Rural Payments Agency confirms 2018 BPS and CS bridging payments
The Rural Payments Agency has confirmed that farmers will start receiving bridging payments from 12 April 2019.
Weekly stories
Gove joins Great British Spring Clean in Surrey and Environment Agency steps up to waste crime challenge
We look at coverage of the Great British Spring Clean 2019, including of Environment Secretary Michael Gove attending a litter pick in his constituency. The Environment Agency steps up to organised waste crime challenge.
Robert Goodwill's visit to Scotland and Minister Coffey’s visit to Salisbury pub re-opening
Minister Robert Goodwill, met with members of the Scottish fishing and farming industries today as part of a two-day visit to Aberdeenshire and Minister Coffey’s visit to Salisbury pub re-opening.
Village Halls
On today's blog we're looking at the launch of our £3million fund to help rejuvenate England’s 10,000 village halls village halls and better connect rural communities across the country.
Greenpeace calls for 30% of the world’s ocean to be protected by 2030
There is coverage today in The Guardian and Sky News of Greenpeace’s new 30x30: A Blueprint for Ocean Protection study.
Local authorities awarded £3m for air quality innovations, and Finn’s Law passes third reading in the Lords
Local authorities awarded £3m for air quality innovations, and Finn’s Law passes third reading in the House of Lords.
BBC Countryfile and antimicrobial resistance, and hare mortality in East Anglia
BBC Countryfile and antimicrobial resistance, and hare mortality in East Anglia.
Record sales for British gin
There has been coverage in the Daily Mail, Mirror, Express and on the Today programme this morning of the rise in gin sales in the past two years.
Lord Gardiner officially opens the 2019 National Garden Scheme, and protection of sites in Essex boosts nature
Today's blog looks at the opening on the 2019 National Garden Scheme and the new protection of sites in Essex to boost nature.
New study on pollinating insects in Britain, and fraudsters posing as Environment Agency officers
Today's blog covers a new study into the population of pollinating insects in Britain, and reports of fraudsters posing as Environment Agency officers.