A Country Pillow Book

A COUNTRY PILLOW BOOK (Index)
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Label Watch 21 labelling 21 labels 21 Labour 'ignore' mass public opinion 313 Labour 'meddling with planning' 406 Labour 20, 36, 41, 43, 45, 50, 51, 56 70, 73, 83, 86, 95, 104, 107, 112, 117, 127, 129, 131, 155, 225, 255, 256. 282. 286, 296, 328, 357, 382, 395, 401, 427 Labour accused over Green Belts 448 Labour accused over watchdog 447 Labour attacking farmers 131 Labour backbenchers 275 Labour bends over backwards 438 Labour bureaucracy 337 Labour business managers 304 Labour dominated committee 436 Labour election campaign 131 Labour election promises 51 Labour gift 119 Labour Government re-elected 136 Labour meddling 326 Labour ministers 213 Labour MP 2, 37, 54, 101, 117, 203, 391 Labour MPs 35, 42, 89, 112, 122, 129, 139, 140, 203, 275, 321, 329, 344, 351, 353, 354, 359, 360, 367, 375, 393, 414, 436, 447 Labour MPs' rebellion 140 Labour MSP 261 Labour Party 172, 329 Labour Party Conference 68 Labour Party conference speech 167 Labour party machine 41 Labour peer 117, 344, 353 Labour peers 354 Labour promised 113 Labour Rural Group 246 Labour slow on Quiet Lanes 335 Labour sports minister 463 Labour supporter 94 Labour tail docking ban bid 327 Labour total hunting ban bid 324 Labour warned on GM crops 345 Labour windfarm plans 384 Labour's 'mad and destructive' plans 319 Labour's handling of crisis 131 Labour's handling of epidemic 122 Labour's new hunting ban bid 380 labourer died 336 labrador 206, 218, 241, 288, 372 labrador hunted harvest mice 467 lack of natural refuges for fish 148 lactation 114 lady members 11, 12 Laggan 178 lagoon worm 283 Lake District 105, 111, 118, 139, 142, 223, 228, 249, 314, 320, 364, 390, 417, 449 Lake District National Park authority 139 Lake District Osprey Project 320, 417 Lake Vyrnwy 248 Lake Windermere 105 Lake, Lesley 148 Lakeland Fells 249 Lakenheath Fen 357 lakeshore habitats 264 lamb 93, 100, 143, 248, 331, 348 lamb faced a watery end 222 lamb production 151 lamb sales 414 lamb stocks 78 lamb's head bitten off 448 Lamb, Chris 275 lamb, Lucky 204 lambing season 151, 173 Lambourn 102 lambs 'at risk from owls' 466 lambs 'bear brunt' of hunt ban 448 lambs 31, 116, 145, 148, 151, 240, 250, 309, 388, 391, 414, 469 lambs lost to foxes 333 lambs plucked to safety 291 Lammermuir 348 Lammermuir Hills 348 Lamming, Roger 271 lamprey 170, 271 lampreys 345 Lanark 192 Lancashire 49, 82, 102, 120, 122, 131, 136, 140, 193, 201, 209, 246, 254, 277, 281, 288, 292, 296, 312, 315, 328 367, 369, 379, 394, 404, 413, 456 Lancashire field 204 Lancashire schoolgirl 392 Lancaster 315 Lancaster Auction Mart 192 Lancaster University 107 land drainage 317, 359 land given over to organic food 109 Land Management Contracts 167 land managers 54, 74, 151, 153, 156, 318, 328, 373 land of Nod 36 land ownership in Europe 178 Land Reform (Scotland) Bill 229 Land Rover overturned 471 land tax problems 32 land used for field sports 318 Land's End 27, 258 landfill 191 Landfill Tax 59 landlord 163 Landmark Trust 310 landowner 50, 57, 59, 72, 83, 102, 194, 235, 241, 247, 263, 291, 436, 453, 465, 468 landowners 4, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 27, 31,41, 43, 51, 54, 60, 66, 67, 70, 102, 108, 112, 115, 127, 137, 150, 151, 169, 171, 179, 187, 190, 192, 195, 224, 236, 251, 255, 256, 261, 284, 293, 309, 318, 321, 329, 331, 345, 348, 365, 367, 