fencing

New ‘Hedgehog Friendly Fencing’ campaign launched

A new ‘Hedgehog Friendly Fencing’ campaign has been launched in a bid to make garden fencing with ready-made ‘Hedgehog Highways’ available as industry standard, and members of the public are being asked to help. Habitat fragmentation is one of the main issues affecting Britain’s hedgehogs, but 13cm square gaps in fences, known as ‘Hedgehog Highways’, help to combat this prickly problem....

Local jewellers supports junior fencing star

Michael Spiers Jewellers is often associated with an array of sports, from squash to diving and even cricket - it therefore comes as no surprise that the independent family jewellers, with stores in Plymouth, Truro, Exeter and Taunton, were keen to support a rising fencing star in his quest for gold.

Last year, Joshua Hellings, a pupil at Plymouth College and a member of the Plymouth...