The Latest Breaking News from National Trust

Man, 78, killed after being ‘trampled by cattle’ at National Trust estate

John Orton died after being injured by animals at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk on July 13

The Independent UK · Aug 14

Drones to hunt for unexploded Second World War bombs exposed by wildfire

Dunwich Heath was used as a training ground during the Second World War and since the fire, two unexploded ordnance have been found.

Evening Standard · Aug 12

Unexploded World War Two bombs discovered at Dunwich Heath following severe fire

The National Trust reported that the blaze has destroyed over 100 hectares of heathland habitat

The Independent UK · Aug 12

‘These are human fires, not wildfires’: Dunwich reflects on the devastation

As residents, nature wardens and experts consider the damage to the heathland and how to restore it, the climate crisis is foremost in their minds

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9

Temperatures expected to reach 36C as heatwave conditions return to UK

The highest temperature of the year so far was 38C recorded at Lingwood in Norfolk on June 28.

Evening Standard · Aug 7

Firefighters forced to escort dog walkers away from wildfire scorched Dunwich Heath

Firefighters warned parts of the burnt ground could be hiding temperatures higher than 60C at the surface level of the scorched heath

The Independent UK · Aug 4

Crews reduce appliances at Suffolk wildfire as National Trust launch fundraiser

Fourteen appliances had been in attendance at Dunwich Heath, near Leiston.

Evening Standard · Aug 1

Firefighters’ warning as crews scale down response to ‘devastating’ Dunwich Heath wildfire

The National Trust launched an emergency fundraising drive after the wildfire left the landscape ‘unrecognisable’

The Independent UK · Aug 1

National Trust launches fundraising drive over ‘devastation’ at Suffolk reserve

The charity has launched a public appeal after a wildfire ripped through heathland along the Suffolk coast, causing ‘total devastation’.

Evening Standard · Jul 31

Reform council condemned for scrapping green pledges in wildfire-ravaged Suffolk

A district councillor warned the Reform administration was making ‘one of the most grotesquely misjudged and reckless acts in the history of our county’

The Independent UK · Jul 31