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Robert Goodwill's visit to Scotland and Minister Coffey’s visit to Salisbury pub re-opening

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 5 April 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
Photo of Fisheries Minister at Peterhead Fish Market l-r: Bertie Armstrong (Scottish Fishermen’s Federation), David Duguid MP, Minister Goodwill, Jimmy Buchan (Scottish Seafood Association)

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.

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Village Halls

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 5 April 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
A photo of a Village Hall

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.

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Greenpeace calls for 30% of the world’s ocean to be protected by 2030

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 4 April 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
Light beams shining on the ocean floor

There is coverage today in The Guardian and Sky News of Greenpeace’s new 30x30: A Blueprint for Ocean Protection study.

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Local authorities awarded £3m for air quality innovations, and Finn’s Law passes third reading in the Lords

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 3 April 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
Image of telephone lines against clouds and a blue sky.

Local authorities awarded £3m for air quality innovations, and Finn’s Law passes third reading in the House of Lords.

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BBC Countryfile and antimicrobial resistance, and hare mortality in East Anglia

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 1 April 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
Several brown chickens in a field.

BBC Countryfile and antimicrobial resistance, and hare mortality in East Anglia.

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Record sales for British gin

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 29 March 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
A glass of gin and tonic on a table next to two bottles of Gin labelled Jawbox and Echlinville.

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.

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Lord Gardiner officially opens the 2019 National Garden Scheme, and protection of sites in Essex boosts nature

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 28 March 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
A meadow of buttercups at Langdon Ridge near Basildon

Today's blog looks at the opening on the 2019 National Garden Scheme and the new protection of sites in Essex to boost nature.

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New study on pollinating insects in Britain, and fraudsters posing as Environment Agency officers

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 27 March 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
A bee standing on a purple flower.

Today's blog covers a new study into the population of pollinating insects in Britain, and reports of fraudsters posing as Environment Agency officers.

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Daily Star on Asian hornet, water company fined £500,000 for sewage leak and Yorkshire benefits from export boost

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 26 March 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
Polluted river with lots of rubbish caught in the grass

We look at coverage from Daily Star on Asian hornets, water company fined £500,000 for a sewage leak and Yorkshire benefits from export boost.

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Gove backs record-breaking Great British Spring Clean

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 25 March 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
Image of Environment Secretary holding a rubbish bag collecting litter

Today's blog looks at the launch of the Great British Spring Clean 2019, including Environment Secretary Michael Gove attending a litter pick in West London.

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