The lop eared breeds’ vision is obscured, so they don’t run as fast! 3: The Tamworth pig breed was developed on the estate of Sir Robert Peel. His other notable invention: the police force.

Tamworth is a place best known for its Snowdome, the Spud Man (Ben Newman), its Norman castle and pigs, but on Sunday it was about football and a band of players who have regular jobs to go back to.

There are many native breeds of pigs we could have chosen, each with different characteristics. "However, we wanted to stick with the classic Tamworth pigs as they’ve been used so successfully in ...

Once upon a time Tamworth was a place arguably best known for its motorway service station, its pigs, its artificial ski slope, being the birthplace of a former Prime Minister and somewhere you ...