Three Dorset farm companies have paid £33,500 to environmental charities after an Environment Agency investigation into their failure to store slurry correctly. Crockway Farms Ltd, Drummers Farming Limited and Crutchley Farms Partnership were found to have failed to follow regulations designed to protect local waterways. In two cases, poorly managed slurry stores led to pollution…
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced a new research and innovation (R&I) challenge: The Home Learning Environment R&I Challenge. UKRI has committed £31.9 million through the R&D Missions Accelerator Programme. Delivered in partnership with the Department for Education, and forming part of the government’s mission to Break Down Barriers to Opportunity. Power of research and innovation…
UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (“CBAM”) On 9 April 2026, HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) published a technical consultation on draft secondary legislation that will come into effect, alongside the introduction of the UK CBAM on 1 January 2027. The CBAM will impose a levy on the greenhouse gas emissions embodied in certain highly traded,…
Date published: 1 May 2026 Foundation Degree and BSc (Hons) Horticulture students from the College of Food, Agriculture and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) recently completed a study tour to France. The tour was focused around Nantes and Angers in the Loire Valley region. The visit provided first-hand experience of ornamental production, research, education, organic food systems,…
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1. Liberation lifts the spirits The single most important thing to come from the first Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference, in Santa Marta, has been a change of mood. Whereas the UN’s annual climate summits, or Cops, can often feel stuck and frustrating, with countries circling the same topics without resolution, nearly every delegate…
An incident at software company PocketOS illustrates just how thin the line is between AI assistance and direct impact on production environments. Within seconds, an entire database was deleted, including all available backups, following an action by an AI coding agent that intervened without explicit instructions. According to founder Jer Crane, the agent was working…
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Birdwatching is the second fastest growing hobby for generation Z after jewellery making, according to a multiyear study of more than 24,000 people. Almost 750,000 gen Zers (16 to 29-year-olds) in Britain regularly enjoy watching birds, a -1,088% increase since 2018, according to research by Fifty5Blue published by the RSPB. Regular birdwatching has been embraced…
