Last year, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government announced in order to find vital new revenue, some farms would no longer be exempt from inheritance tax, a long-standing measure designed to facilitate the family handover of farms.

In a field in southwest England where his dairy cows graze, Adam Stanbury said he feared the government's new farm tax, coupled with existing economic headwinds, will ruin his family

Court of Appeal grants injunction to prevent Andrew Cooper cultivating land that contains ancient archaeological artefacts and D-Day relics

There is anger over a decision by the Government to delay the rebuilding of North Devon District Hospital for at least a decade. North Devon MP Ian Roome has led the outcry - labelling the news a “devastating blow and major setback for North Devon”.

After a bruising opening, the visitors took a deserved lead when scrum-half Manatu Leleifi chipped ahead after advancing from halfway and won the race to the line. Full-back Sione Matakaiango added the conversion before slotting a penalty on 13 minutes for a 10-0 advantage.

It could be another stormy day today across the South West after the Met Office issued a double yellow warning for the region. The forecaster has issued a yellow warning for wind and another for rain covering the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall to Gloucestershire.

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting said parts of the new hospital programme would be delayed because the money was not available

Sainsbury's has announced plans to close all remaining in-store cafés, causing more than 3,000 people to lose their jobs. The supermarket chain will also close all remaining hot food, pizza, and patisserie counters across the country, relocating these products to normal aisles.

The government has allocated an annual average spend of £3bn for a rephased new hospital programme that will now take a decade longer to deliver. Following a fresh review, the Government confirmed all previously planned hospitals will be delivered but over a longer time frame of start times extending to 2039.

The retailer - which is rivalled by Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, Aldi and Lidl - has confirmed plans to shut its 61 in-store cafes as part of a major overhaul, the supermarket says.