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(FILE PHOTO) Supporters of the climate group Just Stop Oil UK have announced after three years of protests, they are ending their campaign of civil resistance with until a final protest in Parliament Square on 26 April,2025. LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 29: Protestors wearing head cages pose outside the Royal Courts of Justice during a protest by environmental campaign group "Just Stop Oil" on January 29, 2025 in London, England. The unprecedented mass hearing by the UK Court of Appeal will consider the convictions of sixteen Just Stop Oil (JSO) campaigners who have been jailed for climate protest actions in four separate cases, resulting in combined prison sentences of over 41 years. The UK has been criticized by human rights watchdogs over it's increasing crackdown and criminalization of climate activism. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Is Just Stop Oil actually over - or is something more extreme on the horizon?

UK 12 hours ago By Danny Rigg

Australian politician waves a salmon

Why on earth has an Australian MP just whapped out a salmon in parliament?

World 7 days ago By Katie Boyden

Mary Creagh & Safia Gilder Hodgson Forest of Avon Trust looking at Western Forest map. The first new national forest in more than 30 years is to be created - with 20 million trees. Release date ??? March 21, 2025. The huge forest will stretch from the Cotswolds to the Mendips, the Government announced today. It will span Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and West of England - Bristol, Bath & NE Somerset, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. In its first five years, the new national forest will plant at least 2,500 hectares of new woodland and other tree habitats, with 20 million trees to be planted by 2050. As part of the Government???s Plan for Change, the forest will support its net zero commitments and is an important step in achieving Government???s manifesto commitment to build three new National Forests this parliament. The Western Forest will deliver landscape-scale change and real green investment in people and nature across three regions (Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and the West of England). Serving over 2.5 million people, the new forest will bring a collaborative approach to nature recovery, working with landowners, businesses and local communities to make it happen.

UK to plant 20,000,000 trees to create first new national forest in 30 years

UK March 21, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Bel?m.

Acres of Amazon rainforest trees cut down to build road for climate summit

World March 13, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

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What impact will the oil tanker explosion have on the environment?

UK March 12, 2025 By Ben Lynch

**ONLINE EMBARGO 12.00 GMT, MARCH 4, 2025** An Asian hornet dismembering a honey bee. Release date ??? March 4, 2025. Hungry Asian hornets are devouring more than 1,400 different native species across Britain and Europe, reveals new research. Scientists found evidence of hundreds of different types of prey - including bees, wasps, flies, beetles, butterflies, moths and spiders - in the guts of the voracious invasive species. They say their findings, published in the journal Science of The Total Environment, highlights the "threat" posed by Asian hornets to bees and other native British insects. University of Exeter researchers tested Asian hornet samples from France, Spain, Jersey and the UK throughout the hornet???s active season. Although the European honey bee was the most common species found in the hornets ??? appearing in all sampled nests and almost all larvae within those nests ??? the research team found their diet is a lot broader. Asian hornets are now found in much of western Europe.

Invasive hornets gobble up hundreds of insects including butterflies and bees

Tech March 4, 2025 By Jen Mills

Alan Carr hugging Amanda Holden in a sunny Spanish city in BBC show Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job

TV fans fume over Amanda Holden and Alan Carr taking 28 flights for BBC show

TV February 21, 2025 By Ruth Lawes

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock (15155585f) An aerial drone photo shows the flooded rural area in Hart County, Kentucky, the United States, Feb. 16, 2025. Flood and storms induced by the latest round of harsh weather have lashed the mideastern parts of the United States, claiming at least nine lives, including eight in Kentucky, Governor Andy Beshear said Sunday. Photoflash | 9 Dead as Severe Flooding, Storms Pummel Mideast u.s. - 16 Feb 2025

Thousands braced for snowstorm days after devastating floods killed 14 people

US February 19, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

From bacteria to beanless chocolate: What will we be eating by 2050?

Tech February 15, 2025 By Jen Mills

A firefighter's car sits in the ocean after being washed away in a mudslide off the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole

Cars washed away in huge mudslides in LA just weeks after devastating wildfires

US February 14, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Trump says bringing plastic straws back is fine because sharks can eat them

US February 11, 2025 By Craig Munro

Donald Trump vows to 'go back to plastic' by ditching paper straws

US February 8, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Council operatives collect garden waste.

Map shows all the councils cutting bin collections despite council tax going up

UK February 6, 2025 By Jasper King

Terrified passengers climb onto handrails after floods deluge station

World January 26, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Sad reason penguins get divorced (but may regret it later)

Tech January 20, 2025 By Jen Mills

Trees and frog.

Warning after stowaway snakes and tree-frogs hide in common potted plants

UK January 18, 2025 By Jasper King

Granddad backyard filled with sewage.

This granddad's backyard has been filled up with raw sewage for nine years

UK January 17, 2025 By Jasper King

Russia's shadow fleet of tankers threaten ‘catastrophic disaster’ off UK coast

World January 17, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Fight food waste one curvy carrot at a time with Oddbox, delivering wonky fruit and veg to your door (Picture: OddBox)

Shoppers race to snap up bargain boxes of 'wonky' veggies that cut food waste

Shopping January 15, 2025 By Lydia Wheatley

Broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage on a rustic background

Broccoli and cauliflower shortage could impact people across the UK this spring

UK January 14, 2025 By Jasper King