381, 392, 393, 396, 408, 416, 430, 435, 436, 438, 444, 451, 456, 457, 461, 465 landowners help partridges 406 landowners' permission 194 Landrace 275 Lands Tribunal 102 landscaped gardens 102 Lane, Carla 387 Lane, Mark 434 Lang, Isobel 168 Langford, Jerry 199 Langholm 13 Langotines pork tongue pate 8 Langston, Rowena 30 lanolin 414 lapwing 5, 47, 58, 92, 95, 216, 226, 228, 248, 305, 317, 333, 343, 386, 396, 417, 436, Lapwing Act 437 lapwing chicks helped by buffalo 389 lapwing eggs prized as snacks 437 lapwings 134, 278, 347, 389, 404, 415, 437 large blue butterfly 392 large feline predators 422 large heath butterfly 450, 455 large tortoiseshell butterfly 455 Large White pig 431 largest bird of prey 334 largest civil liberties demonstration 104 largest coastal realignment 268 largest collection of old beech in world 350 largest man-made wetland 233 largest remaining heather moorland in Wales 248 largest shark found in our waters 325 largest signal crayfish found 269 largest urban gull population 394 lascalocid 135 laser tree measuring technology 468 last county declared clear of foot-and-mouth 193 Last of the Summer Wine 317 late arrival migrants 318 late harvested root crops 282 latest summer migrants to arrive 315 Latin name 154 laughing stock 319 lave net 306 lave net fishery 438 lavender 240 law-abiding citizen 38 law-abiding 'made criminals' 325 Lawford 155 lawns 351 Lawrence, Bob 338 Lawrence, Jackie 101 Laws, Tony 364 Laws, Valerie 274 laziest seal 448 Le Trec 68 Leach, Andrew 301 lead poisoning of swans 189 Leader of the Lords 68 Leader-Williams, Nigel 318 leading birdwatcher 241 leading fisherman 80 Leadshot.com 171 leaf changes 168 leaf litter 99 League Against Cruel Sport 320 League Against Cruel Sports 6, 87, 90, 99, 113, 125, 137, 142, 162, 172, 174, 176, 180, 187, 189, 194, 201, 204, 226, 233, 237, 246, 256, 260, 263, 271, 272, 274, 280, 286, 290, 293, 299, 304, 320, 322, 324, 347, 349, 354, 356, 358, 368, 391, 406, 413 424, 433, 436, 445, 451, 471 Leake, Alastair 119, 286 leaked documents 125 Lean, Geoffrey 457 Leanachan Forest 444 Lear, Edward 415 learned to fish as a child 144 learning to shoot 199 leatherback turtle 78 leatherback turtles 395 Leatherhead 145 leaving wriggling tails behind 197 Leazes Park lake 306 Lechlade 374 Lee Valley 68 Leeds 28, 272, 423 Leeds-Liverpool Canal 105 Lees, John 179 Lees, Michael 154 legal and illegal coursing 194 legal anomaly 367 Legend Of The Tamworth Two 337 legendary musician 9 legs of toads 395 Leicester 169, 246, 329 Leicester Square 208 Leicestershire 31, 70, 112, 119, 136, 139, 148, 235, 286, 299 314, 329, 352, 361, 395, 449, 451 Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society 352 Leicestershire Constabulary 23 Leicestershire County Council 23, 302 Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital 361 Leifert, Professor Carlo 445 Leigh, Rhian 315 Leigh-on-Sea 341 Leighton Moss 117, 379 Leinster, Paul 70 Leisler's bat 244 lekking 265 lekking black grouse males 408 leks 348 leks trigger fierce fighting 265 Lemetayer, Jean-Michel 178 lemmings 458 lenient judges 36 leopard 133 lepus europaeus 442 Leslie, Chris 393 Leslie, Rod 111 Lesne's earwig 393 Less Favoured Area 378 Less Favoured Areas Committee 44, 145 lesser black-backed gull 446 lesser horseshoe bats 34, 135, 267, 438 lesser redpoll 103, 442 lesser spotted woodpecker 103, 235, 417, 442, 476 lesser spotted woodpeckers 191 lesser whitethroat 311, 442 Lessons Learned Inquiry 210, 211 Lessons to be Learned 187, 268 Letchworth 147 lethal injection for hedgehogs 305 lethal injections 459 letters without stamps 15 Leven 122 Leven and Crake catchment 321 Leven Estuary 321 Leven viaduct 321 leverets 91 Leveson, Mr Justice 326 levy on quarrying 214 Lewes 145, 310, 395. 