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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/292a/live/8a6aeb80-d3aa-11f1-9b99-01189ab4006e.jpg”] National Trust Trees were blown over at National Trust properties including Godolphin in Cornwall Extreme weather events including named storms are forcing organisations to adapt their sites to protect themselves and visitors. Storms Austen and Boelo wreaked havoc and caused disruption across the UK at the end of last week as they…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d4b4/live/a415cbb0-d475-11f1-9dda-1ba6fcc7d159.jpg”] PA Media A cyclist passes beneath autumn colour in London as some people question whether the season is changing Frosty Halloween mornings. Bonfire Night wrapped up in hats and gloves. Trees turning red, orange and gold. For many of us, those are the hallmarks of a traditional autumn. Yet as October draws…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7ae4/live/0c76f010-d2de-11f1-b677-b762d2f83f6e.jpg”] Cumbria Wildlife Trust The Skiddaw Forest scheme is funded by a £520,000 grant Work has started on a project to restore 435 hectares (1,077 acres) of damaged peatland. Cumbria Wildlife Trust will carry out the work in Skiddaw Forest where it will also repair a 6km (3.7-mile) boundary fence. The forest is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/d003/live/d915ccd0-d2ee-11f1-8d86-83eebc838351.jpg”] Shearer discusses scoring record, MOTD & a brush with Cardiff Image source, Getty Images ByJess Anderson BBC Sport journalist Published 7 hours ago Alan Shearer knows that if he wants to preserve his record as the Premier League’s all-time record goalscorer, it would be helpful if Erling Haaland moved away from the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/05f5/live/d86df8b0-d4de-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg”] EPA Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce her final decision on immigration rules for legal migrants next week. She had proposed to extend the wait for permanent settlement from the current five years to 10 with some lower-paid migrants facing a 15-year wait. The BBC understands the proposals are likely…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a56b/live/5a0952f0-d487-11f1-80bc-6d398902272f.jpg”] Getty Joseph Kabila was a commander in the rebel alliance that brought his father to power in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997, went on to succeed him as president and now, at the age of 55, he is a rebel leader once again. In an even stranger twist, the man…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7a09/live/908b67d0-d4cf-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg”] PA Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he is “open” to the possibility of the UK formally apologising for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, but has ruled out financial reparations. He said he wanted a “dialogue with those affected” and was open to “calls for an apology”, but said reparations were…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b7be/live/dab6afd0-d223-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg”] “We’re going to fight” – How a paper mill’s uncertain future could devastate tiny Quebec town As you cross the Ottawa river into Témiscaming, Quebec, the paper mill takes up much of the horizon. The town itself was built over a century ago, around the mill and the region’s forests filled with…