No deal technical notices published The government has published a series of technical notices today, which provide detail on how UK businesses and individuals should prepare in the unlikely event of a ‘no deal Brexit’. These include notices on payments to …
Our announcement of a consultation to ban the third party sales of puppies and kittens and a New Civil Engineer interview with Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency.
Coverage in the i and Guardian about the reopening of a market for British lamb to Saudi Arabia and a Financial Times article on the quality of London's air.
Brave Finn visits Defra Environment Secretary Michael Gove today met heroic police dog Finn and his handler PC Dave Wardell. Finn was stabbed in 2016 when apprehending a suspect in the course of his duties. He received serious injuries but …
Bumper breeding season for little terns The breeding success of the UK’s second rarest shorebird has been covered by The Northumberland Gazette and the Berwick Advertiser. 17 juvenile little terns joined the population at Natural England’s Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve …
A consultation on proposals to reduce harmful pollution caused by the burning of wood and coal in the home and Chris Packham's blog post on his 'UK BioBlitz' campaign.
Our response to further coverage on Geronimo the alpaca.
Today we announced over £300,000 of funding to encourage local groups to come up with innovative ways to tackle litter in their communities, with grants of up to £10,000 available per project. Successful projects in round 1 included developing bins …
Innovate UK's announcement on the first funding call for the ‘Transforming Food Production’ programme and a film from the LadBible website on British soldiers training rangers in Gabon to protect forest elephants.
On today's blog we look at export success as global sales of UK food and drink soar, grouse moor owners and the Monsanto court ruling on glyphosate.