Decades-long dispute between council and GMB union resurfaces after report shows 140% rise in missed collections The threat, if not explicit, was thinly veiled. Written
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‘Nationally significant’ status granted to reservoirs in East Anglia and Lincolnshire with seven more planned by 2050 The government has ordered the building of two
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A study of Yorkshire’s rivers is helping scientists understand the impact everyday pollutants are having on waterways – and the results are sobering Rivers carry
Read moreNational Trust celebrates 60 years of coastal project Enterprise Neptune
Campaign has raised more than £114m since 1965 to protect sites such as Wembury Point in Devon Wembury Point has a colourful history. During the
Read moreSpecieswatch: freshwater pearl mussel is threatened by disappearing habitat
Once almost hunted to extinction, they need clean, pebbly rivers and a good population of trout and salmon to survive The freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera
Read moreCountry diary: Common milkwort looks light enough to take flight | Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
Bideford, Devon: Once picked for garlands, today this quiet treasure is best left where it is as it becomes scarcer I glimpse a lilac in
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