Archive Article: 2000/02/18

18 February 2000

&#8226 THE Royal Agricultural Society of England has announced the winners of its Excellence in Practical Farming Award.

This years winners were: Brian Moore, High Jervaulx Farm, Masham, Yorks; John Alvis, Lye Cross Farm, Redhill, Bristol, and the Hoskings Family Partnership of Fentongallon Farm near Truro, Cornwall.

&#8226 POLICE and government officials investigating illegal workers carried out two raids on daffodil fields in Cornwall last week. Of 150 people questioned, 13 have had their benefits stopped with another 45 under investigation. More than 50 illegal foreign workers were arrested and are likely to be deported.

&#8226 AN Oxfordshire farmer has been awarded more than £1000 as compensation for golf balls being hit onto his land.

Hubert East of Corner Farm, Kirtlington, has had a four-year dispute with Cherwell District Council because it gave planning permission for a golf course to be built close to his home.