Cooper joins a growing cast for the next Spider-Man outing, including franchise newcomers Oscar winner Jamie Foxx as the villain Electro, Paul Giamatti as the Rhino, Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn (son of Norman Osborn), Shailene Woodley as Mary Jane Watson, and Felicity Jones as an unknown character (rumored to possibly be Felicia Hardy aka the Black Cat).

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The Whitty family business perished during the 1830s - but the tradition was revived in the town in 1937, when Harry Dutfield, the son of a Glasgow carpet designer, founded the current company.

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He, his wife, Linda, and son, Harry, moved into the home in 2001 after their attempts to win permission to convert a neighbouring cowshed on the site dragged on for years without resolution.

BBC: Surrey farmer suffers blow in fight to keep 'castle'