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The Latest Breaking News from Defra

Zac Goldsmith axed as environment minister by Liz Truss

Boris Johnson ally loses brief overseeing animal welfare and will no longer attend cabinet

The Independent UK

Zac Goldsmith loses environment job amid fears of animal welfare downgrade

Exclusive: Liz Truss strips Conservative peer of environment minister post but he is expected to keep Foreign Office role

The Guardian - UK

Zoo evacuated after gibbon escapes just two weeks after bird flu shutdown

Zookeepers "ran around like crazy" trying to rescue the ape which escaped from its enclosure at Paignton Zoo in Devon – which had just reopened after a bird flu outbreak

Daily Mirror

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Will Liz Truss’s government adopt or weaken green policies?

Environmentalists assess cabinet appointments and say it is ‘a mixed bag’ and there is no clear direction

The Guardian - UK

'Big cat' bigger than a 'Dalmatian' spotted on major road metres from cars

The creature was described as having "pointy ears"

Liverpool Echo

‘We just want the truth’: British coastal towns fight for answers over mystery sealife deaths

Question mark over freeport in Tees Valley after ecological disaster puts communities in the north east of England at loggerheads with the government

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s ‘uncontrolled’ sewage dumps may breach Brexit deal, warns EU

Brussels official says UK has ‘non-regression obligation’ to protect waters as part of trade deal

The Independent UK

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New water efficiency label under plans to protect supplies and cut energy bills

The labels could save consumers £125 million on water bills and £147 million on energy bills over 10 years, Defra said.

The Independent UK

Geronimo the alpaca's owner still fighting for answers one year after his death

The animal was culled by vets on August 31 last year after his owner lost a lengthy legal fight to halt the execution - Geronimo had twice tested positive for bovine TB but his owner insisted they were false positives

Bristol Post

Rare wild birds hit by 'unprecedented' avian flu outbreak leads to new DEFRA guidance

DEFRA has offered guidance to land managers, the public and conservation groups to curb the impact of the disease in wild birds

Chronicle Live

Geronimo’s owner continues fight and calls for George Eustice to be sacked

Helen Macdonald wants the new prime minister to sack the Environment Secretary and launch a review into Government policy on bovine TB.

The Independent UK

Bakers to take on major bread brands in sourdough war amid claims 29 high street loaves are fake

The Real Bread Campaign claims some loaves from stores include Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Asda and Morrisons along with several major bakers don't meet ther traditional process

Wales Online

Amateur gardeners will be banned from using peat-based compost in England from 2024

The Government has acted to protect the country's already severely degraded moorlands

Wales Online

Water companies to face ‘strictest targets’ on sewage pollution under new plan

Defra said it is launching the ‘largest infrastructure programme in water company history to crack down on sewage spills and end pollution’.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

New government plan to stop sewage spills branded ‘joke’ and ‘licence to pollute’

‘Weak’ targets won’t stop the dumping, say Labour and Lib Dems

Evening Standard

Best wood burning stoves to get a roaring log fire going

Smarter, greener and cheaper; say hello to the new wave of wood-burning stoves

Daily Mirror

Bathers banned from swimming at popular British beaches due to pollution risk

Safer Seas Service's interactive map states that reduced water quality is being reported at several beaches across the North East and bathers are being told not to swim there

Bristol Post

Surfers Against Sewage warn of storm discharges into rivers in Bristol and Bath

It's a blow for wildlife and wild swimmers

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The Guardian - UK

Holy Island vicar leads fight against fishing ban that would ‘rip the heart out of Lindisfarne’

Defra’s proposal for highly protected marine area off the coast of Northumberland could displace fishers, islanders warn

The Independent UK

Defra rules relaxed in heatwave so farmers can feed livestock

The temporary changes mean farmers can relax the guidelines in their agri-environment scheme agreements and make it easier to feed animals.

Chronicle Live

Holy Island will die' - Stark warning over government's proposed fishing ban

Defra is proposing to make the waters around the island a protected area that would see all fishing banned

Wales Online

Supermarkets ration bottled water as drought leads shoppers to panic buy

One Aldi store had put up warning notices to customers limiting them to five single bottles of water each

The Guardian - UK

Calls to ban gamebird release to avoid ‘catastrophic’ avian flu outbreak

RSPB warns of risk to UK wild bird population this winter from 1 October release of captive-bred birds

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Digging for worms, and other post-Brexit jobs for a farmer

Tebay, Cumbria: My sheep and fell ponies provide a little reassurance when everything else seems to be changing

Daily Mirror

Government reveals major tree planting project in bid to fight climate change

Officials hope to plant at least 2,300 hectares of trees – equivalent to around 3,220 football pitches this year. The Tories pledged to plant 30 million trees per year, or 30,000 annually, between 2020 and 2025, in its 2019 manifesto.

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