Hundreds of future housing sites across the UK could pose
a risk to public health. That risk is posed by a ‘complacent’ government
removing council grants to clean up contaminated brownfield land, the
Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has warned. The EAC report says around
300,000 hectares of UK soil is thought to be contaminated with toxic elements –
such as cadmium, arsenic and lead - as a result of its industrial past. Read more on the
Parliament website.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
That...
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