5.4.2019

Wind in the Willows film highlights wildlife decline

Using characters from the children's book The Wind in the Willows, the Wildlife Trust has created a short film to help inspire people to take better care of nature. Narrated by David Attenborough, the two-minute 'trailer' sees characters return to the countryside to see that it has been destroyed as a result of pollution, intensive farming and construction. For mo...

5.4.2019

Nature-based solutions to mass flooding in Yorkshire

Work has started on a £2.6m natural flood management project in West Yorkshire to help protect homes and wildlife damaged during major floods in 2015. The two-year initiative, led by Natural England, will reduce the risk of flooding to over 3,000 homes and businesses in the area using 151 hectares of new woodland and 85 hectares of peat bogs, heath and moor grass....