Nature

A new deal should treat farmers as 'trusted, talented and tenacious allies', says MP Tim Farron

The banking organisation has launched its 'Sustainable Farming Pathway' with the farming charity, Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)

Wildlife groups say planned reintroductions must be speeded up to avoid conservationists releasing the animals into unsuitable habitats

Farmers have claimed the budget cut could see more than 500,000-acres of land taken away from nature for future generations.

The meeting took place on Helen Drinkall's upland beef and sheep farm in Lancashire and it was a chance for the Minister to see the issues upland farmers still have with the Sustainable Farming Incentive

"World Heritage Status recognises the global importance of the Flow Country and its peat bogs, not only as an important ecosystem for wildlife but also, through their carbon storage, as a critical defence against the impact of climate change"

The local authority has confirmed that nature was in 'long term decline' and that urgent action must be taken to reverse its downward spiral

The Government agency said Newquay farmer William Salmon had dumped waste at a disused quarry which had interfered with a badger sett

A new report demonstrates the UK sheep industry's positive role in sustainable agriculture and to identify what more can be done to progress the sector's environmental credentials

Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs Daniel Zeichner will focus predominantly on farming including Environmental Land Management Schemes, food security, animal welfare including TB, as well as trade and helping to drive innovation within the sector