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Property of The Month Ncbf And Its Members Celebrate Charity’s 70th Birthday

Founded in 1956 in Whitley Bay, the charity, provides 24/7 holistic support to the UK and Ireland construction community on all aspects of emotional, physical and financial wellbeing. Companies from across the North East construction sector, celebrated the milestone at the Hilton Newcastle Tyne Bridge. The event raised just over £13,800 with an anonymous donor offered to match what was…

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Autumn brings new textures and colour to the hills of Northumberland, along with the sights, smells and sounds of one of the busiest times of year for the hill farmers, who are preparing and selling their tups (rams) and young breeding ewes. The fields close to the roads contain strangely coloured sheep, which confuse visitors to the area. Bright yellow for the tups (rams) who will be bought by farmers to put out in the hills with their ewes. The bright colour makes them easier to spot, as the shepherd does his rounds, making sure they are doing their job. Young ewes, sold to replace older ewes, are prepared for sale by a dip, sometimes with a hint of colour, to represent the soil type of the area, then any scruffy/dirty bits are clipped off, and the final stage of preparation is having their faces washed to bring out the…

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