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Mystery Turkish firm ordered by council to tear down holiday homes built without planning permission after hundreds of trees cut down in 500-year-old woodland, 100 ordered to replace those lost
Turkish firm ordered to remove unauthorised holiday homes from ancient English woodland. (Photo: SWNS) A mysterious Turkish firm has been...
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In 1902, edible dormice were released at an English estate; by 2018 Britain had an estimated 23,000, and the government now pays £40 per hectare a year to control damage to trees, crops and nesting birds
dormouseRepresentative image from Canva In 1902, a small population of edible dormice was released at Tring Park, a private estate...
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Inquest Opens into ‘Unnatural’ Death of Cambridge Professor Who Resigned After Plagiarism Claims
An inquest into the sudden death of a former professor at the University of Cambridge who resigned after being accused...
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Beauty therapist Chantelle Van Vliet was fired after asking for flexible hours over severe menopause symptoms, wins £32,237 in compensation after tribunal finds she was denied reasonable workplace support
Beauty therapist Chantelle Van Vliet wins £32,237 after tribunal finds discrimination over menopause symptoms. For Chantelle Van Vliet, asking for...
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Prince Harry, Meghan and children arrive in UK after 6 years | World News
Prince Harry and Meghan arrive in the UK with their children Archie and Lilibet. Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of...
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In the 1970s, Britain imported North American signal crayfish for farms; they escaped, bred in huge numbers and now infest rivers across England, Wales and Scotland, carrying a plague deadly to native crayfish
In the 1970s, British aquaculture businesses imported North American signal crayfish to stock farms, hoping to build a profitable new...
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A Scottish scholar and his American wife bought the remote island of Canna; 43 years later they gifted it, their home and their life’s work preserving Gaelic culture to the National Trust for Scotland
Campbell and Margaret moved to Canna in 1938 after spending three years living on Barra. John Lorne Campbell and Margaret...
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A couple built a four-bedroom home in Wiltshire for their disabled daughter in 2022, now face council demolition order after planning row over basement and Green Belt rules
A Wiltshire couple face losing the home they built for their disabled daughter after a planning dispute over a basement...
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Mentmore Towers, Batman Begins’ Wayne Manor in Buckinghamshire, could be seized as owners face deadline to repair crumbling mansion and conduct bat surveys to save historic property
Mentmore Towers, the mansion that became Wayne Manor in Batman Begins, is now at risk of being seized. (Photo: SWNS)...
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UK Will Share Classified Information on Long-Range Missile Tech With Ukraine
The UK announced on Aug. 24 that it will help Ukraine fabricate its own long-range missiles by sharing classified information...
