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‘An utter disgrace’: 90% of England’s most precious river habitats blighted by raw sewage and farming pollution

Observer investigation reveals the shocking state of the country’s protected freshwater sites of special scientific interest

The Guardian - UK

Scheme to protect hen harriers in England a waste of money, says wildlife group

Wild Justice says government initiative to relocate broods away from grouse moors ‘rewards past crimes’ of illegal killing

The Guardian - UK

To understand the right’s climate backlash, look no further than its monstering of Natural England

MPs and newspapers alike are attacking the public body charged with conserving the English countryside for doing just that, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Prince William to expand Duchy of Cornwall’s temperate rainforest

Duchy hopes to at least double size of Wistman’s Wood, a 3 hectare fragment of ancient woodland, by 2040

The Guardian - UK

Royal estate linked to many deaths and disappearances of protected birds

Cases linked to king’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk include alleged poisoning and shooting of some of UK’s rarest birds of prey

The Guardian - UK

Natural England designates Cornish moorland a nature conservation area

There were shouts of ‘Shame on you!’ at the meeting in St Ives, as critics say decision is ‘disastrous’ for farmers

The Guardian - UK

Teaching a talented dog newt tricks

Springer spaniel Freya first made headlines in 2018 when her skills were deployed to sniff out great crested newts for Wessex Water.

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Blow as environmental schemes around North East are vandalised

Schemes to restore rare wetland habitats have been attacked at Jarrow and Sunderland

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Illegal reintroductions of rare butterflies to UK ‘a risk to other species’

Conservation scientists warn releases of rare or extinct species may spread diseases and harm attempts to save other butterflies

The Guardian - UK

Ministers warned England set to miss wildlife and biodiversity targets

Exclusive: Natural England chair Tony Juniper says government must work quickly to reconcile farming and nature

The Guardian - UK

Fury at fresh badger slaughter as cull widened to stop population bouncing back

Campaigners reacted angrily to the issuing of "supplementary licences" authorising a new killing programme across swathes of the English countryside

Daily Mirror

River Wye health status downgraded due to farming pollution

The Wye has been reclassified from 'unfavourable-improving' to 'unfavourable-declining' by Natural England

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Natural England downgrades River Wye after wildlife decline

The river’s previous status of ‘unfavourable-recovering’ has been updated to ‘unfavourable-declining’

Evening Standard

River Wye health status downgraded by Natural England after wildlife review

River’s condition said to be declining as Wildlife Trusts calls for action from government on farming pollution

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Liverpool Echo

Claims people ripping up 'beautiful' flowers in town's 'culture war'

Others said the claims were "absolute rubbish"

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York groundsel blooms again in Britain’s first-ever de-extinction event

Yellow flower that only grows in York went extinct in 1991 brought back to life by Natural England experts

Liverpool Echo

Controversial Tory MP brands Labour 'absolute disgrace' in 'toxic' beach row

Local Conservative councillors invited MP Lee Anderson to the Wirral seaside town

The Guardian - UK

King Charles and Prince William face fight over taxpayer funds on Dartmoor

More than £13m of subsidies mainly paid to tenants of Duchy of Cornwall have done little to restore nature in national park

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'Civil war' in seaside town after bid made for beach

The debate over the beach has previously been described as “toxic” and like a “civil war”

Wales Online

Farmer who stripped mile of riverbank of trees and bushes is sent back to prison

He drove an 18-tonne tractor along the river bank at the beauty spot

The Independent UK

Farmer jailed for ‘outrageous’ illegal bulldozing of riverbank has term reduced

John Price carried out ‘vandalism of the environment on a grand scale’, a judge told him.

The Independent UK

Real estate company fined for burning peatland in protected area

Dunlin Ltd, owner of Midhope Moor in the Peak District, admitted six charges of burning without a licence.

The Guardian - UK

Collecting ‘gourmet’ eggs from black-headed gulls should be banned, says RSPB

Conservationists say government must stop licensing ‘unsustainable’ harvest of eggs from amber-listed birds

The Guardian - UK

Fears Natural England may lose powers amid row with Dartmoor farmers

Tory MPs call for ministers, not watchdog, to make decisions on sites of special scientific interest

The Independent UK

Millionaire farmer jailed for ‘ecological vandalism’ after attempt to stop home flooding

Millionaire who dredged waterway ordered to pay £655,000 to restore landscape, but experts say it will take decades to re-establish mature trees

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