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HERE is a quick look over some recent headlines.

Revealed: how UK water companies are polluting Britain's rivers and beaches
Utilities face 'pitiful' fines despite huge profits, with sewage spills cited as causing particular distress

Allotments open

Opened in 1863, the Temperate House is the largest surviving Victorian glasshouse in the world. From today, Kew is undertaking a vital five year restoration project, costing £34.3 million.

The project will restore the Temperate House and its surroun

From the BBC

Special paving stones will be laid in the home towns of every UK soldier awarded the Victoria Cross as part of 2014's World War I centenary events.

The specially-commissioned stones will be given to councils in the areas where the VC rec

The Woodland Trust and National Trust have joined forces for the first time in their histories to purchase and restore 825 acres of ancient woodland on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon.

The project will transform the northern fringes of this National Pa

Npower Championship football club, Leeds United, has purchased two Dennis G860 34” professional cylinder mowers, complete with a range of interchangeable cassettes, to help maintain the Elland Road pitch.

Head Groundsman Kiel Barrett explained that th

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National grounds management company Glendale has confirmed its commitment to quality by recently purchasing a range of 60 Etesia Pro 46 models, increasing their fleet to around 300 Etesia machines.

“The deal with Etesia underlines our commitment to us

If you are set to renew your driving licence soon then be aware that when applying online you make sure you use the official GOV.UK site.

DVLA has been made aware of websites offering a check and send service for driving licence applications.

These

Your votes have been counted and verified, and we can now reveal that the winner of our poll to choose a national species for Britain is… the hedgehog.

The prickly insectivore with a prodigious appetite for caterpillars, beetles, slugs and snails (no

Complete Weed Control has announced that the company is set to make the Weed-IT technology available for councils and contractors in the UK and Ireland for the first time. The company will also be looking to appoint suitable dealers to service the re

Tree health authorities are appealing to the public to be on the alert during August and September for two species of beetle which could damage a wide range of trees and shrubs if they became established in the United Kingdom.

Eradication action take

Here is a look over some of the headlines from the past few days.

Rural Irish defy EU restrictions on turf-cutting
Ireland's remote boglands have become the unlikely battleground for a campaign of open defiance against Irish and European law.

Gardens

Scientists from the University of Stirling and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee have released a research paper which details the impact the great drought of 1976 had on trees in Great Britain.

1976 was also the year which saw plagues of ladybi

An ambitious community project in Sheffield, designed to give a primary school’s courtyard a much needed makeover, has been made possible with the assistance of Brett Landscaping.

Pipworth Community Primary School is located in one of the most disadv

Grassland butterflies have declined dramatically between 1990 and 2011. This has been caused by intensifying agriculture and a failure to properly manage grassland ecosystems, according to a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA).

The fall

Next time you give the garden spade an extra shove, listen out for the odd metallic thud.

Because, retired gardener Anthony Lawrence, from Worplesdon, Surrey, was doing just that when he dug up a live grenade.

The Get Surrey website reports on how An

Imports of sweet chestnut trees from areas affected by a fungal blight will be banned, the environment secretary, Owen Paterson, has said.

Owen Paterson has moved quickly after announcing the launch of a six week consultation on banning the import of

Sherriff Amenity, one of the leading turf care and sports equipment suppliers in the UK, is pleased to announce a 100% pass rate for greenkeepers and other turf professionals for the BASIS Foundation Award in Amenity and Horticulture, which raises th

The owner of Yellow Pages is set to hand control of the company to its creditors this week after buckling under the weight of a £2.3bn debt pile.

More on the Sunday Times website.

The earliest (medieval) glass was made using a flux obtained from the ash of woodland plants (especially bracken). Late in the 16th century, French glassmakers came to England and their glass has a higher calcium content which probably reflects the