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Thursday 7th June: Thames Water to pay back £65million to customers over leakage failures and latest Darwin-backed projects

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Water running from a tap

...News, AOL, BT.com and Smallholder and by specialist media outlets Government Europa, Devdiscourse and Energy Live News. The Darwin Initiative is a grant scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and...

Friday 4th May 2018 - Government launches microplastics research to protect oceans, Defra working hard to prepare for Brexit, CCTV becomes mandatory in all abattoirs in England and European Commission to grant derogation on 'three crop rule' requirements

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...for Brexit A report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Defra and the Department for International Trade’s readiness for Brexit was published today. The report highlights...

Tuesday 1st May 2018 - Minister opens biggest fridge recycling facility in Europe, Nature reserve expansion and home grown

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...Anglian Daily Times.   Home grown Image from Fera-Science Limited The government’s chief plant health officer Nicola Spence has called on the horticulture industry to help reduce the threat of...

Monday 30 April: Oak Processionary Moth caterpillars ,the Environment Secretary on Future Farming, flood warnings and the Royal Horticultural Society's ban on certain plants at Chelsea.

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...not to bring susceptible host plants into the UK from regions where Xylella is present. To keep our country protected we all need to make careful decisions on sourcing plants....

Thursday 19 April: Government outlines plans to ban the sale of plastic straws, drink stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds

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Five drinking straws against the blue sky

...this year and the Government will work with industry to develop alternatives and ensure there is sufficient time to adapt. It will also propose excluding plastic straws for medical reasons....