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Heatwaves hit the Sunday roast: why the RHS says cauliflower is off the menu

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:00:32 +0000

Charity urges gardeners in England to swap thirsty brassicas for drought-tolerant crops

They are an integral part of the British Sunday roast – but cauliflowers are now going to be off the menu, according to the Royal Horticultural Society.

England’s climate has changed so much that the RHS is now recommending that gardeners exclude the brassicas from their vegetable patches.

Steve Jones on the pros and cons of AI datacentres – cartoon

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:31 +0000

Artist delights in beautiful ‘mess’ and dead trees of England’s rewilding sites

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 05:00:24 +0000

Rebecca Howard spent two years visiting projects and painting landscapes that feature in West Sussex exhibition

Rewilding areas do not usually conform to traditional notions of beauty in England’s green and pleasant land. Detractors may bewail the beaver-felled trees, untidy scrub, deadwood, weeds, mud and “mess”.

But a new exhibition highlights the aesthetic delights that can be discovered on rewilding sites where fungi grows on dying trees, water buffalo gather in new wetlands and brown-watered beaver pools flood once-desiccated fields.

North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelection

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:50:25 +0000

Greens accuse Labour of hiding position to avoid criticism before contest, in which Zack Polanski is standing

A decision on approving the controversial Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea is to be delayed until later this autumn, with the Greens accusing Labour of hiding their position before the crucial Holborn and St Pancras byelection.

Labor ditches new packaging laws to cut plastic waste, sparking unprecedented ‘scale and breadth of outrage’

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:00:08 +0000

Federal environment department tells industry representatives the government does not want to ‘exacerbate cost of living pressures’

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UK chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:37:01 +0000

Businesses, charities and other groups sign letter calling for levies to be paid by the government

More than 120 organisations including big businesses and charities have called for the removal of “hidden taxes” added to energy bills to help reduce costs for consumers and prevent businesses closing.

One in nine migratory birds threatened with extinction, global report says

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:00:03 +0000

Findings on decline of species such as Arctic tern and turtle dove published alongside flyways pledge at Kenya summit

One in nine migratory birds are threatened with extinction and 45% of migratory species such as cuckoos, turtle doves and Arctic terns are in decline, according to a global report.

Week in wildlife: a sea turtle hatchling, baby orangutans and flying ibises

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:00:03 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Homes for sale in a national park in England – in pictures

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:00:03 +0000

From an energy-efficient bungalow in the South Downs to an historic chapel in Northumberland

Iceland to submit bill that could ban whaling in its waters

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000

The country is one of just three that still permits commercial whaling, while its government has faced mounting pressure to ban the practice

Iceland will submit a bill in February 2027 which could permanently ban whaling in its waters, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries to permit commercial whaling.