Scottish farmers say Home Office rule changes are likely to leave more than a million sheep unshorn ...

A concession currently allows shearers from Australia and New Zealand to travel to the UK for three months but the rules are set to change.

A temporary visa concession has paved the way for 75 foreign shearers to return to UK for summer shearing as they had planned ...

Northumberland MPs welcome the news overseas shearers will be allowed to work for one more year.

Labour has backtracked on plans to block foreign sheep shearers following a backlash from farmers. Ministers have confirmed proposals to extend visa-free access for elite sheep shearers for at least ...

The UK's National Sheep Association has warned a shortage of overseas shearers could increase the risk of flystrike and lower growth rates.

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The industry has been warned it must rely on a UK-based workforce in the future ...

The Home Office has granted a one-year extension allowing overseas sheep shearers to work in the UK after warnings that millions of sheep could go unshor.

A woman from St Boswells in the Borders has set the world record for shearing sheep. Una Cameron, 51, managed to de-fleece 517 sheep in nine hours, in a live-streamed attempt of the women's record.

A shortage of skilled shearers threatens the welfare of Britain’s 30 million sheep, raising serious concerns for farmers ahead of the ...

Across the UK, gardeners facing slug damage and rising fertiliser prices are being urged to leave sheep wool in the soil this spring. From March onwards, those soft fleeces quietly transform beds in ...