Farmers warn of risk to Britain’s food supply as more than three-quarters take hit to income from extreme weather

Join Cathy our Conservation Adviser and explore how, with the help of Save Our Suffolk Swifts, we are working towards boosting the population of this impressive and iconic migrator.

Alder is the most common tree along river and lake sides, and it improves soil fertility through its ability to fix nitrogen from the air.

A Killarney Municipal District meeting has heard that a deer struck by a vehicle, lay dying on the side of a main road for hours despite efforts to contact the...

Witnesses and medics in Gaza say an Israeli airstrike on a seaside cafe has killed at least 30 people in Gaza City.

Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...

Views on apex predator still polarised, says Natural England head, as activists apply for trial release in Northumberland

Liberal Democrat MP Dr Danny Chambers said the UK needs to get serious and start preparing for the next animal disease outbreak

The public agrees in principle that welfare spending should come down but wants disability benefits to be protected

Under new rules anyone who lights up on a beach or in a public park from Sunday will be breaking the law Anyone who lights up on a beach or in a public park in France will be breaking the law from Sunday under new rules aimed at protecting children from the dangers of passive smoking. Bus shelters and areas in the immediate vicinity of libraries, swimming pools and schools will also be affected by the ban, which is coming into force one day after its publication in the official government gazette on Saturday. Continue reading...

Public art project The Herds is passing through capital on 20,000km journey from Congo Basin to Arctic Circle, inspiring climate action

Olivia Blake dismisses Starmer’s welfare bill changes as ‘plucked from the air’ and urges rebels to stand firm A disabled Labour MP has said Keir Starmer’s chaotic U-turn on welfare reform will create an “unethical two-tier system”, in a damning intervention which will put further pressure on the prime minister to change course. Olivia Blake, one of only nine MPs in parliament who has a disclosed disability, said the proposed changes to the welfare bill have been “plucked from the air” by ministers scrambling to secure support for the bill in Tuesday’s crunch vote in the Commons. “The first thing I thought when I heard the concessions was, wait, we’ve not taken the step back that’s needed here, we’re working to improve a bill which is really harmful,” she said. “This could form an unethical two-tier system that treats two people with the exact same injury or illness differently.” Blake, who has genetic pain disorders and is neurodivergent, said she has repeatedly warned ministers and whips for months about the inadequacy of the plans, but described the process of trying to communicate with government as like “shouting at a brick wall”. Continue reading...