the South West have collectively condemned the Government’s decision to maintain a controversial tax that they argue is devastating family farms and threatening rural communities across the region. … Read More
Somerset Farmers Demand Action as Milk Price Cuts Deepen Crisis Tuesday, October 14, 2025 somerset dairy farmers milkprice agriculture regulation crisis livestock economy government Somerset’s dairy farmers are facing an escalating crisis as several major milk buyers announce significant price cuts, sparking widespread outrage and urgent calls for government intervention. Adam Dance, the Liberal Democrat … Read More
Yeovil Man Ordered to Pay Over £300,000 Following Farm Machinery Theft Friday, October 10, 2025 yeovil farmmachinery theft proceedsofcrime avonsomerset agriculture cropcrime police compensation ruralcrime Harry Hollowell, a 27-year-old from Jellicoe Road, Yeovil, has been ordered to pay more than £309,000 after being convicted for dealing in stolen farm machinery. Hollowell was previously sentenced to over three years in … Read More
Man Dies After Farming Vehicle Incident in Somerset Monday, September 29, 2025 somerset farming accident fatality investigation healthsafety police agriculture emergency coroner A man in his 30s has tragically lost his life following an incident involving a farming vehicle on a Somerset farm. Emergency services were called to a farm in Greenham, near Wellington, after reports of the accident. Avon … Read More
Somerset Farmer Sounds Alarm Over Tax Reforms Threatening UK Agriculture Monday, September 29, 2025 inheritancetax agriculture farming somerset familyfarms taxreform ukgovernment protest foodsecurity landownership sport UK farmers are voicing deep concern over recent government inheritance tax reforms, warning they threaten the future of family farms and the broader agricultural industry. Charlie Walford, a third-generation Somerset farmer, … Read More
Somerset Village Faces Backlash Over Controversial 115-Home Development Plan Tuesday, September 23, 2025 somerset housing development haydon radstock community planning traffic localplan agriculture A proposed development of 115 new homes in the Somerset hamlet of Haydon has sparked significant concern among residents and local officials, who argue the plan would dramatically alter the community’s character. The new … Read More