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The Latest Breaking News from Natural England

Striking it licky: rare tongue-shaped fungus found for first time in UK

Blue-based earthtongue specimen discovered in West Sussex nature reserve is only second recorded in Europe

The Guardian - UK

Coast to Coast Path becomes England’s newest National Trail

Plotted in 1973 by Alfred Wainwright, the beloved route finally has official recognition

The Independent UK

Environment Agency too weak to tackle illegal waste dumping, MPs say

Regulator for England lacks powers to deal with what the public accounts committee calls an ‘out-of-control plague’

The Guardian - UK

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King opens world’s longest managed coastal walk – but much of it is still closed off

Landowner disputes, coastal erosion and disused ferry hindering completion of King Charles III England coast path

The Guardian - UK

Lost species to be released as Labour seeks to stave off Greens’ election threat

Push for good nature news before polls with reintroduction of white-tailed eagles, pine martens and beavers in England

The Guardian - UK

‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers

Release into Helman Tor reserve marks historical first for keystone species hunted to extinction in UK 400 years ago

The Guardian - UK

Beavers to be released at two sites in South West

Natural England said it has issued two further licences to release the semi-aquatic animals.

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Pennines delight as drone survey offers hope for one of UK’s rarest birds

Conservationists find dunlin chicks thriving in boggy habitat created in collaboration with landowners

The Guardian - UK

Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds

Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment

The Guardian - UK

Natural England boss eyes move from bat-by-bat focus to wider nature restoration

Tony Juniper says the job is now about nature’s recovery not just conservation, as the government agency launches its new strategy.

Evening Standard

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves to confirm changes to ‘outdated’ planning system

Changes intended to reduce ‘burdensome bureaucracy’ and make it easier to build windfarms, reservoirs and housing

The Guardian - UK

More than 20,000 new homes approved to be built in Sussex after four-year delay

Building work for 21,000 new homes in Horsham, Crawley and Chichester has been halted since 2021 over environmental concerns for the Arun Valley.

Evening Standard

21,000 new homes to be built despite concerns over UK beauty spot

Building work for 21,000 properties had been stalled since 2021

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Labour has ruined lives of farming communities with tax policy, Tories claim

Shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins pledged to scrap the ‘family farm tax’ at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.

The Guardian - UK

‘It proves this can be done’: Berlin the blueprint to bring goshawks to UK cities

Conservationist plans release of 15 each of the apex predators sourced as chicks into Chester and London

The Independent UK

Why a rare bat species could cost a council £4.3m

Lincolnshire County Council claimed it must build a £4.3m bridge and tunnel to protect bats as it begins road construction

The Guardian - UK

Hedgehogs, salmon and birds at risk after dry summer, says Natural England

Loss of spawning pools, insects and marshy habitats has had ‘catastrophic effect on our flora and fauna’

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Warning over ‘decade of decline’ for one of England’s precious chalk streams

Conservationists call for more action to protect chalk streams after 10 years of monitoring shows major falls in river insects.

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Rare upland landscapes on English-Welsh border protected with expanded reserve

The 1,500 hectare Stiperstones Landscape national nature reserve is triple the size of the previously protected area.

The Guardian - UK

Natural England hails recovery of 150 struggling species

Chair Tony Juniper celebrates successes but says ‘collective endeavour’ needed to halt country’s decline in nature

Evening Standard

£13m scheme boosts rare wildlife but experts warn ‘time running out’ for nature

Rare species from water voles to adders across England have been helped with cash from the Species Recovery Programme’s capital grants scheme.

The Guardian - UK

‘Brownfields can be rich habitats’: the abandoned oil refinery where wildlife now thrives

Conservationists say Canvey Wick in Essex shows potential for brownfield sites as havens for nature

The Guardian - UK

Scheme to release beavers into wild in England has stalled, say nature experts

Not a single licence granted since first beavers let loose in March, raising questions over application process

The Independent UK

Key questions answered on water reforms to protect consumers and environment

The Government is abolishing Ofwat as part of a shake-up of water sector regulation.

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