The first signs of spring shine through the shadow of Haytor Rocks, a granite guard of Dartmoor’s natural secrets. The sun’s heat warms the granite, the first bumblebees thrum over the gorse. After months of mizzly rain, it was freeing to be out on the moor again. The trees were awakening, early emergers blackthorn and…
36 homes would be ‘affordable’ Daniel Mumby and Local Democracy Reporter 06:05, 29 Mar 2026 Proposed site of 120 homes on Lascot Hill in Wedmore(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) A planned development of 120 homes in a scenic Somerset village will not have a “significant effect” on the local environment, Somerset Council has ruled. Cavanna…
This comes alongside a warning to residents using dodgy ‘cheaper than a skip’ waste disposal service, whose operators may be ‘linked to organised crime groups’. Police say by using these illegal services, residents could be helping drugs reach their communities, and funding the theft of plant, tools, and farm machinery. These services often advertise on…
This comes alongside a warning to residents using dodgy ‘cheaper than a skip’ waste disposal service, whose operators may be ‘linked to organised crime groups’. Police say by using these illegal services, residents could be helping drugs reach their communities, and funding the theft of plant, tools, and farm machinery. These services often advertise on…
This comes alongside a warning to residents using dodgy ‘cheaper than a skip’ waste disposal service, whose operators may be ‘linked to organised crime groups’. Police say by using these illegal services, residents could be helping drugs reach their communities, and funding the theft of plant, tools, and farm machinery. These services often advertise on…
The lowest place on Earth at 427m below sea level – a sea below the sea. And water that is roughly one third salt, a salinity 10 times that of almost any ocean. That’s the Dead Sea, a place to which tourists flock, and not just for the inevitable pictures of them reading a book. The…
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) was featured on Mad Money as Jim Cramer shared his take on the stock amid a sliding macro environment. Inquiring about the stock, a caller mentioned that they think it will go higher. Cramer replied: Yes, yes… because they picked, they’re trying to expand really well in food, and they picked…
Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire resort is the only one of Scotland’s top golf venues confirmed to have broken environmental rules in recent years, The Ferret has found. Trump International on the Menie estate in the north east has touted its “first class” approach to the environment and described a second 18-hole course built there last year…
Global landmarks including the Eiffel Tower in Paris and Sagrada Família Basilica in Barcelona switched off their lights for an hour at 20:30 local time on Saturday night to mark Earth Hour. The global event, organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature, takes place every year to raise environmental awareness. It aims to encourage…
Coverage of the Lords Environment and Climate Change select committee session on waste crime, from Wednesday 18 March. Source link
