Environment

CLA Cymru writes to Cabinet Minister to ensure livestock farmers retain access to supplies

Defra officials set to attend as Welsh Government reveals financial help for drought-hit farmers

The country has recorded its driest July since records began in 1836

NFUS issues plea to protect farmers and crofters' land management capabilities

The 79-year-old ex-gamekeeper spent 25 days tackling the Dava wildfire last year

It comes as new data shows 14.3% of England's surface waters achieved good ecological status

The Scottish gov announced a £3 million fund for those affected, but calls for further preventative methods still present

The fire could have escalated from 17 hectares to a landscape-scale incident affecting more than 6,000 hectares

Met Office says England and Wales on course to be driest for 190 years