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Campaigners ask why five bathing area applications rejected for English rivers

Exclusive: Defra’s commitment to cleaning up Wharfe, Tyne and Kent questioned by conservation groups

The Guardian - UK

How British eels could be helping Putin in his war with Ukraine

Fears Russia are selling on British eels to China to be eaten that were meant to be protected

The Independent UK

Revealed: cabinet ministers warned of legal action over UK’s failure to tackle climate crisis

Senior civil servants have issued the warnings as government is way behind on net zero pledges, according leaked documents

The Guardian - UK

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Northumberland National Park given £440,000 funding boost from Government

The funding will gives the Park Authority some time to "reconsider plans to balance its budget"

Chronicle Live

Delight as proposed Holy Island fishing ban dropped by Government

The confirmation fishing would not be banned came this weekend

Chronicle Live

Call for ban on zoos keeping polar bears as captivity ‘adds to global warming’

Greenhouse gas emissions created by keeping wild animals exacerbate climate crisis, report says

The Independent UK

Rules on 'cruel' animal trips won't extend to Scotland after constitutional row

A WESTMINSTER bill to prohibit the sale and advertisement of cruel animal experiences abroad will not be extended to Scotland due to a row between…

The National (Scotland)

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Government confirms it will not proceed with Holy Island fishing ban

Residents on Lindisfarne had been on 'tenterhooks' as they awaited a decision from the government

Chronicle Live

Public told to ‘bin’ dead birds despite avian flu outbreak

Woman says call handler told her to bin dead birds because authorities ‘so busy’

The Independent UK

Uncertainty sees Northumberland farmer facing £30,000 loss in income

It follows the Future of Farming inquiry launched by the council last year

Chronicle Live

Seafood career appetiser to start straight away after Defra-funding success

Grimsby Institute secured backing for entry-level Steps into Seafood programme as part of significant funding package for the sector

Birmingham Post

Labour slams government over ‘discredited theory’ for mysterious big crustacean die-off

‘This algal bloom theory was pursued despite warnings from the local fishing industry and by university marine experts,’ says Jim McMahon

The Independent UK

Clean Air Zone charges 'highly unlikely' except in two Greater Manchester boroughs, Andy Burnham says

The government has asked Greater Manchester to analyse the impact of introducing charges on some vehicles in the city centre

Manchester Evening News

How climate change could fare in the UK's new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

The UK government has announced its business department will be split into separate departments for science, business and energy. The new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to give it its full name, represents the return of an energy and climate-focused department after a seven-year hiatus.

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Manchester Evening News

Government could still require Greater Manchester to enforce Clean Air Zone charges

Greater Manchester has still not convinced the government that it will improve air quality enough without introducing charges

The Independent UK

Bird flu jumps to mammals amid UK’s biggest outbreak of avian virus

Animals are believed to have eaten dead wild birds that were infected with the virus

The Independent UK

Legal challenge to Government’s border control posts legislation

Defra is being challenged by loyalist activist Jamie Bryson on legislation meant to ease the building of border control posts at North Irish ports.

Daily Record

Supermarket shoppers issued warning as 'half and half' bread taken off shelves

The Real Bread campaign group has been waging war againt the naming of 'half and half' loaves.

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Nottingham Post

Bread warning for shoppers as some 'half and half' products pulled from shelves

The Real Bread Campaign is asking them to review the marketing saying by law the word wholemeal ''can only be used in a product name or marketing if all of the flour in that product is wholemeal''.

Chronicle Live

Shoppers issued bread warning as 'half and half' products stripped from supermarket shelves

Iceland is said to have already made changes, with other supermarkets possibly following suit in the future

Daily Mirror

Warning for shoppers who buy 'half and half' bread as products pulled from shelves

Iceland has removed its own-brand ‘50% white and wholemeal’ loaf after a complaint was made by the lobby group to trading standards and campaigners say other supermarkets could follow the move

Liverpool Echo

Warning to anyone who buys bread as products pulled from shelves

Iceland has reportedly already made changes

Wales Online

Campaign group fighting half-and-half bread sees battle taken to the Government

The group has written to manufacturers and retailers as well as local authorities, and the case has been sent up to DEFRA

The Independent UK

Top geneticist warns UK is embarking on experiment that could ‘cause great harm’

Lord Winston told Parliament he was ‘very concerned’ that the use of this technology could have unintended consequences

The Independent UK

Environment Secretary would like sewage discharges cut ‘a lot quicker’

Therese Coffey said she would want it to happen faster than the final 2050 target – if there was not a ‘massive’ impact on household water bills.

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