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Renovating an old Scottish cottage is no small task! In today’s episode, we dive into garden clean-up, try out some DIY demolition in the soon-to-be bedroom, and reveal our final design plans. Between ...

A five-week-old British, Blue-sired heifer calf has set a new national record price of £2000 for any cross-bred calf, after topping Gisburn Auction Mart’s Easter Show and Sale. The previous record of ...

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Donald Trump's latest deadline is drawing closer amid threats the US will destroy power plants and bridges in Iran if the regime does not re-open Strait of Hormuz - but there is little sign of a deal ...

At 72, Carole Munro broke the Hyrox world record in the 70–74 age group at the EMEA Championships in March – despite only starting training a few years ago and having undergone three hip replacements.