NEARLY 20,000 BADGERS CULLED IN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE BOVINE TB

Culling badgers began in two pilot areas in 2013 and has since been expanded to 19 further zones in Cornwall, Cheshire, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Somerset and Wiltshire... READ MORE›

PLANS FOR MAJOR NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN WALES WIN GREEN LIGHT

Office for Nuclear Regulation approves design for new reactor at Horizon Nuclear Power's plant at Wylfa, Anglesey... READ MORE›

HOW TO FEED THE WORLD WHILE CURBING OUR APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION

O George Monbiot points out that livestock farming produces far fewer calories per hectare than crop farming... READ MORE›

EIGHT JAILED OVER PLOT TO SMUGGLE DRUGS AND PHONES INTO UK PRISONS

Sanjay Patel, 37, of Telford, Shropshire, but formerly of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, was given a four-month sentence for possession of a mobile phone in prison... READ MORE›

UK TO BRING BACK BEAVERS IN FIRST GOVERNMENT FLOOD REDUCTION SCHEME OF ITS KIND

The beavers' dam-building stores huge quantities of water and slows peak flows during flood events, potentially lessening devastating floods... READ MORE›

STEPHANIE REARDON: SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS STILL NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY ENOUGH IN WHITEHALL

Part of the problem is that despite the high-profile media attention, sexual violence is still not taken seriously enough in Whitehall, Reardon believes... READ MORE›

JOY LOFTHOUSE, SECOND WORLD WAR PILOT AND TRAILBLAZER, DIES AT 94

The trailblazing second world war pilot Joy Lofthouse, who flew bombers and fighter aircraft for the Air Transport Auxiliary ATA during the conflict, has died aged 94... READ MORE›

ANTIQUE GUN DEALER SUPPLIED WEAPONS AND BULLETS USED BY GANGSTERS

Ammunition and guns supplied by Paul Edmunds found at more than 100 crime scenes, Birmingham crown court told... READ MORE›

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TAXPAYERS SPEND ?500,000 ON RADIOS FOR BADGER CULL MARKSMEN

Almost 15,000 badgers have been killed since the first culling took place in Gloucestershire and Somerset in 2013... READ MORE›

HUGE INCREASE IN BADGER CULLING WILL SEE UP TO 33,500 ANIMALS SHOT

Devon now has six badger culls under way, with Somerset and Wiltshire having three each, with others in Cheshire, Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire... READ MORE›

BADGER CULL KILLS MORE THAN 10,000 ANIMALS IN THREE MONTHS

The government has embarked upon a widespread rollout of badger culling in the absence of firm evidence that this approach can reduce cattle TB, said Woodroffe... READ MORE›

ABOUT 40 VEHICLES IN M40 FATAL CRASH IN OXFORDSHIRE

The motorway was closed northbound for more than eight hours between junction 9 at Bicester and junction 10 at Cherwell Valley services, following the crash at about 07 45 GMT... READ MORE›

CLIMBER KILLED BY YOSEMITE ROCK FALL 'SAVED WIFE'

Andrew Foster, 32, from Cardiff, was trapped while his wife, Lucy, 28, was seriously hurt when granite fell from the El Capitan monolith on Wednesday... READ MORE›

ANOTHER 1,000 BADGERS TO BE KILLED IN SOMERSET AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Natural England said supplementary culling would take place annually for the next five years in Gloucestershire and Somerset... READ MORE›

FLOODS AND EROSION ARE RUINING BRITAIN'S MOST SIGNIFICANT SITES

From Wordsworth's gardens to the south's white cliffs and salmon rivers in Wales, climate change is wrecking historic sites, finds study... READ MORE›

A ROAD TRIP TO SOUTH POLE IS THE COOLEST NEW ADVENTURE

Come November, you can make it happen on a roughly two-week-long road trip across Antarctica with Explorations Company. Sound intrepid?... READ MORE›

BADGER CULL COULD SEE BOOM IN FOXES, STOATS AND WEASELS

Last year almost 11,000 badgers were killed as part of the cull... READ MORE›

DAM IT! HOW BEAVERS COULD SAVE BRITAIN FROM FLOODING

In other words, the beavers dramatically reduce the peak flow of floodwater on this stream... READ MORE›

