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A controversial French biologist, whose 2012 paper on the alleged dangers of pesticides was withdrawn, has published new claims that the chemicals were many times more toxic than advertised.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-01-controversial-sc

If you thought it was a bit wet out this past month, well it was as parts of southern England have had their wettest January on record.

The Met Office said that a large area of southern England, from East Devon to Kent and inland across parts of the

A federation aimed at continuing the work started by community gardeners across the UK has been launched.

The Bloom Federation comprises the RHS and 16 regional and national Britain in Bloom groups.

The aim of the federation is to increase the scale

A new site from the HSE shows what employers need to do to protect their staff when they work at height.

It replaces the guidance previously available in the HSE falls microsite.

Website: Work at height

Natural Resources Wales is inviting people to a community drop in event to find out more about the action it is taking to tackle Larch disease, or Phytophthora ramorum, in the Wye Valley.

Last year, the organisation felled approximately 80 hectares o

Of the latest round of job cuts, some 560 are relationship managers working in the commercial banking arm and working with small businesses, which is half of the team in an area that is being closely watched by politicians concerned about the lack of

Oldham Athletic Football Club has signed a three year supply agreement with Sherriff Amenity for all line marking and paint requirements. The agreement sees the Bowcom GMX line marker and Bowgrass Supreme Plus paint used for line marking duties at th

The YoungHort initiative, which has been set up to promote and showcase young people in the industry and also to help encourage more young people to choose a career in horticulture, is to host their first event on Friday 7 March at the RHS Gardens Wi

In London last Friday, research scientists, chemical industry representatives, and journalists gathered for an open discussion session that concluded a three-day summit about the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides on honeybees.

The result was a rich

Milton Keynes based landscaping company, Frosts Landscapes, is at the centre of a row to develop its current headquarters at Wain Close, Wavendon.

MKWeb reports that Frosts has outgrown its current facility and need to increase storage to 20,000 squ

A £200,000 ‘helping hand’ will give young people in Yorkshire the chance to get horticultural training and increase their chance of finding a job.

The Peter Sowerby Foundation has donated £200,000 to the RHS to deliver the three-year programme.

Tradi

With the ground being so wet the idea of turfing is perhaps not high on your agenda it may surprise you to know that we have been selling turf throughout January, the quality of the grass is good for the time of year and the sandy soil on which it is

Gardening students have just one week left to apply for a sponsored scholarship with the David Colegrave Foundation (DCF).

The scheme enables horticultural companies to offer support by way of funding, study tours and work experience.

Among the spons

I have been a member of Landscape Juice for many years now. The last couple I have been very quiet online and during this time I have been helping Phil Voice to try and use the recognition the LJN has to its advantage. This recognition is at best dow

"A study traced 1,000 people living in British cities for five years and found those living in greener surroundings reported less mental distress and higher life satisfaction, even after taking into account income, employment, marital status, physica

EU Member States have voted to withdraw approval for all methiocarb slug pellets, including Draza forte and Decoy Wetex.

The vote means that approvals for all slug bait uses of methiocarb in the EU will be stopped.

Bayer CropScience is the only globa

A collection of jewel-like waxcap mushrooms has been recorded in Northumberland National Park, including one never seen before in England.

Waxcaps are fungi of unimproved grassland that is often rich in moss and grazed by cattle or sheep.

They are in

The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is calling on the government and Forestry Commission England to put control of grey squirrels on a similar level of importance to that of tree diseases.

It is pressing for more research, effective support for woodland