BW-6115D

BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES RETURN

The Large Tortoiseshell butterfly - classified as extinct in the UK for over 30yrs - is now being spotted in increasing numbers. Great news - this beautiful and charismatic butterfly is making a comeback.

NATURE

Heartening

BW-6104C

FROM LANDFILL - TO LETTUCES

A local initiative is going to transform a landfill site into a way to provide locally grown - chemical free - food. CO2 - so often demonised - will promote food growth, while landfill gas will be turned into power.

FOOD

Security

BW-6104B

WILDLIFE PARADISE RESTORED

The RSPB is restoring water to a previously drained peatland in the Fens of eastern England. This is great for wildlife - enabling declining birds and water voles to re-populate - and for carbon storage too.

ENVIRONMENT

Protection

BW-6085D

CLEANER WATERS TO SWIM IN

The UK gov't is asking local communities to give their opinions on 13 selected "clean" bathing water spots across the nation. So - after years of gov't indifference - will we finally see water quality improve?

POLLUTION

Rivers

BP-6074G

WHO PROFITS FROM OIL THEFT?

Europe - poised to help US companies profit from Venezuelan oil - will be complicit in this illegal seizure of assets. The silence of the same mis-leaders who placed sanctions on Russian oil, is deafening.

NATIONS

Venezuela