A water firm has advised its customers to have shorter showers and let their lawns go brown after England experienced the driest spring since 1893. Southern Water serves about 2.6 million customers across the south of England, including in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. It said a prolonged dry spell has impacted the local...
BBC Work is being done to repair the damage done to peatlands on Dartmoor New mapping data has shown 80% of England’s peatlands to be dry and damaged. The government said the findings, shown on an open source map, presented a worrying picture, with degraded peat emitting carbon into the atmosphere and contributing to global...
Steffan Messenger Environment correspondent, BBC Wales News Gareth Bryer BBC Wales News Beacon Park Boats / As You See It Media The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is set to mark its 225th anniversary this year The Welsh government has been urged to intervene over fears one of the country’s most popular canals could start to...