A celebrity dog whisperer who was forced to shut down his exclusive kennels to make way for the HS2 railway line has won a £5million payout from the government.
Matthew Wiggins moved his business to a farm near Stone in Staffordshire in 2012, before transforming the 3.4 acre site into a high-end training centre with 44 kennels.
The company, WKD Trained Dogs Ltd, supplied highly trained dogs from eastern Europe to high-net-worth individuals and celebrities, including Game of Thrones actress Indira Varma.
But Mr Wiggins’s farm was earmarked for demolition by the Department for Transport in 2019 because it stood in the path of the planned
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