Microplastics are a well-known and frequently studied environmental contaminant often associated with ocean plastic. However, their reach is unfortunately much wider, as new research centering on an ...

Rising temperatures in chalk streams are damaging them and suffocating wildlife, conservations have said. Chalk streams are very rare and ecologically important habitats, mainly found in southern ...

The Bishop of Norwich has led an intervention to halt changes to planning rules that could leave Norfolk's rare chalk streams at risk after ...

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The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is almost law – and without key protections that the House of Lords has just voted to ...

Planners have turned down an application for a poultry unit housing up to 32,000 egg-laying hens in the floodplain of a “precious” chalk stream. Campaigners and local groups welcomed the decision by ...