416 Lewes Magistrates Court 9, 50, 168, 241 Lewis moor 441 Lewis Peatlands Special Protection Area 441 Lewis, Anne 176, 360 Lewis, C.S. 192 Lewis, Karen 348 Lewis, Ken 96 Lewis, Major Nigel 444 Lewis, Paul 296 Lewis, Richard 49 Leyland 277, 367 leylandii 8 Lib Dem candidate 82 Lib Dem MP 101 Lib Dem MPs 345 Lib Dem 415 Liberal 345 Liberal Democrat 167, 238, 283, 345, 395 Liberal Democrat MP 42 Liberty and Livelihood 181, 206 Liberty and Livelihood March 93, 104, 255, 258 liberty and livelihood of rural people 136 Liberty Beacons 243 licence tags 289 licensed nets-men 249 licensing system for gangmasters 386 lichens 214 Lidington, David 107, 357 Lidl 313 lifeboat 221, 231 lifeboat crew 218 lifeless rivers now 'teem with fish' 448 lifetime ban from UK racecourses 223 light lambs 143 light-traps 125 Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux 5, 18 lilac 340 lilies 435 Lille 402 lily beetle 435 lime bark 156 lime sticks 78 lime wood regions 156 limesticks 176 limestone cliffs 294 limestone rich pasture 154 Lincoln 357, 402 Lincolnshire 34, 60, 93, 118, 130, 151, 185, 187, 245, 260, 264, 313, 321, 354, 371, 371, 378, 399, 402, 418, 432, 466, 470 Lincolnshire School of Agriculture 162 Lincolnshire Trust 432 Linda's Wood 304 Lindisfarne 120 Lindsey Oil Refinery 432 ling 59 link between countryside and stomachs 308 linnet 58, 327 linnets 103, 132, 361 Linton-on-Ouse 198 lion 477 Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 192 lioness 158 lions 48 lips injected with poisons 308 liquid oxygen 361 Lisbon 314 Lister, Paul 453 listeria poisoning 8 Lithuania 432 little auk 80 little grebes 103 Little Ness 276 little owl 429 Little Red Tractor scheme 356 little ringed plover 29 little tern 207 little tern chicks 345 live grenade 61, 137, 275, 431 live pig exports 60 live sheep exports 289 Liverpool 56, 83, 189, 207, 297, 381 livery yard 226 Livestock Committee 36 livestock crisis 13, 118 livestock farmer 378 livestock farmers 52, 162 livestock farming communities 194 livestock markets 109 livestock markets to restart 186 Livestock Welfare Disposal Scheme 162 Livestock Worrying Campaign 52 Livingstone, Ken 119, 189 Lizard 399 lizards 99, 166, 168, 197, 206, 241, 254, 336, 399, 416, llama 226 llama, Laurence 388 llama, Spot 240 Llanafan 426 Llandeilo 285 Llandovery 11, 285 Llandudno 140, 144, 231 Llandysul 280 Llandysul Angling Association 280 Llanelli 143, 382, 404 Llanerfyl 259 Llanfechain 112 Llanfrothen 204 Llanfyllin 365 Llangadog 281, 285 Llangadog Creamery 285 Llangefni Magistrates Court 28 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod 49 Llangorse 198 Llangranog 424 Llanrwst 11 Llanwrtyd Wells 320 Lleyn Peninsula 438 Lloyd Webber, Andrew 384 Lloyd, Neil 271 Lloyd, Richard 80 Llyn Brianne 349 Llystyn Farm 103 lobbying action 180 lobster 156 lobster pots 78 lobster, Barney 170 lobster, Lucky 330 local authorities 47 local councils 191 local elections across England 35 Local Government Association 35, 47 Local Government Minister 94 Local to Locals 196 Local Transport Plans 35 locally-produced fruit 54 loch 424, 447 Loch