An online petition campaigning against the possible removal of 16 trees at a new-build estate has received almost 300 signatures. Parish councillors in Crick, Northamptonshire, said they have been told the trees at Fallowfields could be chopped down due to maintenance costs. West...
The former home of author and environmentalist Roger Deakin has been put on the market for £1.5m. Deakin, who died aged 63 in 2006, had lived in the 16th Century cottage in Mellis, Suffolk, for almost 40 years. It was “covered in mouldering thatch” when he found it in 1969...
A colony of a species of dormouse which is facing extinction has been found breeding in Hove, conservationists say. The colony of hazel dormice has been found in dense woodland in the Benfield Hill nature reserve. Volunteers check nesting boxes in the woods every month with any dormice...
A crop which was once a staple of Scottish farming is being revived as the fashion industry looks for ways to cut its carbon footprint. Flax was widely grown 100 years ago to make linen for garments and for ships’ sails. But its decline was triggered by a move towards cheaper man...
A legal challenge to a plan for gas caverns under Larne Lough has failed at the High Court in Belfast. Campaigners had applied for a judicial review of the decision by the Department of Agriculture and Environment (DAERA) to grant the plans a marine construction licence. The legal...
