A train narrowly avoided crashing into two cars at Coltishall Lane level crossing near Hoveton, in Norfolk, back in January 2021, a new report has revealed.
Alistair Duffield, chairman and managing director of Duffields at Saxlingham Thorpe.
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A Norfolk farm and seven-bedroom house owned by the same family since the 1930s has been bought by a local firm.
Animal feed company Duffields, run by Alistair Duffield, based in Saxlingham Thorpe, has purchased Sco Ruston Hall Farm.
Hall Farm, Sco Ruston, snapped up by Duffields. This shows the Georgian hall at its core.
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The farm and Georgian house was owned by the Alston family and bought by Duffields for an amount in excess of £6m.
Mr Duffield, who runs the 131-year-old firm, declined to comment on the sale. However it was confirmed in the company accounts dated March 21, 2021, in which he as chairman states: Since the year ended, the group has agreed to buy Sco Ruston Hall Farm for an amount in excess of £6m, this will be farmed alongside the group s other farm two miles away.