Sian Berry warned that the Government had shown ‘worrying attitudes’ to nature ahead of a debate about banning toxic weedkillers.

Suffolk has been dubbed the 'new Cotswolds' by Forbes magazine with Bury St Edmunds, Framlingham and Lavenham listed as places to visit.

Where it all began: half-timbering is carefully painted at Bekonscot, begun by Roland Callingham in 1928.