A movement that started as a low-key protest in Sweden will sweep into Sheffield schools tomorrow, as environmental activists call on students to go on strike.
Sheffield Council is to apologise for misleading residents over the city’s street tree-felling saga in a case a local government investigator said had “undermined trust in the effectiveness of its complaint procedures”.
We like our trees in this neck of the woods, as last year’s national and local media noticed. Unfortunately, so do an increasing variety of beetles, pathogens and fungi arriving in the UK from all over the world.
The beginning of winter in the Peak District, and ranger Chris Millner is lugging a bag of spindly twigs through the mist while considering how Jodie Whittaker is linked to the continuing history of one of the country’s most important wildlife habitats.
The “prolific problem” of littering in the region has been revealed with new statistics suggesting that more than 80,000 fines for the offence have been issued in recent years.
The waterways running through the heart of Sheffield have made a remarkable recovery from the scars of industrial pollution, which had turned them into a toxic soup.
The parched state of the Ladybower Reservoir outside Sheffield – where water levels are seriously low and the lost Derwent village has surfaced again, hitting the national headlines by attracting vandals – is a stark reminder of just how dry this year's scorching summer was.
Countryside campaigners welcome a new plan for greater public access to the great outdoors Reporter Charlie Bullough looks at proposals to improve access for walkers and other outdoor enthusiasts.
Doncaster waste bosses have said lorries regularly breaking down, a snow storm, new routes and IT systems all contributed to swathes of missed bin collections earlier this year.
