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06/04/2009
After 160 years, 2009 sees the final Royal Show at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire. Charlotte Smith examines what the Royal's demise might mean for other Agricultural Shows.
After 160 years, 2009 sees the final Royal Show at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire. Charlotte Smith examines what the Royal's demise might mean for other agricultural shows. The events are attended by six million people annually, but with the Royal Show going and the recession in full swing, will that continue? plus, the beginning of a week-long investigation into the chances of Blue Tongue disease hitting our shores in 2009, with a visit to the first farm in the UK to suffer the virus in 2007.
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