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Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Marcus Agius has been reappointed as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, by Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson....
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
A campaign to encourage the UK to eat more fish has been backed by UK Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon today. The ‘Fish is the Dish’ campaign…...
Monday, 29 October 2012
Newmarket Sausages have become the fiftieth British food product to earn European recognition for their quality, history, and links to the local…...
Monday, 29 October 2012
A ban on the import of ash trees to combat the threat of the tree disease ash dieback is being imposed with immediate effect, Environment Secretary…...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
The Government has secured another major step towards fundamental reform of the broken Common Fisheries Policy today following agreement on …...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Following publication of Defra’s revised Contaminated Land Statutory Guidance in April 2012, a National Panel of Experts has been set up to …...
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
The National Farmers Union (NFU) have written to Environment Secretary Owen Paterson to request that the pilot badger culls in West Somerset…...
Monday, 22 October 2012
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is leading a trade delegation to Paris to boost British food and drink sales in France. British produce…...
Monday, 22 October 2012
Wildlife around the world now has even greater protection thanks to an agreement reached at the Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad…...
Friday, 19 October 2012
Minister of State, David Heath MP has extended The Rt Hon Brenda Dean’s appointment as Chair of Covent Garden Market Authority until her successor…...
Friday, 19 October 2012
Dr Robert Brown and Mr Guy Duke have been re-appointed as independent members of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) by Richard Benyon…...
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Tighter control measures to reduce the risk of bovine TB spreading between cattle are to be introduced as part of the drive to eradicate the…...
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Plans in the Growth Bill will ensure communities can develop land in their areas and no longer be overruled by an abuse of Town and Village Green legi...
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
The rich environmental assets of Britain’s Overseas Territories (OTs) will be preserved through a Government fund of around £2 million a year…...
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Consultation on plans to disband the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB)...
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Defra’s Chief Scientist Professor Ian Boyd and Chief Vet Nigel Gibbens answered questions about the badger cull pilots live on Twitter on Wednesday…...
Monday, 15 October 2012
Double Olympic gold medal-winning rower James Cracknell and Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon today urged the public to show their…...
Thursday, 11 October 2012
The five areas chosen to deliver Rural Growth Networks: Wiltshire, Cumbria, Somerset and Devon, Durham and Northumberland, and Warwickshire....
Tuesday, 09 October 2012
Around 900 jobs and almost 500 new businesses are expected to be created in Cumbria following the £3.5 million investment in a Rural Growth Network....
Thursday, 04 October 2012
A ban on imports of ash trees to combat the threat of the tree disease Chalara fraxinea could be in place as early as November, Environment …...
Friday, 28 September 2012
Jonson Cox will take up the role as designate on 1 October 2012 and will then assume full responsibility on 1 November 2012....
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Owen Paterson unveils a plaque to mark the opening of the Nottingham flood defence scheme....
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Over 330 square km of marine habitat off the coast of Dorset will be given greater protection, Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon announced t...
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
The Rural Statement gives people in rural areas an expectation of the changes they should see both at work and in their communities. ...
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
More than 200 jobs are expected to be created and 450 businesses supported in Wiltshire’s military towns following a £1.9 million Government…...
Monday, 10 September 2012
In England we already have tough measures that are helping stop the spread of bovine TB. We restrict cattle movement, regularly administer robust…...
Tuesday, 04 September 2012
The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP has been confirmed as the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs....
Friday, 31 August 2012
Poul Christensen CBE will remain as Chair of Natural England following the extension of his appointment by Environment Secretary, Caroline Spelman…...
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Devon and Somerset is one of five regions to benefit from a Rural Growth Network. ...
Friday, 24 August 2012
Three new members have been appointed to the Government’s Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE)....
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Air Accidents Investigation Branch The AAIB has dispatched a team to Dunkeswell Airfield, Devon
UK Health Security Agency UKHSA extends red heat-health alerts across England
Security Industry Authority SIA inspections uncover public safety risks in night-time economy