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Viral Video Of Piglets Being Tortured Prompts Tesco, Asda, And More To Stop Supplies From Lincolnshire Pig Farm

Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons halt supplies from Somerby Top Farm after alleged pig abuse; Red Tractor suspends assurance as Cranswick apologises.

International Business Times UK

Supermarkets halt supplies from Lincolnshire pig farm over animal abuse footage

Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons said they had ‘immediately’ suspended supplies from Somerby Top Farm after piglets kicked by workers

The Guardian - UK

Two supermarket chains suspend supplies after pig cruelty reports

Somerby Top Farm faces scrutiny after the allegations emerged

The Independent UK

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Supermarkets suspend supplies from pig farm after animal cruelty reports

Tesco and Asda said they had suspended supplies from Somerby Top Farm in Lincolnshire, which is run by British meat producer Cranswick.

Evening Standard

Victorian-era floral favourites asters make comeback at UK supermarket

Flowers were considered a demure way of conveying feelings in the late 19th century.

Evening Standard

Family farmers say their way of life is an impossible dream when ‘the bread of life is worth less than rusty metal’

The Pearces have been farming the Fens of eastern England for generations – a region where more than a third of the country’s vegetables are grown, packed and processed. Andy and Rebecca Pearce lease a small family farm in south Lincolnshire with Andy’s parents and brother, on which they grow…

The Conversation

Dry summer boosts sunflower crop but varied weather ‘puts farms under pressure’

Vine House Farm in Deeping St Nicholas near Spalding in Lincolnshire grows the flowers for the seeds to be used in bird feed.

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Medieval skeletons reveal the lasting damage of childhood malnutrition – new study

Beneath churchyards in London and Lincolnshire lie the chemical echoes of famine, infection and survival preserved in the teeth of those who lived through some of the most catastrophic periods in English history.

The Conversation

Tice announces ‘renewables war’ with new campaign opposing ‘eyesores’

A new Reform UK-backed pressure group will oppose renewables projects, starting in Lincolnshire.

Evening Standard

Tesco to start selling potatoes grown in low-carbon technology trials

The supermarket has partnered with suppliers to explore which start-up innovations may be feasible to help cut farming’s climate impact at scale.

Evening Standard

Prax Lindsey oil refinery to shut with 625 jobs at risk after no buyer found

Energy minister says he is ‘deeply disappointed’ at failure to find buyer for Lincolnshire site and blames owner

The Guardian - UK

Drought declared in East and West Midlands in driest start to year since 1976

Three further areas – Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, East Anglia, and Thames area – move into prolonged dry weather status.

Evening Standard

‘An enormous scar’: the battle over solar farms and pylons as Reform UK takes aim at net zero

In the fourth part of a series, we look at how climate orthodoxy is coming under fire in Lincolnshire

The Guardian - UK

Five-year-old schoolboy died after ‘accidental exposure to cow’s milk protein’

Benedict Blythe, five, died in hospital after he had an allergic reaction at school in Lincolnshire.

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The Independent UK

Five-year-old died after accidentally ingesting wrong milk, inquest finds

Benedict Blythe’s mother says he ‘died in a place where he should have been safe’

The Independent UK

Five-year-old boy died from allergic reaction after collapsing at school, inquest told

Emergency services were called but the schoolboy died later that day at Peterborough City Hospital

Evening Standard

‘Kind-souled’ five-year-old died after allergic reaction at school, inquest told

Benedict Blythe died in hospital after he vomited and collapsed at his school in Lincolnshire in December 2021.

The Guardian - UK

UK government wants investigation after Lindsey oil refinery owner falls into administration

Concerns over conduct of bosses at Lincolnshire site, with ministers saying workers had been ‘badly let down’

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Screw Sturgis, This Looks Like the Coolest Motorcycle Festival Around

The Malle Mile is a motorcycle festival held in the United Kingdom each year, and it's back in Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire for a three-day event that promises to be a helluva time.

The Independent UK

Father and son drowned when Mercedes entered canal on test drive, inquest hears

David and Cameron Walsh died when a car entered a waterway near Grimsby in Lincolnshire.

The Guardian - UK

New UK AI datacentre could cause five times emissions of Birmingham airport

Exclusive: emissions from power-hungry warehouses at Lincolnshire facility expected to be 850,000 tonnes a year

The Conversation

England’s water crisis needs more than just new reservoirs – here’s what will help

England is facing a water crisis. The UK government has just announced plans to fast-track two massive reservoir projects in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, warning that without them, we could run out of drinking water by the mid-2030s. But as a hydrologist who studies Britain’s often erratic weather patterns, I believe…

Golf Monthly

The British Seaside Town Where Traditional Resort Meets First-Class Links Golf

Jeremy Ellwood bases himself at Skegness in Lincolnshire for three nights to mix the seaside golf close to town with the inland layout at Blankney an hour or so to the west

The Guardian - UK

First new major reservoirs in England for more than 30 years given go-ahead

‘Nationally significant’ status granted to reservoirs in East Anglia and Lincolnshire with seven more planned by 2050

The Independent UK

Major reservoirs to unlock new UK homes and address water supply fears

The new reservoirs will be the first for more than 30 years

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