WHY WE'RE READY TO OPEN OUR HOMES TO REFUGEES

A week ago, Stroud businessman Christian Dannemann and his family were driving to the ferry in Calais at the end of their holiday... READ MORE›

AMONG YOUNG BRITONS FEAR AND DESPAIR OVER VOTE

But many young voters wondered what would happen to European Union funding for research and sciences... READ MORE›

'BOAR WAR': THE FOREST OF DEAN PIXIES FIGHTING AGAINST THE CULL OF WILD PIGS

A 30-strong group calling themselves the Forest of Dean Wild Boar Cull Saboteurs is determined to stop them... READ MORE›

PRINCESS ANNE BACKS GM CROPS AND LIVESTOCK - UNLIKE PRINCE CHARLES

GM crops are grown widely outside Europe, covering 180m hectares in 2015, with the US, Brazil and Argentina the leading producers... READ MORE›

WE MUST STOP LEARNING DISABLED PEOPLE BEING DUMPED IN WASTE BINS OF LIFE

The young woman, who had a learning disability and autism, died at the Huntercombe Hospital 75 miles from her Nottingham home... READ MORE›

MAN FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING ONE OF BRITAIN'S RAREST BUTTERFLIES

Magistrates told that Phillip Cullen was spotted chasing large blues with a net at Gloucestershire reserve... READ MORE›

COUNCILS CANCEL SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS CONTRACTS WITH LAW FIRM OVER 'GLOATING' TWEETS

Westminster, Cambridgeshire, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk and Hertfordshire suspended their contracts with the firm or said relations would be ended within months... READ MORE›

DEVON WOMAN DIES IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE DIVING INCIDENT

Paramedics were called to the National Diving and Activity Centre at Tidenham in the Forest of Dean on Saturday... READ MORE›

SIX SUICIDE SURVIVORS EXPLAIN HOW THEY CAME OUT OF THE DARKNESS

Maytree is a sanctuary for the suicidal in north London in a non-medical setting... READ MORE›

INVESTORS ARE CHERRY PICKING THE ASSETS OF A FALLEN RENEWABLE ENERGY GIANT

In January, it bought about 1.7 gigawatts of solar assets from SunEdison, valued at about 500 million... READ MORE›

BADGER CULL LINKED TO RISE IN BOVINE TB CASES

Stop the Cull finds number of herds with TB outbreak, in Dorset cull zone and at its edge, increased after badger killing began... READ MORE›

THE LYNX EFFECT: ARE SHEEP FARMERS RIGHT TO FEAR FOR THEIR FLOCKS?

This handsome creature returned to the UK in 2004 when the Great Bustard Group initiated a 10-year trial reintroduction on to Salisbury Plain... READ MORE›

COUNCIL SORRY FOR SERIOUS FAILINGS IN CHILDRENS SERVICES

The inexperience of the large number of newly qualified social workers on the council's staff was highlighted in the Ofsted report... READ MORE›

KILLER OF RARE BUTTERFLY GIVEN SIX-MONTH SUSPENDED SENTENCE

Officers believed the letters stood for Collard Hill in Somerset and Daneway Banks in Gloucestershire - two of the areas where Cullen was spotted... READ MORE›

MANCHESTER CARE HOME OFFERS RESIDENTS CHANCE TO RELIVE THE PAST

Reminiscence therapy is used to improve psychological wellbeing in dementia sufferers, but is increasingly thought to improve memory too... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 10,000 BADGERS KILLED IN CULL, SAYS GOVERNMENTA

Nigel Gibbens, the Chief Veterinary Officer, said that further expansion of the culls will help the Government to eradicate the disease... READ MORE›

HOUSING CRISIS: THE EMPTY NESTER'S GUIDE TO DOWNSIZING

Bob and susan veitch - marshfield, gloucestershiresix-bedroom farmhouse to three-bedroom house... READ MORE›

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SCHOOL CLAMPS DOWN ON PHONES AND FITBITS TO EASE BODY IMAGE WORRIES

Stroud high school for girls says tech gadgets and social media exacerbate pressures leading to low self-esteem... READ MORE›

A DOZEN POLICE FORCES SEND FILES TO THE CPS AMID CONCERNS OVER TORY ELECTION EXPENSES AFTER TWO MPS QUESTIONEDA

The forces which have submitted details include A Avon and Somerset, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Lincolnshire, Metropolitan, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, StaffordshireA and West Yorkshire... READ MORE›