Environment

Commoners and farmers have warned this could be the very beginning of 'attacks' on grazing SSSI land across the UK

NFU Scotland said existing parks have failed to make a positive contribution for farming and rural communities

River Action has funded a judicial review following Shropshire Council's decision to grant LJ Cooke and Son permission for four poultry rearing buildings, each over 100m long, and a biomass store with boilers at North Farm in Montford Bridge

Conservative MP Robbie Moore said he was concerned that the Energy and Net Zero Secretary had not listened to rural and farming communities after providing the green light for three solar farm developments in Suffolk, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire

The Green Party had brought forward a motion which could have seen red meat and dairy banned from council settings

North Devon Council could ban red meat and dairy products and instead influence 100% plant-based diets

Marco Bertacca, Quorn's chief executive, said he had not been happy with current meat intake reduction to have a 'meaningful impact' to society in reducing carbon emissions and combatting climate change

Numerous politicians and campaigners said they were frustrated and angered by the new Energy and Net Zero Secretary's decision which could take productive agricultural land out of production for a solar farm

Natural Resources Wales said the leak had stopped people from swimming at Llangrannog and Cilborth beaches in Ceredigion