El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

The 2026 Pannage season begins on Monday 14 September and, unless an extension is agreed, will end on Sunday 29 November.

Todrig was once, as the photo of the main house shows, a wealthy hill farm in the Borders whose more recent decline is  part of a decline in sheep farming more generally.  It was acquired by Gresham H...

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Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance

Drier summers mean the ground in vulnerable areas will be more prone to shrink and crack, scientists say

Londoners are facing historic levels of subsidence risk after five successive heat waves dried out the clay soil on which much of the city is built.

A Butterfly Conservation ecologist who has spent his life searching for a second colony of one of England's rarest moths has said it was the 'highlight of his career' when he achieved his dream.Dr Dav...