The vast sands of Cleethorpes beach can stretch into the horizon at low tide, revealing all kinds of interesting things previously hidden by the sea.…
View More Will they fight them on the beaches? Anger as Cleethorpes hits detectorists with £100 finesTag: Local government
Britons who keep gardens green should get council tax cut, study suggests
Eco-friendly gardeners should be given a cut in their council tax, scientists have recommended, as research shows cities may have lost as much as 50%…
View More Britons who keep gardens green should get council tax cut, study suggestsParking tickets: how to challenge paying a fine … and win
The number of parking tickets issued by private companies has hit a record high, according to figures published this month. An analysis of Driver and…
View More Parking tickets: how to challenge paying a fine … and win‘A disgrace’: more than 100 trees cut down in Plymouth despite local opposition
More than 100 mature trees have been cut down in the centre of Plymouth in a move campaigners said was reminiscent of the needless felling…
View More ‘A disgrace’: more than 100 trees cut down in Plymouth despite local oppositionRogue UK landlords using ‘ghost tenants’ to con taxpayers out of millions
Rogue landlords are conning the government out of millions of pounds by fraudulently claiming housing benefits for so-called “ghost tenants”, it has been revealed. Criminal…
View More Rogue UK landlords using ‘ghost tenants’ to con taxpayers out of millionsLizard Downs in Cornwall protected for public use after 140 years
More than 100 hectares of some of the most stunning landscape in west Cornwall has finally been recognised as common land, protecting it for the…
View More Lizard Downs in Cornwall protected for public use after 140 yearsAnger as Truss ignores her climate advisers’ call for energy-saving drive
Liz Truss has ignored the government’s own climate advisers in opposing an energy-saving campaign this winter, it has emerged, amid mounting frustration over her resistance…
View More Anger as Truss ignores her climate advisers’ call for energy-saving driveInvestment zones could be allowed in England’s national parks
Investment zones with “liberalised” planning laws to accelerate development could be designated within national parks and in the most environmentally protected areas of the UK,…
View More Investment zones could be allowed in England’s national parksEnergy rebate: millions in England and Wales left waiting for £150
More than 3 million households in England and Wales were still waiting to receive the £150 energy rebate on 1 July, research has found, several…
View More Energy rebate: millions in England and Wales left waiting for £150Funding for England’s parks down £330m a year in real terms since 2010
Local authorities in England are spending almost £330m less a year in real terms on parks and open spaces than they were a decade ago,…
View More Funding for England’s parks down £330m a year in real terms since 2010