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Bird keepers must maintain scrupulous biosecurity standards as housing measures set to be lifted

Bird keepers must maintain scrupulous biosecurity standards as housing measures set to be lifted

Tuesday, 11 April 2023

Mandatory housing measures will be lifted from 00:01 on Tuesday 18th April but scrupulous standards of biosecurity remain essential. ...

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Green light for four new bathing sites

Green light for four new bathing sites

Monday, 10 April 2023

Sites in Rutland, Plymouth and Suffolk will receive bathing water status from May. ...

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Crackdown on fly tipping continues with new grants for councils

Crackdown on fly tipping continues with new grants for councils

Friday, 07 April 2023

£775,000 to be spent on schemes across England...

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Rural communities up and down the country set to benefit from funding to support rural business and create jobs

Rural communities up and down the country set to benefit from funding to support rural business and create jobs

Friday, 07 April 2023

£110 million funding for communities allocated under the Rural England Prosperity Fund. ...

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Government announces plan to ensure fairness and transparency across pig sector supply chain

Government announces plan to ensure fairness and transparency across pig sector supply chain

Thursday, 06 April 2023

Regulation for written contracts will provide fairness and certainty for the sector...

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Frequently Flooded Allowance: Funding for repeatedly flooded communities

Frequently Flooded Allowance: Funding for repeatedly flooded communities

Wednesday, 05 April 2023

£100 million of funding for areas in England that have suffered repeated flooding ...

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The Plan for Water

The Plan for Water

Tuesday, 04 April 2023

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey speaks at the launch of the government's Plan for Water...

More funding for farmers as new blueprint for water announced

More funding for farmers as new blueprint for water announced

Tuesday, 04 April 2023

£34 million will be made available to farmers through the first round of the Slurry Infrastructure Grant. ...

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New plan for cleaner and more plentiful water

New plan for cleaner and more plentiful water

Monday, 03 April 2023

More investment, stronger regulation and tougher enforcement on water companies announced in new government water plan...

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Spurdog fishing returns to UK waters after stock recovers

Spurdog fishing returns to UK waters after stock recovers

Monday, 03 April 2023

Northeast Atlantic spurdog stock has recovered enough to support landings...

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£1.6 billion investment brought forward to speed up vital water infrastructure projects

£1.6 billion investment brought forward to speed up vital water infrastructure projects

Monday, 03 April 2023

Projects worth over £1.6 billion of investment will tackle water pollution and increase resilience to drought...

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Thérèse Coffey: Companies that pollute our waters could face unlimited penalties

Thérèse Coffey: Companies that pollute our waters could face unlimited penalties

Saturday, 01 April 2023

Higher fines for water companies to be reinvested into water quality improvements, Environment Secretary to announce...

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Greater support for farmers to calculate and reduce their emissions

Greater support for farmers to calculate and reduce their emissions

Thursday, 30 March 2023

Announcements form part of the Net Zero Growth Plan and Nature Markets Framework ...

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Green Finance Boost for Nature in UK

Green Finance Boost for Nature in UK

Thursday, 30 March 2023

New Green Finance Strategy and Nature Markets Framework to develop growth of green finance....

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Coastal communities to receive funding for recreational sea fishing

Coastal communities to receive funding for recreational sea fishing

Monday, 27 March 2023

Government announces funding available for projects that will improve recreational sea fishing across the UK....

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£9.13 million awarded to develop cutting edge farming technology

£9.13 million awarded to develop cutting edge farming technology

Friday, 24 March 2023

Robotic crop harvesting, a new way of cultivating potatoes and an autonomous cow bedding system receive share of funding....

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Genetic Technology Act key tool for UK food security

Genetic Technology Act key tool for UK food security

Thursday, 23 March 2023

New legislation unlocks key technologies to improve UK food security, reduce pesticide use, and enhance climate-resilience in our crops...

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Government supports new Ofwat powers to tackle water company dividends

Government supports new Ofwat powers to tackle water company dividends

Monday, 20 March 2023

New powers made possible through the Environment Act will enable Ofwat to clamp down on excessive cash pay-outs and hold water companies to account...

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Single case of atypical BSE confirmed on a farm in Cornwall

Single case of atypical BSE confirmed on a farm in Cornwall

Monday, 20 March 2023

Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm. ...

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Government reaffirms support for the ban on hunting trophies

Government reaffirms support for the ban on hunting trophies

Friday, 17 March 2023

The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill has been passed by the House of Commons....

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Minister Pow: International Cooperation on Air Pollution speech

Minister Pow: International Cooperation on Air Pollution speech

Thursday, 16 March 2023

Speech by Environment Minister Rebecca Pow MP opening the Forum for International Cooperation on Air Pollution in Gothenburg, Sweden....

Philip Duffy appointed new Environment Agency Chief Executive

Philip Duffy appointed new Environment Agency Chief Executive

Thursday, 16 March 2023

Philip Duffy has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Environment Agency (EA) and will start in the role on 1 July. ...

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Chesterfield event marks completion of natural flood management project ‘slowing the flow to the Calow’

Chesterfield event marks completion of natural flood management project ‘slowing the flow to the Calow’

Wednesday, 15 March 2023

A £275,000 project to reduce flood risk in Chesterfield using innovative natural flood defences has completed...

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Forestry funds open to boost biodiversity and futureproof forests against pests, diseases and climate change 

Forestry funds open to boost biodiversity and futureproof forests against pests, diseases and climate change 

Monday, 13 March 2023

£4m funding will enable innovative projects to enhance tree planting stocks and woodland resilience to help meet Government net zero by 2050 ambitions...

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Treasured pets now safer as microchipping for cats becomes compulsory

Treasured pets now safer as microchipping for cats becomes compulsory

Monday, 13 March 2023

New legislation laid in Parliament today introducing mandatory cat microchipping ...

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Plans unveiled for new sites to become bathing waters

Plans unveiled for new sites to become bathing waters

Friday, 10 March 2023

Four swimming spots in England are being considered to become designated bathing water sites from this spring....

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Three appointments made to Natural England board

Three appointments made to Natural England board

Thursday, 09 March 2023

Mel Austen, Lynn Dicks and Dame Caroline Spelman have been appointed to the board of Natural England....

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His Majesty The King to congratulate APHA staff for efforts combatting avian influenza

His Majesty The King to congratulate APHA staff for efforts combatting avian influenza

Thursday, 09 March 2023

His Majesty The King will visit the Animal and Plant Health Agency in Weybridge to thank staff for their work. ...

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Consultation launched on new registration rules for all bird keepers in Great Britain

Consultation launched on new registration rules for all bird keepers in Great Britain

Tuesday, 07 March 2023

Defra to consult on registration rules for bird keepers in Great Britain. ...

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UK proposes measures to protect England’s much loved seabirds

UK proposes measures to protect England’s much loved seabirds

Tuesday, 07 March 2023

Defra to consult on proposed measures to ban industrial sandeel fishing within UK waters...

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