Dog owners to face unlimited fines if their pets attack livestock under new law
Police will have new powers to seize and detain dogs that have attacked or chased farm animals.
Higgs Boson breakthrough was UK triumph, but British physics faces ‘catastrophic’ cuts
Britain is preparing to cancel its contribution to one of the Large Hadron Collider’s next major upgrades.
Discussion over the future of Sark launched
Islanders are being urged to share their ideas on what matters most for them and their home.
Quantum computing and AI to get £2.5bn to stop UK tech ‘drifting abroad’, Reeves vows
The chancellor tells the BBC she wants the “pattern to end” while also pledging closer ties with the EU.
‘Goatsucker’ bird makes ‘remarkable comeback’
An ecological survey has found 109 nightjar territories in the lowland heaths of east Hampshire.
Farmers ‘hammered’ by fertiliser and fuel rises
Andrew Williamson, who farms near Bridgnorth, says he is concerned how the Iran war is affecting prices.
Funding for green community initiatives
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council says projects can receive up to £5.000.
Major hedgerow restoration project begins on farm
The restored hedgerows will boost wildlife and help farm productivity, says the National Trust.
Officials could gain police-style powers to tackle fly-tippers
The move would allow officers to search premises without a warrant, seize assets and arrest those suspected of criminality.
Former dairy farm could become peat research centre
Honeygar Farm is one of the few areas in the UK that still holds deep lowland peatland.