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Introducing the first of our talented sheep judges for the Royal Highland Showcase, to be staged on Monday and Tuesday June 14 and 15, at Ingliston.

A dad-of-one is running 100 miles non-stop and hoping to complete the challenge in under 30 hours to raise awareness for his daughter’s condition.

The Till family’s 2019 Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) supreme champion Drakemyre Puttin On The Ritz (Alfie) — one of the most prolific show ponies of the present day — has died from colitis aged eight. The 138cm and part-bred Arab contender won the RIHS and Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) in both classes with his long-term partner India Till. The duo were also champions on their debut outing of the 2021 season at the beginning of May. “He was looking a million dollars,” said his...

Tratman Award Citations Tratman Award, 2019 The prestigious Tratman Award (in memory of E.K. Tratman, who died in 1978) is awarded annually for a caving-related, paper-based publication, to recognise excellence and encourage future improvement. It is one of the UK’s premier national caving awards, but is open to authors and publishers from Britain and Ireland. First awarded for the publications of 1979, the Tratman Award was administered by the Ghar Parau Found...

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FUN: : Florist Jonathan Moseley (Centre) with Three Counties Shows Team from L to R: Jenna Gove, Nina Acton, Richard Heath, Emily Jauncey, Diana Walton) THE Three Counties Showground is inviting you to show your flare and help make the Midsummer Garden Life Festival on June 23-25 into the Country’s most vibrant floral spectacular. The new Midsummer Garden Life Festival, at Three Counties Showground in Malvern will be one of the first major events to take place after the Government’s pla...

Watford and Millwall will face off in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday in a game that could see the Hornets promoted to the Premier League.

Peace campaigners call for Three Counties Defence Expo to be cancelled A GROUP of peace campaigners from is again calling for a controversial defence exhibition to be cancelled. The Three Counties Campaign Against the Arms Trade (Three Counties CAAT) has launcheda writing campaign to get their message across ahead of the Three Counties Defence and Security Expo, which is due to be held at the Three Counties Showground in July. More than 300 letters and emails have reportedly been sent to ...

As well as sponsoring the Best Food Producer category, the Addington Fund will once again be the chosen Charity of the Year, with all donations received before the end of June going directly to support the charity’s vital work helping the farming community. A competition will be opened throughout June, whereby anyone who donates to the Addington Fund, online or by text, will be automatically entered into a prize draw, with a chance of winning a Farming or Family Photoshoot by Addington Fu...

SECOND doses of the coronavirus vaccine are now being given in Herefordshire, with an NHS leader urging anyone called up to head to the centre. The NHS says the second dose acts as a "booster" jab to enhance immunity to Covid-19 and offer a greater protection against infection. Regardless of whether a patient has had the Oxford/AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech jab, a second dose will need to be given around 12 weeks after the first. Dr Mike Hearne, a partner at Fownhope Medical Practice a...