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Harwich sausage thrower takes third straight title with 148.5ft effort
Original report:
Peter Swift won Harwich’s sausage-throwing competition for a third consecutive year, reaching 148.5ft. The Essex event, reported by the BBC in November 2026, combined an unusual sporting contest with a celebration of independent butchers and local pubs.
· via BBC News GB
Agriculture
Tony Sharps, community farm manager and environmental educator, dies aged 72
Original report:
Tony Sharps, who worked with young people through community farming and outdoor learning, has died of cancer aged 72. A Guardian obituary traces his work from Bristol’s Windmill Hill City Farm to Lambourne End Centre in Essex.
· via the Guardian GB