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Nobody was injured and Staffordshire Police said it was deemed to have been started by "a lorry colliding with the overhead electrical cables, causing them to fall onto the thatched roof". A force ...

Electric cables hit by a lorry fell onto the thatched roof of a North Staffordshire property - sparking a huge fire. Now police are appealing for witnesses over the incident in Swynnerton. As reported ...

Nobody was injured and Staffordshire Police said it was deemed to have been started by "a lorry colliding with the overhead electrical cables, causing them to fall onto the thatched roof".

Image caption, A shortage of materials and a lack of apprentices means people with thatched roofs are waiting longer for work to be done Author Tom Allan, also felt the draw of the straw 13 years ...

A captivating property that is nestled on nearly 19 acres of woodland has been put on the market for $940,000.

It also blends the modern with the traditional, with a “wealth of period features”, including a thatched roof, casement windows, several wall and ceiling beams, and some original fireplaces.

Tony Jackson was an apprentice thatcher when this property was last re-thatched in 1992 Roof thatchers in the South West have said they have a backlog of at least two years' work, partly due to a ...

Its previous projects include a small sheep pen topped with a thatched roof and a timber chicken coop that was inspired by traditional Japanese shrines. Sent on alternate Fridays, this US edition ...

Meals unfold around a communal wooden table under a high thatched roof, where guests chat over plates of curried tilapia from Lake Victoria and cool off with tart tree tomato sorbet. Some nights ...