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The last few days have seen some crisp wintry days and nights with the coldest temperatures of the year so far.

Cromdale in Moray, Scotland, saw -9.0C in the early hours of 27 December, and England, Wales and Northern Ireland also saw their lowest t

Following recent positive reports about red squirrels in the north of England, the National Trust revisits the story of the red squirrels at Formby. Countryside manager Andrew Brockbank charts a challenging few years for the red squirrels on this str

This is a scenario that occurs more often than you may think!

Perhaps the property you are moving into has been empty for a while, or the grass has just 'got on top of you'?

Now its several inches (or feet!) above where you want it - what's the best op

The trees in question are mountain ash, the tallest flowering trees in the world. They are not quite the tallest trees of any kind: that record belongs to the coast redwoods of the western US. But that might be because things have been skewed against

Here at Essex Artificial Grass we have established ourselves as a leading artificial grass installation company operating throughout Essex and the surrounding areas. 

We appreciate that some people still have reservations regarding artificial grass an

A 20-year-old man died on his first day at work for a new company when the four-tonne dumper he was driving toppled over a bank and crushed him.

Daniel Whiston, from Dulverton, was allowed to drive the dumper, which had a number of serious defects, b

The areas of vegetation growing alongside the transport network, known as “green corridors”, are to be enhanced as part of a £3 million pilot project drawing together Natural England, the Highways Agency, Network Rail and Nature Improvement Area (NIA

The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year. It occurs when the sun's daily maximum height in the sky is at its lowest, and the North Pole is tilted furthest away from the sun. This results in the least number of daylight hours and the longes

Further Council cuts will severely damage many parks says the Parks Alliance.

“Yesterday’s announcement of further Council cuts will severely damage the quality of public parks across England and Wales” says Mark Camley, Chair of The Parks Alliance,

Folkestone’s Triennial Festival this year had an exciting addition; the opening ceremony for Payers Park, a £1.35m development recently completed by Ground Control.

The 30 week design and build included piling works, in-situ concrete walls and struc

Infrasound may have alerted warblers to the massive storm, prompting them to fly more than a thousand kilometres to avoid it.

A group of songbirds may have avoided a devastating storm by fleeing their US breeding grounds after detecting telltale infr

Black truffle (Tuber melanosporum) contains a “bliss molecule” similar to the substance that gives cannabis its psychoactive properties.

"Maccarrone believes truffles use it to attract animals to eat their fruiting bodies, so that their spores are sp

Based within Weston Business Quarter, 'The Hive' is an exciting new business enterprise hub which aims to provide the best resources for business advice and support. The purpose of this new initiative is to help local businesses thrive and grow and b

The co-owner of a sporting and farming estate in the North Yorkshire national park has been prosecuted after a 79-year-old occasional worker died in an overturned all-terrain vehicle on remote moorland.

Retired businessman James Gaffney was driving t

The Eden Project has announced that it will offer degree courses for the first time delivered in partnership with the Cornwall College Group and awarded by Plymouth University.

From September 2015, students on a range of courses including horticultur

The world's oldest water, which is locked deep within the Earth's crust, is present at a far greater volume than was thought, scientists report.

The liquid, some of which is billions of years old, is found many kilometres beneath the ground.

Research