Supplies of straw for thatched roofs are low due to three poor harvests, says a thatcher A thatcher with a three-year waiting list for his services said a shortage of straw had caused problems for ...

Pictures from the Adver archive show work to demolish the last thatched roof cottage in Old Town. On June 18, 1964, workmen began removing the straw and reeds from the top of a home in Little London, ...

Fire crews attended a car fire on the road just 40 minutes after returning from a three hour thatched roof blaze. At 12.39am on Friday, firefighters from Woodbridge station attended the fire in ...

"There's not a lot of hope for our property as the thatched roof has already burned through. Nobody's hurt and that's all that matters." Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service said the flames ...

Homeowners can apply to their local planning authority for permission to change the material of their thatched roof. Historic England have a statutory role in the planning system and local ...

Seven Hampshire fire crews rushed to Warsash to surround a blaze at a thatched roof cottage tonight, and more will stay overnight as the incident continues to be scaled down. Crews from Hightown ...

Crews remain on the scene of a thatch roof fire in a Suffolk village. Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service were called to the blaze at the detached home in Church Road, Little Thurlow, at around 6.32pm.

A thatch roof collapsed after a fire broke out in a Suffolk village. The fire started at about 6.32pm on Thursday at a detached home in Church Road in Little Thurlow, near Haverhill.

A thatcher who has a three-year waiting list for his services said a shortage of straw has caused problems for his industry. Chris Dodson, who runs a thatching company based in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, ...

"I quite often find thatching tools in the roof, which a previous thatcher might have forgotten about and thatched over. "We usually find newspapers shoved in there so the next guy can pre-date ...

This is the 39th time it has been held. At 5:30 p.m., 108 lights lit up 32 thatched roofs, and the beautiful gassho-zukuri style houses emerged. Visitors were amazed by the enchanting scene in the ...