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Bird flu: China records first case of human infection with strain in four-year-old boy

A four-year-old boy from central Henan province was found to have been infected with the variant after developing a fever and other symptoms following contact with chickens and crows at home

Daily Mirror

Farming push to delay eco-friendly subsidies risks net-zero target – report

Farming union NFU wants two-year delay but Green Alliance says move would keep emissions high beyond 2035

The Guardian - UK

Woman must pay £3,000 to get her rescue dog back after it was seized

Sarah-Louise Heslop's dog Bailey is a rescue dog brought over from Ukraine by an animal charity

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Woman needs to pay £3,000 to have her dog returned home

Sarah-Louise Heslop brought Bailey over from the heavily-bombed city of Lviv through an animal charity

Liverpool Echo

Kharkiv family races to get six newborn puppies out of Ukraine

Family hopes to find a way to safely evacuate the puppies to loving homes in the UK or elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

How to turn England’s rivers from filthy sewers into shining streams

Community groups are starting to take matters into their own hands, says environmental journalist Rachel Salvidge

The Guardian - UK

Climate activists arrested in protest over oil links to factory farming

‘Farming in this way is incredibly oil-intensive and inefficient, contributing to the climate and ecological crises,’ say protesters

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Just Stop Oil activists arrested after clambering on tanker and bringing chaos to the M4

Just Stop Oil activists have been arrested after being plucked from the top of an oil tanker, causing chaos for commuters coming into London on the M4.

Evening Standard

Couple distraught after puppy rescued from Ukraine seized by government vets for 4 months

Ukraine-born puppy Maggie Moo was seized by government vets along with 18 other dogs after a third party forged blood sample results, leaving owners Adam Felman, 32, and Jackie Harper Felman, 32, from Sussex, absolutely devastated

Daily Mirror

Top Tory Ben Goldsmith faces calls to resign after backing Extinction Rebellion protests

Tory MPs were furious that the Defra board member, the brother of government minister Zac Goldsmith, said the activists were right to do 'whatever it takes'

Daily Mirror

Tory MPs criticise Ben Goldsmith over praise for Extinction Rebellion

Chair of Conservative Environment Network faces calls to resign after tweeting support for Just Stop Oil protests

The Guardian - UK

Call for ‘urgent’ four-nations talks on impact of Ukraine war on food security

Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon has written to her UK counterpart on the issue.

The Independent UK

British Motorcyclists Federation Wants Your Help To Protect Green Laning

British riders who enjoy off-road countryside riding, also known as green laning, may want to speak up because the practice is currently in danger.

RideApart

Extinction fears for badgers in England after latest cull figures

More than 30,000 were killed last autumn

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Pretty River Wharfe swimming spot contaminated by dirty water from people's waste pipes

Investigation traces pollution in River Wharfe - UK's first designated inland bathing water - to misconnected waste water pipes

The Guardian - UK

Defra to hold crisis meeting to tackle impact of fertiliser costs on food prices

Knock-on effect of rising gas prices, exacerbated by war in Ukraine, adding to cost of living crisis in UK

The Independent UK

DWP to promote Brexit ‘career opportunities’ in fruit picking to stop food rotting in fields again

Produce has gone unpicked after EU migrant workers stayed away

Daily Mirror

Brits with health conditions told to stay indoors as rise in pollution puts them at risk

Advice issued by DEFRA suggests adults and children with lung problems, and adults with heart problems, should 'reduce strenuous physical exertion, particularly outdoors'

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Liverpool Echo

Warning over 'high pollution levels' across Merseyside with thick haze in air

Defra has issued health advice recommending people with heart and lung problems to reduce physical exertion.

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian refugees could face months of separation from pets under UK rules

Difficulties in obtaining blood tests and paperwork when fleeing war mean some animals could spend four months in quarantine

Edinburgh Live

Bird Flu: The reason you can't find free range eggs in UK supermarkets

There have been confirmed cases of bird flu in Scotland and across the UK. As a result, free-range eggs have been removed from the shelves and shops will no longer be allowed to sell them. Here's what you need to know and which areas in Scotland have been affected.

Wales Online

Eggs have not been free-range since November but now packaging makes that clear

People buying free-range eggs across the UK have actually been buying eggs from chickens kept in barns since November, DEFRA says. An outbreak of avian flu means all birds have had to be kept indoors since the end of last year. DEFRA says there is n

The Guardian - UK

Outcry prompts U-turn over killing wild birds to protect game birds in England

Government backs down from guidance that would have allowed birds such as crows to be shot

The Independent UK

Government did not sufficiently consider if tree-planting targets are realistic, watchdog says

‘It is not expecting to achieve the amount of new tree-planting in 2021-22 that it set out to,’ head of National Audit Office says

Wales Online

Illegal dog breeder who allowed puppy’s ears to be cut off must pay back more than £100k

Michael Dawson was fined after a search warrant was executed by Defra who found illegal veterinary medicines

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