An assessment of “regenerative agriculture” – which focuses on improving soils, producing food and increasing farmland wildlife – found good evidence that minimising bare ...

Britain will sign a deal with Serbia aimed at speeding up intelligence-sharing to disrupt people-smuggling, after Channel crossings reached a record high in the first three months of 2025. Foreign ...

Experts said they were ‘devastated’ by the findings, which also show 2024 was one of the worst years on record for ...

Teaching materials will also help secondary school pupils to identify and scrutinise data and claims made by online influencers.

Review says current system of environmental regulations not working, but conservationists warn of ‘high risk’ to nature in planning reforms.

More than 20 organisations, under the umbrella of the Scottish Rewilding Alliance, said rewilding is currently under way across 2.5 of the country.

The Chancellor’s spring statement announced last week risks “serious social and economic damage”, Scotland’s Finance Secretary has said.

The Department for Education said the funding has been boosted to £37 million to help with expansion of funded childcare.

The number of contactless card transactions made in 2024 increased by 3.4% annually, according to UK Finance data. Some 18.9 billion contactless transactions were made in 2024 – a 3.4% increase ...

Students who have second thoughts should be more informed about what options are available for them to alter their course or university, report said.