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As my family will happily tell you, I am a bit of a hypochondriac. At the first sign of any worrying symptom, I think the worst.

At least I have the self-awareness to know it, and to realise that it’s a tendency that extends to other aspects of my li

Crazy paving is back on the rise throughout the UK. There is now a wide range of choice when it comes to choosing crazy pavers, with both purpose made and recycled varieties available. Although purpose made crazy pavers can provide a great finish, fo

In the first eight months of this year the STIHL Group increased turnover by 5.4 percent to EUR 2.408 billion. This growth was fueled by strong unit sales. Had foreign exchange rates remained at the same level as last year, growth would have been as

The fate of London’s proposed garden bridge has been placed in jeopardy after the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, announced a formal inquiry into whether the controversial project is worth the £60m of public money pledged to it.

Dame Margaret Hodge, the La

Waste crime is the “new narcotics” according to the head of the Environment Agency (EA), offering huge profits as the authorities race to catch up with the damage caused to society.

Illegal waste activity costs England £1bn a year and more than 1,000

Unpublished field trials by pesticide manufacturers show their products cause serious harm to honeybees at high levels, leading to calls from senior scientists for the companies to end the secrecy which cloaks much of their research.

The research, co

I miss seeing the back end of a bug.

This summer I sensed a disturbance of some sort. There were hardly any ladybirds, almost no butterflies (only the odd cabbage white) and barely a wasp. Very, very odd.

I noticed early on that the orchard would cro

The Asian hornet’s long-feared arrival on the UK mainland has been confirmed, government scientists have said, with ecologists warning of dire consequences for honeybees if the species is not swiftly eliminated.

The hornets eat honeybees and have bec

JB Friday hacked at a rain-sodden tree with a small axe, splitting open a part of the trunk. The wood was riven with dark stripes, signs of a mysterious disease that has ravaged the US’s only rainforests – and just one of the plagues that are devasta

A £60million factory outlet centre could be open in Ashchurch within three years after being given the green light by the Government.

Developer Robert Hitchins Ltd has been granted outline planning permission by Tewkesbury Borough Council for its pla

Outdoor exercise delivers an estimated £2.2bn of health benefits to adults in England each year, a study suggests.

Scientists calculated that more than eight million people each week took at least 30 minutes of "green exercise".

They hope the results

Wyevale Nurseries has said it has seen a 45% increase in sales year-on-year this month (September, 2016) from the garden design sector.

The company believes the growth in sales from the garden design market is due to more people moving away from DIY

The Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) has announced that the winning students of SALTEX 2016’s new College Cup Competition will be given an opportunity to be volunteer groundsmen for the 2017 FA Cup final pitch preparation at Wembley Stadium.

The SALT

German chemical giant Bayer has agreed to a $66bn (£50bn) deal to buy controversial US agrochemical giant Monsanto and create the world’s largest seeds and pesticides company.

The proposed deal, the biggest corporate takeover deal so far this year, f

Add these interesting black metal 'Ball Finials' to your fencing project, a combination of cap and ball with a Epoxy Black finish will provide a weather proof feather that is maintenance free, they also co-ordinate well with black gate furniture.  Th

More than one in 10 of the UK’s wildlife species are threatened with extinction and the numbers of the nation’s most endangered creatures have plummeted by two-thirds since 1970, according to a major report.

The abundance of all wildlife has also fal

Campaigners have attacked the government for rejecting calls by MPs for greater action on air pollution, as severe pollution episodes were predicted for parts of the UK this week.

MPs warned in April that dangerously high pollution in British cities

Trees have friends, feel loneliness, scream with pain and communicate underground via the “woodwide web”. Some act as parents and good neighbours. Others do more than just throw shade – they’re brutal bullies to rival species. The young ones take ris

The Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) has announced that a new unique feature called Pathology & Science LIVE will be coming to SALTEX 2016, which will be held at the NEC, Birmingham on the 2 and 3 November.

The Pathology & Soil Science LIVE area will

Mike Finney has been announced as the new International Technical Sales Development Manager for ICL’s AmegA Sciences.

Mike, an experienced commercial manager, joins AmegA Sciences from chemical manufacturing corporation BASF - where he played a key ro