How your washing-up water can help save street trees
Public throughout the UK are urged to use their waste water to give vital support to young trees.
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Yorkshire castle removed from ‘at risk’ register thanks to 10-year repair programme
The castle ruins, which date back to 1070, have been taken off the ‘at risk’ register for the first time since 2003.
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Potential French law aims to preserve the countryside's most integral (and apparently, annoying) sounds
French officials hope drawing up a list of the noises integral to country life will help combat unreasonable complaints.
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Country Life Today: Dinosaur protection in Skye, rush hour on the farm and a chocoholic on the run
In today’s news round-up find out how the Isle of Skye is tackling overzealous fossil hunters.
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Plastic-free supermarkets a step closer thanks to new scheme's popularity
The news comes as supermarkets report a 90% drop in the sale of single-use plastic bags.
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‘We are in it together’: The Duchess of Sussex launches workwear range to help women gain employment
The collaboration follows the publication of the Duchess’s guest-edited edition of British Vogue.
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Glow-in-the-dark pocket shark discovered by scientists
The diminutive species, the American pocket shark or Mollisquama mississippiensis, has been found in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Country Life Today: Britain's 10 hottest years, Tintagel's new bridge and how cathedrals are bringing their flocks a touch of the funfair
Our news round-up features a record-breaking day for tree planting, alarming data from the Met Office, weird and wonderful cathedral attractions and a worrying trend reported by sheep farmers.
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A holy-in-one? Rochester Cathedral opens its own crazy golf course — and Norwich has a helter-skelter on the way
Cathedrals across the UK are branching out with a series of unusual attractions.
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The world tree planting record has been broken by Ethiopia as they lead the world in this clever way to tackle climate change
The project aims to counter the effects of deforestation, with the goal of planting a total of four billion indigenous trees by October.
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Swollen tongues and black mouths: Competitors tuck in at World Nettle Eating Championship
The Bottle Inn in Dorset is the host venue for the annual World Nettle Eating Championship, which invites entrants to eat as many stinging nettles as they can in an hour. Rachael Turner reports.
