To cut a long story short, we moved back in summer 2011, found a place in Copdock near Ipswich, sold our London house and moved the family to Suffolk in June 2012. The first year, we upgraded the vandalised farmhouse and planted a 700-vine vineyard with friends and family on land next to the barn and neighbouring parish church. We also drew up plans to renovate the all-brick tithe barn, built in 1570 and used by celebrity farmer/chef Jimmy Doherty for his BBC programme Jimmy’s Food Factory in Read more [...]

A scheme to promote Horbury has got the town thriving, a business owner said. The Horbury Village Partnership has 72 businesses signed up to the project, including hair dressers, a butchers and a florists.They all pay an annual subscription and in return they are listed on the group’s website. The money is then reinvested to fund events and shows in the community. Businesses Read more [...]

Jessica Ennis-Hill is listed to compete in the Sainsbury UK Championships and Trials at Birmingham starting today and continuing over the weekend. The Olympic champion tackles her best event, the 100m hurdles, which promises to be one of the most keenly contested events of the meeting.Tiffany Porter – who broke Ennis-Hill’s UK record – starts favourite and her younger sister Cindy Ofili is also in the field. Read more [...]