Supporters flock to Bristol city farm

Hundreds of people turned out to support Bristol's oldest city farm to try to prevent it from closing down.

Windmill Hill City Farm, in Bedminster, has launched a £50,000 appeal to keep it open as a popular community venue. The Big Fundraiser was held on Saturday and raised £5,000.

Management committee member Emma Page said: "A huge number of people came along – at least 1,000 and new people wanted to become members and were giving us their email details."

Opened by novelist Lesley Pearce, the event was supported by Bristol-based award-winning Aardman Animations, whose experts ran a modelling workshop featuring Shaun the Sheep and asked children to design a Rosie the Pig character based on one of the farm's residents.