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Environment protections set out in flagship bill and new metaldehyde restrictions

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 20 December 2018 - Categories: Weekly stories

We look at environment protections set out in our flagship Environment Bill and new metaldehyde restrictions.

Thursday 3 May: Kew reopens world’s largest Victorian greenhouse, rise in farming incomes, and sports grounds crack-down on plastics

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 3 May 2018 - Categories: Weekly stories

Kew reopens world’s largest Victorian greenhouse Kew Gardens has today reopened its Temperate House – the world’s largest Victorian greenhouse – after a five-year restoration project. The vast greenhouse is now home to a geographically arranged collection of 10,000 plants …