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Officers also advised if anyone finds illegal snares, traps or evidence of disturbance to badger setts or birds nests to report it to them. Follow BBC Nottingham on Facebook , on X , or on Instagram .
The setts at the junction of Eden Street and Criffel Street in Silloth on Solway, Cumbria, UK. Silloth on Solway, a seaside town in Cumbria, still has setts (originally laid in the 19th century) on Eden St and the seafront Criffel Street. Streets paved with setts feature in cycling competitions, including the "Tour of Britain", which visited ...
The entrance to a sett. A sett or set is a badger's den. It usually consists of a network of tunnels and numerous entrances. The largest setts are spacious enough to accommodate 15 or more animals with up to 300 metres (1,000 ft) of tunnels and as many as 40 openings.
In older U.S. cities such as Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh, [3] New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, New Castle, Portland (Maine), Baltimore, Charleston, and New Orleans, many of the older streets are paved in cobblestones and setts (mostly setts); however, many such streets have been paved over with asphalt, which can crack and erode away ...
The granite was lowered from the quarry by self-acting inclines to the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge tramway which ran to jetties from where the setts were loaded into ships. The standard gauge Chester to Holyhead railway reached Penmaenmawr in 1848, after which the majority of the quarry output was sent by rail.
Work in 2019 on re-laying the paving setts in Brighton Place caused controversy over the cost and duration: the main road was closed to traffic until the end of 2019 while the work was done. [36] [37] Ultimately, the new surface proved of high quality, including smooth sets for cycling and a refuge for safe turning into the Christian Path. The ...
The UK government announces plans to give Ofcom more powers over the BBC's online content, including BBC News. [29] The UK government rejects calls from Welsh MPs to add the Six Nations Championship to the list of guaranteed free-to-air sporting events on British television. [30] 24: The 2024 Brit Award nominees are announced.
Preston-under-Scar is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.It is situated approximately 2 miles (4 km) west of Leyburn. [1] The village population was 120 at the 2001 census, increasing to 170 by the 2011 census. [2]