A council leader has been criticised for appearing to suggest his authority is seeing a rise in homeless people because it treats them "too well". Peter Nutting made the comment during a debate about Shropshire Council's new housing strategy. The Conservative said his authority's treatment of the homeless "actually attracts people to the county". But he later said he meant it was the council's policies that were too good, not the experience of homeless people. Read more on the BBC website.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
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