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Brazen thieves used a blowtorch to break into two homes in the same Peak District village in a matter of hours in the latest example of a terrifying new trend.  The criminals used the tool to burn a hole through a uPVC front door to gain entry to a house in Tideswell, Derbyshire, where they stole £33,000 of vehicles. They took wallets and keys to a £25,000 Audi S1, as well as a £4,500 limited edition 2016 KTM 125 motorbike and a 2018 electric Devinci Ebike worth £4,000. Police said the break-in method at 3.15am on Tuesday was unusual and linked it to another burglary nearby just 35 minut...

>More in Minette Batters © Geoff and Tordis Pagotto Minette Batters discovered her “life’s calling” in farming after ignoring advice from friends and family to pursue an alternative career. Desert Island Discs, the NFU president revealed that her friends told her she was “mad to do this” – but she decided to ignore them and insisted “I’d always wanted to farm”. “I felt very strongly that this was a life’s calling. This was something that I had always wanted to do and I was never, ever not going to do it,” Mrs B...