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Sewage spills at a record high
New figures reveal nearly half a million spills in 2023 – a rise of 58 per cent on the previous year
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Waitrose adds ‘Best of British’ section to website amid farmers’ protests
Supermarket joins Co-op and Morrisons who have also included the tab in their online shop following calls from MPs to buy UK-grown produce
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‘Disturbing’ evidence of rural racism, says Countryfile’s John Craven
Presenter of BBC show cites two-year survey at Leicester University, which he hopes will promote inclusion in countryside
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Children set grown-ups tasks to be allowed into their Chelsea garden
‘No Adults Allowed’ space at the popular horticultural event is intended to make it more welcoming for younger visitors
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Rishi Sunak announces new gas power stations to ease risk of blackouts
UK to build extra energy infrastructure despite PM’s earlier pledge to phase out fossil fuels to achieve net zero target
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Thames Water declines to support new fund tackling sewage spills
The country’s biggest water company is understood to have told officials it was unable to offer more funding because of its debt pile
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Young people ‘twice as likely to oppose new onshore wind farms’
New polling confounds stereotypes of older people as Nimbys opposed to renewable development compared to younger eco-minded generations
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Council unaware company they owned was about to fell historic English Riviera palms
Torbay said a ‘catalogue of errors’ led to cutting down of trees loved by tourists and residents for more than 50 years
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Norfolk Broads cruises under threat as rising water levels make bridge a tight squeeze
Boat operators say space under stone bridge in Potter Heigham is now too small for all but the lowest boats to pass through
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Part of felled Sycamore Gap tree to go on display
Its largest section will be put on public view close to the site and some timber will be given to artists for commemorative works
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Developers bulldoze wildlife spot that inspired the Railway Children
Local residents of Lewisham alarmed by removal of trees fear nature reserve will be left uninhabitable for protected species
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‘Save farming’s future. Save mine’: Harper, four, backs Welsh dairy farmer parents’ battle
Fury at Welsh Government plans to cut subsidies for those refusing to dedicate 20pc of their land to woodland and wildlife
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Using biomass to reach net zero could be a waste of taxpayer money
It is time for the Government to put the brakes on yet more massive subsidies for burning wood, says Tory MP
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Take the children to Kew not the playground this summer
Botanical collections reduce air temperature by as much as 5C, making them wiser option than parks during hot weather
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UK withdraws from investment treaty that put net zero under threat
Climate activists hail decision to leave international Energy Charter Treaty though critics say it could harm UK renewable sector
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