With the number of hedgehogs diminishing from 35 million in the 1950s to now just one million in the UK, there is every chance that the UK’s favourite mammal could become no more. However, there is still hope as a petition has been created by Queen guitarist and animal rights […]
Tag: Environment
Newcastle Green Festival faces cancellation
The Newcastle Community Green Festival’s future has come under threat due to a lack of funds, despite having been held annually since 1995, with organisers left with just two days to raise over £6,500 for the festival to go ahead. The festival was first established in the mid-1990s and quickly evolved […]
Northumbrian Water investing £8 million for sewer scheme in Sunderland
Northumbrian Water is to invest £8 million to upgrade its sewer network in Sunderland. The scheme, which will begin in November this year will last for one year. It will improve the performance and resilience of the water company’s network in Roker, Seaburn and St Peter’s. Work will involve […]
Earth Hour 2016: Millions of people to plunge into darkness
Credit: WWFunitedkingdom/YouTube. More than 10 million people in the UK will be switching off their lights for an hour this Saturday as part of WWF’s 10th Earth Hour. The symbolic event starts at 8:30pm, and 178 countries will turn off their lights to show they care about the environment. Many iconic […]
Almost 2 million fish released into English rivers
By Ema Brewer The Environment Agency has revealed that a record number of coarse fish were released into England’s rivers last year. In 2015, more than 452,220 fish and 1.3 million fish larvae were released into rivers up and down the country. They were all bred in the Environment Agency’s […]