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IMAGINE the scene. It’s York station in late 1914. The war is a couple of months old. Soldiers are leaving for the front or returning for leave,…
THE owner of a farm which had fallen into a state of disrepair has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds in fines after faeces and vermin were found in the grain stores used to feed his dairy herd. Dead cattle carcasses were also found strewn around Westby Hall Farm in Gisburn, with calves seen wandering about in slurry which had overflowed from a nearby lagoon. Farmer Robert Townson had been given ample warning and opportunity to address concerns raised by trading standards officers during several visits to his premises but failed to act, resulting in criminal proceedings. Burnley Ma...