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Rare temperate rainforest in Devon gains protected status
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (678+ words) The Wray Brook goes through the Wray Valley campsite, near Lustleigh A rare wet woodland has been given protected status after being recognised for its ecological importance. The area in the Wray Valley, near Lustleigh, Devon, was found to contain…...
UK's biggest environmental pollution claim reaches High Court
12+ hour, 54+ min ago (1093+ words) Natural England has described the condition of the River Wye as "declining" One of the UK's largest chicken producers and a water company will be in the High Court on Monday accused of polluting the rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk....
How do you restore Shropshire's wild spaces?
6+ hour, 37+ min ago (1272+ words) Shropshire is home to a number of diverse habitats and rare species A plan to improve a county's wild spaces has been unveiled, aiming to restore habitats and protect wildlife. Under the 2021 Environment Act, every local authority must develop one…...
Charity says invasive weed in River Soar is 'big problem"
7+ hour, 6+ min ago (808+ words) Floating pennywort can grow up to 20cm a day, the Canal and Rivers Trust said A charity which helps look after canals and rivers said the growth of a type of weed in the River Soar was a "big problem". The…...
How climate change threatens the economic backbone of the Pacific
7+ hour, 6+ min ago (1327+ words) Large fishing ships from around the world currently catch tuna in Kiribati's Exclusive Economic Zone The vast Pacific Ocean and the islands dotted within it produce more than half of the world's tuna. Among the islands are 33 scattered across the…...
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17+ hour, 21+ min ago (9+ words) New Zealand drafts in Asian hornet hunters from UK'BBC...
Sotheby's: 17th Century 'supercomputer' once owned by Jaipur royal family heads for auction
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (989+ words) The astrolabe, which was in a private collection for years, will be auctioned at Sotheby's in London A spectacular brass astrolabe - or a hand-held astronomical computer - from the 17th Century, once part of the royal collection of Jaipur city in western…...
New project to protect endangered seabirds in Scarborough
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (531+ words) A new programme to protect one the UK's most endangered seabirds has been announced in Scarborough. The 'Protecting Our Urban Kittiwakes' project is a joint venture between the RSPB and Northern Powergrid. As part of the project, the birds will…...
Weekly round-up: Five stories from the South you may have missed
23+ hour, 13+ min ago (849+ words) The prehistoric "Charmouth Crocodile" was discovered in 2017 by two amateur fossil hunters, Paul Turner and Elizabeth Hingley The discovery of a tooth from a prehistoric crocodile and reaction to a tree that fell across a busy city centre street were…...
'Something flashed across the road' - Scotland's history of big cat sightings
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1784+ words) John Kirk is clear about what he saw while driving into Grantown-on-Spey with his wife on the evening of Friday 17 April. "We were going to pick up the grandchildren from a friend's house," he says. "We came off the roundabout,…...