Environment

FORECASTS frequently generate fierce dispute, but there is one group to whom Michael Gove urges we should listen – scientists.

Rural businesses have lost an estimated £11m in revenue as a consequence of an “appalling” grouse shooting season which saw around seven in every ten shoot days cancelled.

The prolonged drought of the last summer must be a wake-up call for the industry and the Government, the NFU has said.

THE YORKSHIRE coastline continues to be regarded as one of the natural wonders of Britain because of the proliferation of seabirds which flock to Bempton Cliffs, Flamborough Head and other locations each year.

This poor pigeon ended up with the discarded lid of a McDonald's McFlurry trapped around its neck.

That global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry have risen to record highs is worrying news for the world’s climate.

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.

Yorkshire could be the perfect area in which to pilot a radical farming solution that would see industrial amounts of fruit and vegetables grown underground in disused coal mines, a group of academics have said.

CHRISTMAS is coming and 10 million fat turkeys will face the chop, ready to be eaten by 76 per cent of British families. But do we ever really stand back and look at the true cost of our festive feast?

STRIKING the right balance between conservation and food production is one of the greatest challenges facing the countryside, and 
today’s report on soil erosion by the Campaign to Protect Rural England underlines what a thorny problem it is.

It is a chocolate box village in the Vale of York, with a castle at the top and a pub at the bottom, and it would be easy to imagine – especially on a fine spring day when the daffodils line the route between – that life has not much changed since the bishops of Durham passed through, on their way south.

From: Karl Sheridan, Old Lea, Holme upon Spalding Moor.

After eight years of discussions, a project to redesign Knaresborough’s busiest junction has been completed, but the result has had mixed reactions.