The Latest Breaking News from Paul Powlesland

River Roding, London: A previously neglected scrap of land has been transformed for nature. I visit to immerse myself in the botanical throng

On the banks of the River Roding, authors explain how they are putting the concept of ‘wild service’ into practice

Scores of trees destroyed in hours on Tuesday despite petition signed by 16,000 people

The council are employing 24/7 security guards at the plane tree

The unloved waterway that winds its way to the Thames has a staunch defender. Paul Powlesland has spent five years calling out polluters and keeping footpaths open – sometimes with the law, mostly with his bare hands

Anti-royalists are facing fines and jail sentences for disrupting ceremonial events

LONDON — The scale is epic: potentially millions of people thronging the streets, more than 100 foreign dignitaries and their staffs streaming in from around the world, hundreds of domestic and international government agencies coordinating logistics, large swaths of roads and transportation networks closed or gridlocked.

A crackdown on protesters holding "Not my King" and "Abolish the monarchy" signs in the UK sparks a series of new demonstrations, amid fears freedom of expression is being squashed in the wake of the Queen's death.

Multiple people have been arrested for anti-monarchy protests during the national mourning period