From early birds to emerging butterflies: UK shows signs of earliest spring on record | Spring

Bluebells are flowering, swallows are returning and orange-tip butterflies are flying in what could become Britain’s earliest recorded spring. Records for early spring occurrences are being smashed as 2026 looks to be the earliest this century for frogspawn laying, blackbirds nesting, brimstone butterflies emerging and hazel flowering, according to Nature’s Calendar, which has logged citizen…

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Bradford East Locality Plan progress detailed by council

The progress comes as part of Bradford East’s Locality Plan, launched in November 2022 under the Strengthening Locality Working programme to support community development and wellbeing across the district’s five constituency areas. Noreen Akhtar, assistant director of the Department of Environment at Bradford Council, said: “This update shows how busy, productive and fruitful 2025 was…

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Sydney councils fear new datacentres could cause blackouts, block housing and affect locals’ health | Sydney

Datacentre developments are crowding out opportunities for housing and job-rich industries across Sydney, a New South Wales inquiry has heard, with one local council reporting a rise in blackouts linked to the industry’s expansion. Several Sydney councils, all facing an influx of datacentre developments, have raised concerns about the health, environmental and amenity impacts on…

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