A farmer and his wife have had to axe a planned music festival which was to have helped save their livelihood.

David and Karen Mosdell from Sheppey say they were served with eviction last year and given just six weeks to find new homes for their 60 sheep, 24 cows, horses, donkeys, goats, chickens and a pig.

The pair of 60-year-olds won a two-year stay of execution and are now trying to raise an estimated £300,000 to buy Danley Marshes Farm off Power Station Road, Halfway.

They had planned a two-day Party on the Farm festival at the end of June but have postponed it because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Festival organiser Tracy Topsom of Rhapsody Promotions said: "With the latest government guidelines we just couldn't take the risk. But we are hoping to organise something later in the year."

The couple have been farming the 97 acres since 1999 when Mr Mosdell's father Wally, who was in charge, was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Mrs Mosdell, a mum of three and a grandmother of seven, said: "We heard out of the blue last year our landlords wanted to sell the land for development and wanted us out within six weeks.

"We have managed to win a reprieve and have been given the chance to buy it. We are now trying to raise the cash."

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