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Both pedigree and commercial sheep breeds play a key role for the Peebles-based Thornborrow family, but their passion for the Scotch Mule shines through

With bloodlines dating back to the 1950s, the Dalesbred breed has been at the heart of the Dawson family's farming heritage for four generations

Warwickshire Police's Rural Crime Team said 69 lambs and 19 ewes were stolen from a farm earlier this month

Police said nine ewes and two lambs had died during the incident

"This is the sort of thing which keeps crofters and farmers awake at night"

Lamb prices are 93p/kg above last year's figures

Sophia Ashe, 25, is from the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire and she runs her own sheep flock

The Scottish National Texel sale at Lanark peaked at 70,000gns but averages were down on the year.

In the first of a new blog series with Emma Gray, the renowned sheepdog trialler talks organic lambs, relentless rain and preparing to face Blackface sheep

The UK has introduced strict new controls on personal imports of meat, cheese and milk products