Environment

At this time of year my attention turns to damsels, writes Rippingale nature columnist Ian Misselbrook.

Visitors will be given a chance to have a look around a stunning garden over the weekend.

Organisers have cancelled a planned Dragonfly Day this weekend due to severe weather warnings.

It’s not just ice cream sellers enjoying a boom in trade this sunny summer – pest controllers are seeing a spike too.

A stunning parkland has now been saved for future generations - and this achievement was celebrated during an official opening over the weekend.

Councillors have objected to plans to build a solar farm covering more than 1,000 hectares of land on the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire border.

Water company bosses have not ruled out introducing a hose pipe ban later in the summer.

A ‘first of its kind’ campaign which aims to tackle the issue of cigarette butt litter will be piloted in the town.

Conservationists are hooting for joy after Europe’s oldest recorded barn owl was found to still be breeding in a Lincolnshire village.

A town’s parks have once again been recognised for their beauty, heritage and community care.

As water levels continue to fall, the East Midlands is one of the latest regions to be moved into drought after June declared the hottest on record.

A wildlife campaigner is disappointed that not enough people are voicing concern over a perceived threat to dormice population in a forest.

Reporter Kate Chapman takes on the challenge of the Sir Peter Scott Walk.

Water bosses say they are ‘monitoring the situation’ after a hose pipe ban has been declared in another part of the country.

A council says areas won’t be forgotten as it begins its next regeneration efforts.

Residents are being urged to have their say on the latest stage of a long-running legal battle over oil drilling.

A councillor has branded a decision to delay the phase-out of the use of pesticides on council land a ‘weak response’.

A well-loved but lesser spotted insect is enjoying a record-breaking year in a local quarry - bucking an overall trend of steep decline.

Householders are being asked to put their bins out early to allow collections take place during cooler conditions during the heatwave.

A flower and garden show returns to a castle for its eighth year.