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Actor Martin Clunes with a foal. He is wearing a chequered blue shirt.

Clunes 'slightly nervous' about judging horse event

The actor and devoted equestrian will judge the supreme horse event at the Royal Welsh Show.

Martin Clunes nuzzling with a horse, which has it's nose on is shoulder. Two more horses flank the pair. Martin is wearing a hear green jacket. He has wavy grey hair. The horses are black and brown, each with a white patch on their nose and foreheads.

Martin Clunes to judge Royal Welsh horse event

The actor and animal lover will be a distinguished judge at the supreme horse championship.

Photo showing two police horses with their riders walking down a road being followed by a car

Concern for police horses as unit set to close

A woman who sold her horse to the police says she is worried he may become "a commodity".

Gloucestershire

Harriet Laurie stands next to a horse in a covered training centre. She has styled, short brown hair and dark clothing,

Horse-assisted mental health charity to close base

TheHorseCourse blames rising costs and a drop in funding from the NHS and other bodies.

Mary Berry wearing a white jumper, she has shoulder length white hair

When Mary Berry's pony visited her in hospital

A horse is seen from slightly below, looking at the camera. Behind it is a field and blue sky.

Future farmers told about the value of horse power

A pair of heavy horses are used to show how they still have a role in modern land management.

Gloucestershire

Ninety horses removed from farm amid welfare fears

RSPCA and police officers attend the scene as the horses plus two dogs are taken away.

Hereford & Worcester

A group of three people are sat with a brown coloured miniature horse in the centre of the photo. The horse is wearing a bridle. To the right there is an elderly man who is stroking the horse. He is sat in a care home chair with a crochet blanket across his knees. To the left of the picture his wife is sat in another care home chair. She is talking to the horse's owner. The horse's owner has her back to the camera. She has brown hair and is wearing a blue T-shirt.

Award-winning mini horse brings joy to care home

Find out what it takes to be a BBC Make a Difference Award winner like therapy horse Mr Kelloggs.

Bess is a white horse with a white mane. She rests her head over a metal fence gate.

'People feeding my horse killed her - don't do it'

Owner says her Irish Draught mare may have eaten cabbage or cauliflower, which are toxic to horses.