Strimmer

Newtown police said thieves broke into the back of the vehicle and stole a Stihl grass strimmer, then broke into the trailer attached to the pick-up and stole a larger Stihl strimmer.

Coun Hill responded: "Do you share my concerns that given the costs for people to be buried that residents in Berwick are having to bring their own strimmers to cut round their loved ones' graves and that my colleague Coun Roughead - Tweedmouth Cemetery falls in his patch - is using his own small schemes to put in an additional tap?" In reply, Coun Sanderson said that he couldn't address those specific issues as neither councillor had raised them with him before, but he continued: "The cost of maintenance is of course very high and we do the very best we can.

It's time alternatives to petroldriven leaf-blowers and strimmers were used, especially when our wellbeing is under threat.

She said: "They get horrific injuries caused by strimmers in the garden.

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"One trainee's mother and sister had a win at bingo and bought a mower, strimmer and hand tools.

She urges gardeners not to put down slug pellets and to check before using forks or strimmers and watch dogs in the garden at night.

Health and safety rules mean workmen are not allowed to use strimmers on 12 sites in the area.

A total of 20 willing volunteers from the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in Baginton picked up chainsaws, strimmers and shears as they got stuck in to some woodland maintenance work at Bagot's Castle.

Unfortunately it is getting increasingly difficult to enjoy time in the garden because as soon as the sun comes out, so do the lawnmowers, strimmers, angle grinders, new fence panels, radio, mp3s and drum kits.

He used vibrating tools, including lawn mowers and strimmers, on a daily basis for much of that time but was never warned about the dangers the tools posed to his hands.

Many churchyards are ancient meadows that are older than the churches themselves - yet they are often maintained with damaging strimmers and mowers.