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Flooding misery is a wake-up call

Living near one of the country’s mightiest rivers, you can’t help but develop a healthy respect for the elemental forces. This week, walking along the River Tyne, I’ve watched it change overnight from its usual, relatively placid guise, into a … Continue reading

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Space to breathe – trees and urban air quality

A report on Trees and Urban Air Quality released by the Woodland Trust today, and produced in cooperation with Lancaster University and the University of Birmingham, shows that despite air quality in the UK improving in recent decades, there remain … Continue reading

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Picture the scene….

Its autumn 2010. You have gone off to Heartwood, the Woodland Trust’s most ambitious woodland creation site, to help plant 850 acres of woodland. You are all fired up to stick your shovel in the ground and to plant some … Continue reading

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