Calder 4 Loch Dunmore 460 Loch Etive colony 408 Loch Garten 117, 128, 136, 218, 303, 373, 400, 449 Loch Garten Osprey Centre 303 Loch Gruinart 379 Loch Gruinart Nature Reserve 204 Loch Heilen 4 Loch Leven 349 Loch Lomond 411 Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park 243 Loch Lomond Interim Park Committee 209 Loch Muick 155 Loch Ness 357, 404 Loch Ness Monster 235 Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve 420 Loch Scarmclate 4 Loch Watten 4 Loch Wester 4 Lochnagar region 393 lochs 4, 318, 393, 401 Lock, John 144 Locks Heath 333 Loddington 54, 119, 235, 286 logistical failure 113 Loizou, Peter 241 Lomond 450 London 15, 19, 21, 29, 32, 41, 42, 43, 45, 53, 64, 68, 71, 73, 77, 82, 83, 89, 93, 95, 103, 106, 107, 108, 119, 120, 146, 151, 169,181, 184, 196, 206, 208, 223, 224, 225, 237, 241, 248, 255, 255, 261, 268, 270, 271, 277, 278, 293, 326, 335, 336, 350, 352, 357, 391, 398, 400, 410, 417, 421, 442, 459, 465, 474 London Aquarium 156, 170 London authority 50 London Bird Project 460 London birds 460 London chef 156 London Electricity Services 214 London gallery 462 London hearing 326 London March 214, 243 London Mayor 119, 189 London Stock Exchange 56 London store 295 London Tourism Awards 252 London Wetland Centre 252, 474 London whale died 471 London woman raised alarm 249 London Zoo 247, 287, 343, 426 London's oldest heronry 377 London's tourist season 140 London-Stansted-Cambridge corridor 410 Londoner 401 Londoners 190, 295 long central toe 383 long forgotten foods 275 Long Lartin high security prison 177 long-eared bat 244 long-eared owl 429 long-eared owls 463 long-tailed tit 93, 215 long-tailed tits 93, 113 longhorn cattle painting 154 Lonk rams 136 Looe 144, 265 Loraine Award 2000 103 Loraine Trust 103 Lord of the Manor 322 Lord Of The Rings 192 lords 115 Lords 51, 140, 206, 208, 280, 353, 359, 380 Lords debate 117 lost international markets 463 Lottery money 194 Loughborough 22 love is deep belching groans 370 Lovell, Jonathan 30 Lovett, John 299 low-flying cow 344 low-flying jet 20 low-flying military jet 256 low-powered airguns 163 Lower Dee 305 Lower Derwent Valley 404 Lower Mill Estate 465 lowest rainfall in 30 years 354 lowest rainfall in the British Isles 108 lowland farmland birds 79 lowland forests 58 lowland heath 396 lowland heathland 187, 202 lowland heathland move 336 lowland livestock farmers 151 lowland peat bog 399 lowland raised peat bogs 121 lowland river valleys 347 lowland streams 377 lowland wet grassland 404 lowland woodland 442 lowland-dwelling mammal 299 Lowlands - Future Landscapes For Wildlife 379 lowlands 379 Lucas, Brian 10 Lucas, Mary 67 Ludlow 223, 261 Lufflum family 174 Lulworth Cove 100 Lumley, Joanna 31 Lund University 388 Lundy 310, 391, 456 Lundy Island 466 Lundy Island rats 267 Lundy Marine Nature Reserve 391 Lundy Seabird Recovery Project 310 Lundy ship rat 310 Lune and Wyre Fisheries Assocation 367 Lune Habitat Group 367 Lune salmon 209 lung haemorrhages 198 lung problems 11 lurcher dog owners 79, 292 lurcher, Blue 79 lurchers 89, 132, 211, 292 Lurgan 445 Lutman, Dr Peter 25 Luton 147 Luton magistrates 461 Luxembourg 325 Lyme Regis 61 Lymington 25 Lympstone 42 Lyndurst 327 Lynton 420 Lynton and Lynmouth Town Council 439 lynx 16, 190, 235, 396, 453 lynx captured 278 lynx-like cat 429 Lyons, Philippa 371 Lyster, Dr Simon 127, 163, 222, 239, 262, 272, 278, 283, 467 Lyster, Simon 369 Lythgoe, Colin 313