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Two months after concerns about gas and food stocks caused ripples of anxiety, Britain continues to face problems in its supply chain. Distributors and retailers are looking for creative fixes.

Jon Hare is this week's featured poet.

Military personnel in Britain began driving fuel tankers Monday as the government stepped up efforts to tackle a shortage of truck drivers that has closed some gas stations, caused panic buying and long lines at others and threatened wider disruption in the run-up to Christmas.

Military personnel are driving transport trucks. Pig farmers may start culling their stock. Even the government says shortages will affect Christmas, as Britons brace for a challenging winter.

Spring has officially sprung. Country Life reveals 9 fascinating facts about hares.

21 December 2020 A 29.9MW solar farm planned for development in Wangaratta in Victoria’s north east has been snapped up by Australian commercial solar outfit CleanPeak Energy. The original developers of the solar farm, Wangaratta Solar Farm (formerly Countrywide Energy), kicked off a quest for investors in the $45 million “shovel-ready” project in April of this year, appointing Energy Estate as advisors on the process. At the time, Energy Estate principal Simon Currie said he felt confid...