The former farm has been purchased by a Wildlife Trust to protect the rewilding site for nature.
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The former farm was left to rewild for decades and has now been saved for generations to come.

Early rewilding site saved after 'outpouring' of public support

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Winter flooding van stuck in floodwater Essex

After a year of wetter weather and 18 months of record rainfall, people are being urged to stay prepared for the possibility of flooding this winter. 

'Be ready' warning for winter flooding after record-breaking rainfall

Olympic gold medalist Imogen Grant has been won an environmental award from the International Olympic Committee.

Gold-winner's green gong: Rower gets climate award from Olympic chiefs

The clouds left by the planes are known as contrails or condensation trails.
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The report found that planes could reroute at key points in their flight paths, leaving the skies clearer and helping to reduce the impact of aviation.

Reducing clouds made by planes could lower impact of flying by 40%

Citizen scientists testing river water quality.

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Volunteers from the Deben Climate Centre have been testing the water for the past two years, but will now be able to measure a wider range of data.

Citizen scientists taking poor river water quality into their own hands

The Cockett Wick Seawall is designed to ensure more than 3,000 homes and businesses at Jaywick and Seawick in Essex are better protected from tidal flooding.

How 14,000 tonnes of Norwegian granite will help protect coastal community

A protester drills a hole in a lorry at Arla Foods in Hatfield. Credit: Animal Rising

The group used cordless drills to make holes in the tyres of lorries waiting in the yard and cut off air valves using bolt cutters.

Animal Rising protesters caused dairy £100,000 damage in 20 minutes

A customer looks out of the only wildlife trust-owned pub in the country, the Pleasure Boat Inn, at Hickling Broad in Norfolk. Credit: ITV News Anglia.

A wildlife trust has become the first in the country to buy its own pub in the hope of enticing visitors with the prospect of beer.

Fancy a bittern and a beer? This wildlife trust has you covered

Undated handout photo issued by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) of a Spoonbill, a rare wetland bird, named after the distinctive spoon-like shape of its bill, which were once driven to extinction in the UK. The species experienced another successful year of breeding as they continue to stage their return, experts said, with spoonbills breeding at multiple RSPB reserves across the UK. Issue date: Thursday July 18, 2024.


The wetland birds have made a comeback after becoming extinct in the UK 300 years ago.

Once-extinct birds with spoon-shaped beaks nesting again

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Sunnica solar farm plans approved

Locals say plans for a massive energy farm - approved by Ed Miliband - would take away productive farmland.

Decision to approve Britain's biggest solar farm is 'just beyond belief'

Scientists used machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence, to finally work out who was right.

150-year-old row between evolution founding fathers finally settled

ANGLIA SHOT OF THE FARM ON STRAWBERRY HILL IN BEDFORD

The owner of Strawberry Hill, near Bedford, stopped farming his land 37 years ago, with once-arable fields reverting to scrubland.

Race to save wildlife haven which is home to rare nightingales and cuckoos

The Black-tailed Godwits are under threat and a new captive breeding programme is trying to help them

There are fewer than 50 pairs of British black-tailed godwits left in the wild, says a wildlife trust, and they rely on a handful of wetland sites to breed.

Rare black-tailed godwits hatch in world-first breeding programme

ITV meteorologist Chris Page explains why the Northern Lights looked better seen through a camera than the naked eye.

Why did the Aurora Borealis look better through a camera?

The Aurora Borealis over Happisburgh, Norfolk. Credit: Alison Cavanagh

ITV meteorologist Chris Page explains how the whole UK could be lucky enough to see the Aurora Borealis this weekend after an intense solar storm.

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