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Fears Natural England may lose powers amid row with Dartmoor farmers

Tory MPs call for ministers, not watchdog, to make decisions on sites of special scientific interest

The Guardian - UK

Millionaire farmer jailed for ‘ecological vandalism’ after attempt to stop home flooding

Millionaire who dredged waterway ordered to pay £655,000 to restore landscape, but experts say it will take decades to re-establish mature trees

The Independent UK

Farmer jailed and ordered to pay £1.2MILLION as builders to rip up trees along river

The 68-year-old claimed he bulldozed the trees along the river to protect homes from flooding - while National England said it led to a 'devastating' effect on local wildlife

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Farmer jailed for 12 months for damaging Herefordshire river

John Price jailed after admitting ‘wanton’ destruction of one of UK’s most unspoiled rivers

The Guardian - UK

Farmer jailed and ordered to pay £1.2MILLION after builders to rip up trees by river

John Price, 68, claimed he bulldozed the trees along the River Lugg near Leominster, Herefordshire, to protect homes from flooding - while National England said it led to a 'devastating' effect on local wildlife

Daily Mirror

Norfolk dual carriageway plan would ‘wreck’ rare bat colony, experts say

‘Exceptional’ super-colony of endangered barbastelles found in path of proposed road near Norwich

The Guardian - UK

Why Britain's loudest bird is booming after decades of decline

The Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a reclusive bird belonging to the heron family. Close to the size of a chicken, bitterns are a mix of golden-brown mottled with delicate black and tan. With long, green legs and large feet, these birds are adapted for skulking through reedbeds – the…

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Tory MPs and farmers in clash with Natural England over Dartmoor sheep

Move to stop overgrazing harming bird habitats would ‘destroy ancient tradition’ and harm business, say MPs

The Guardian - UK

50 beavers living secretly on the Bristol Avon, stunned researchers discover

Until 2020, they were thought to have been extinct for almost 500 years

Bristol Post

Ministers ‘ignored’ own adviser over weak targets for restoring English nature

Government accused of hypocrisy for pushing global target but not following Natural England’s advice at home

The Guardian - UK

Plantwatch: rare species flourish in Swanscombe wasteland

Area in Kent has more threatened species than any other brownfield site in UK – but its future is at risk

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a special place’: Somerset Levels star in new David Attenborough series

Wild Isles reveals places such as Ham Hall RSPB reserve are as rich and diverse an ecosystem as Serengeti, says BBC

The Guardian - UK

Former Tory minister who tried to sell off forests is given Natural England role

Exclusive: Appointment of Dame Caroline Spelman to nature watchdog’s board sparks cronyism allegations

The Guardian - UK

England’s new housing supply likely to fall to lowest level in decades, study says

Home Builders Federation warns planning policy changes will result in government meeting less than half its annual target

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The Independent UK

Charles co-writes Ladybird Book of Climate Change

The King is a life-long champion of the environment and the new children’s book is a re-writing of his 2017 climate change book aimed at adults.

Wales Online

Families battle to save 'paradise' caravan spot from closure after being banned for more than a year

They have been unable to access their caravans overnight for over a year

Liverpool Echo

Families banned from 'paradise' beauty spot loved by generations

"I'm devastated that it's gone on for this long. It should never have come to this."

Chronicle Live

25-foot steel goat installed in remote Northumberland countryside

The sculpture by father-and-daughter team Stephen Lunn and Ashlee Donaldson is part of the Revitalising Redesdale scheme

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The Guardian - UK

Thérèse Coffey admits UK can’t achieve air pollution target advised by experts

Environment secretary sets lower 10-year objective for cleaner air but researchers say their goal is reachable with stronger action

The Independent UK

Developers ‘clearing wildlife habitats without approval to win planning permission’

Exclusive: ‘It’s hideous in a biodiversity crisis, but these are the forces we’re up against,’ say householders

The Guardian - UK

Dartmoor landowner who won wild camping ban may be putting rare beetle at risk

Exclusive: Alexander Darwall, who said he brought case to improve conservation, is releasing pheasants near protected woodland

Bristol Post

Boost for Stoke Park wildlife as major restoration project launched

Three overgrown ponds will soon become 'thriving oases for wildlife' under new plans

Evening Standard

London Resort boss quits as project scaled back over nature concerns

Former Millennium Dome chief PY Gerbeau steps down from his full time role from the troubled project

Liverpool Echo

Disabled woman doesn't 'feel safe' walking on beach at centre of 'civil war'

Charlotte Smith has long had ties to Hoylake beach volunteering to help her dad with the RNLI in the 1980s

The Guardian - UK

Lizard Downs in Cornwall protected for public use after 140 years

Open Spaces Society secures re-registration of 116 hectares of ‘splendid’ moorland’ for common use

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