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Wrestling the octopus: the masked gang who fought to save England from urban sprawl

Bludy Beershop, Bill Stickers, Red Biddy: with their unlikely pseudonyms, the members of ‘Ferguson’s Gang’ raised a fortune for the National Trust – and rescued many landmarks from oblivion. But who were they?

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Gardener ‘honoured’ to join gallery of servants at Welsh country house

Glyn Smith is first addition since 1920 to portraits commemorating staff at Erddig in Wrexham

The Guardian - UK

76% of children want to spend more time in nature, new research shows - but parents face these two common barriers

The National Trust has asked children and parents about access to the outdoors, and it's calling on the government to ensure that everyone lives within 15 minutes of a green space.

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The right is as stale as its ‘woke National Trust scones’ gambit

The heritage body’s alleged descent into butter-free wokeness is a storm in an afternoon teacup whipped up by its cultural foes

The Guardian - UK

It’s always margarine for me in scone recipes – butter’s for posh bakers

Letters: Jenny Paton-Williams and Cath Pollard respond to a storm in a teacup over the National Trust’s scones

The Guardian - UK

Dolly covers, Scottish kings and a chocolate surplus – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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Truss-backed PopCon rallies behind comedian Ed Gamble after TfL ban his hotdog ad

The Right-wing group has hit out at the ‘nanny state’ intervention

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National Trust defends vegan scone recipe after ‘wokery’ criticism

Charity says plain and fruit scones have been dairy-free for years, but can be ‘enjoyed with butter or cream’

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Three-quarters of children want more time in nature, says National Trust

Charity publishes survey findings as it calls for youngsters to be no more than a 15-minute walk from green spaces

The Guardian - UK

National Trust is 'going in the wrong direction' and guilty of 'serious flaws', claims former chairman

The former chairman of the National Trust has warned that the organisation is “going in the wrong direction” after a report accused it of “subversion of democracy”.

Evening Standard

Simon Armitage releases spring-themed poetry collection celebrating blossom

Poet laureate produces 10 poems, haiku and a musical EP, working with National Trust as it renews its blossom campaign

The Guardian - UK

Forbidden fungi: why mushrooms have been banished from National Trust menus

The conservation charity will no longer be serving mushrooms at its sites – and it’s all to do with the special powers of peat bogs

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Bees move out while National Trust house in Wales gets new roof

Exclusive: Former owners of Plas yn Rhiw stipulated insects be protected so given temporary home while work takes place

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Seedlings from felled Sycamore Gap tree have sprouted, says National Trust

Cuttings were salvaged from world-famous tree by Hadrian’s Wall after it was cut down last year

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Council says taller EastEnd apartment buildings should be approved

The revised Iris Capital project has faced a public backlash.

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Gardens in England and Wales blooming four weeks early, says National Trust

Early flowering of magnolias, camellias and rhododendrons ‘a sign of how our seasons are shifting’

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Rare Jungle Book painting to go on show at Kipling’s home

The Return of the Buffalo Herd, by teenage prodigies Edward and Charles Detmold, can be seen at Bateman’s after conservation

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More than 100,000 trees to be planted in Devon to boost Celtic rainforest

National Trust says it hopes to establish 50 hectares across three sites close to surviving pockets of rainforest

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The Guardian - UK

If the National Trust can be captured by a fake grassroots group, what public institution is safe?

Restore Trust’s insidious campaign to get its preferred candidates on to the body’s board could set a dangerous precedent

Newcastle Herald

Council, Heritage NSW push back against Iris over demolitions, lost views

The final stages of the EastEnd development have sparked outcry.

Newcastle Herald

'Sad day for Newcastle': City's 'oldest timber building' demolished for units

'The city's heritage has been sacrificed on the altar of profit.'

International Business Times UK

Starmer Calls Out "Desperate" Tory Attacks On British Institutions

Although Conservatives are traditionally protective of British institutions, some Tory MPs have recently broken rank to criticise their work.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer keen to show he is not just ducking fights with the Tories

Labour leader’s latest speech is part of a broader strategy to take on the government

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to defend RNLI and National Trust from ‘desperate’ Tory culture war

Labour leader’s speech will be his most outspoken response to ‘woke’ politics criticisms by Conservatives

Evening Standard

Tiny one-bedroom 'castle' in Morden available to rent from National Trust for £1,600pcm

The one-bedroom property comes with its own ghost and a free National Trust tenant pass

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