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NETWORK Rail have halted their plans to carry out a mass tree felling operation along Formby railway line after failing to consult residents on the proposals.

As reported in the Champion last week (September 24) residents living along College Avenue

Populations of toxic oak processionary moth (OPM) ‘exploded’ this summer despite control efforts, spreading from west London to as far as Stratford’s Olympic Park.

Children at a school have been affected and arborists at Kew Gardens have developed ra

Early Met Office figures show this is set to be the driest September across the UK since records began in 1910, with exceptionally low rainfall for many parts of the country.

It is also likely to finish in the top five warmest, with UK mean temperatu

The number of wild animals on Earth has halved in the past 40 years, according to a new analysis. Creatures across land, rivers and the seas are being decimated as humans kill them for food in unsustainable numbers, while polluting or destroying thei

New employment rights are set to come into force from October 1, 2014, that allow staff the chance to take time off work to accompany a pregnant woman to an ante-natal appointment.

Government guidance explains how an employee who has a qualifying rel

British consumers face another three years of squeezed spending, an influential report suggests, amounting to a "lost decade" for households.

Annual wage growth is likely to remain well below the 4.5%-to-5% rises seen before the financial crisis stru

The award-winning ‘Hope on the Horizon’ garden, designed by Matthew Keightley, of Maidenhead-based landscaping firm Farr and Roberts’, has been moved to a Help for Heroes Recovery Centre in Colchester where it will help servicemen, women and Veterans

The recent announcement that SALTEX (Sports Amenities Landscaping Trade Exhibition) will be moving from Windsor to the NEC Birmingham, has been met with enthusiastic support from both exhibitors and visitors. The new look SALTEX will take place on 4

More than £1 million has been awarded to a project to preserve and protect the unique landscape and heritage of the Lower Severn Vale Levels between Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston in Bristol.

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced that a partne

The industry group behind the Horticulture Matters report has published an update following the launch of the project last year.

Backed by groups such as the RHS, the Chartered Institute of Horticulture and Lantra, the updated report highlights some

Sherriff Amenity is pleased to announce the appointment of new amenity specialist Craig Spooner, who will be responsible for covering the East Anglian area for the company. Craig joins from Limagrain, the largest seed company in Europe.

With an impres

Following trials held by FIFA on synthetic surface maintenance equipment, Alan Ferguson, Head of Grounds and Estate at St George’s Park - the FA’s National Football Centre, has chosen a SISIS Osca tractor mounted oscillating brush for use on their in

Etesia UK has announced a special offer which will enable anyone to trade in their old petrol machine which can be used as a cash discount on a brand new Pellenc battery-powered model.

This special offer will allow you to swap your old petrol chainsaw

An un-audited count of visitors to the IoG Saltex event found that 7,485 individuals visited the show.

Hort Week reports that the number is down on last year, but is up on 2012 when the show saw 6,441 visitors.

The IoG Saltex show announced a few wee

Around five football fields of tropical forest have been illegally cleared every minute between 2000 and 2012 according to a new report.

The authors say that consumer demand in Europe and the US for beef, leather and timber is driving these losses.

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