Red squirrel aficionados recently converged on Exeter University for what is believed to be the first international conference devoted to conserving the tufty-eared mammal.
Dr Sandro Bertolino of the University of Turin spoke on saving the red squirrel in Italy where the spread of the grey squirrel is causing similar problems to here and has implications for the rest of mainland Europe.
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Reds have been successfully reintroduced to Anglesey and the Cornwall Red Squirrel Project formed in 2009 has earmarked two possible locations- the Lizard and West Penwith-where work on ridding the areas of greys has begun. A film by Richard Brock asked Can we save the red?-it will be a challenge, but there is a strong will to succeed.
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Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curvesAmid the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Castle Howard Estate, The Silos is a property for which the word 'house' simply doesn't cut it. And that's not the only way in which it's made us throw out the dictionary.
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Polluting water executives now face up to two years in prison, but will the new laws make much of a difference?The Government has announced that water company executives caught covering up illegal sewage spills could now be imprisoned for two years, under new laws — but many still have their doubts.
