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Times
18-05-2025
- General
- Times
A deer cull saved Winnie-the-Pooh forest — and fed the hungry
A deer cull credited with saving Ashdown Forest, the ancient landscape made famous by AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories, will be extended across the country to protect landscapes from ecological destruction. Wild deer are roaming Britain in their largest numbers for a millennium. An estimated population of two million poses a threat to woodland biodiversity and is causing significant damage to tree plantations and crops. A conservation project in Sussex that gave rangers funding to shoot four times more deer not only protected the forest, but also provided venison for more than 170,000 donated meals at a cost of less than 60p per meal. The trial, run by the Country Food Trust and funded by a wealthy conservationist, has proved such a success in its first
Times
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Champagne, carpaccio and some football: my day in Fulham's posh stand
I sit down, holding a glass of Veuve Clicquot. The Thames shimmers below. A smiling waiter appears with a tray of plump scallops. They are warm and unctuous, so I have several. If I wanted, I could have had 30, but there is delicate sea bream on the next tray. Then I wolf down a plate of rare roast beef, only to realise it was venison. Silly me. The only beef is carpaccio. And so it continues until my belly hurts so that walking the 20ft to my seat to watch Fulham take on Everton on Saturday feels a blessed relief. You cannot take your champagne with you to watch the football, thank goodness, or I might have toppled down the tiers of the new
