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Forest Live: The music festival with nature at its heart

Forestry England curate this series of events held in some of the country’s most spectacular natural settings

The Independent UK

Bespoken Word – Changing wars into welcomes at the most important mountain biking meeting I’ve ever been in

SRAM and Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland have launched their UK Trails Project and Guy Kesteven was at the first industry and media presentation to find out what the plan is and how massively important it could be for mountain biking in the UK

Bike Perfect

Bryan Adams and Johnny Marr join Forest Live 2024 lineup

Rock and indie acts join previously announced headliners including Nile Rodgers and Chic, Sting, and Tom Jones

The Independent UK

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Huge 40ft Parliament Christmas tree put up to mark festive season

The Sitka spruce was selected from among the 150 million trees in Kielder Forest, Northumberland.

The Independent UK

Christmas tree begins 330-mile journey to Big Ben

Forestry England workers carefully felled the 40-year-old pine in Northumberland

Evening Standard

Stunning pictures show osprey’s first flight from forest nest

Gilsland, a young osprey, made a 30-second flight around her nest in Kielder Forest, Northumberland.

The Independent UK

Less than half of annual tree-planting target in England met, say MPs

Report finds government goal to plant 30,000 hectares of woodland by March 2025 unlikely to be achieved

The Guardian - UK

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White-tailed eagle chick hatches in England for first time in 243 years

Conservationists ‘utterly elated’ at arrival of first offspring since release of 25 of the eagles on Isle of Wight

The Guardian - UK

Kielder osprey chicks are ringed to help tracking around the world

The birds have been named after Northumbrian locations

Chronicle Live

Forest Live: List of banned items and food rules at picnic-friendly gigs

There are some rules on what you can bring, however

Bristol Post

Northumberland forest sees 'owl baby-boom' as 90 pairs have chicks

An increase in the number of voles at Kielder Forest has led to more owls having chicks

Chronicle Live

Good news for owls, bad news for voles in creature count

Tawny owls have experienced a mini-baby boom in Kielder Forest, Northumberland.

The Independent UK

‘Deer are destroying habitats’: push to get venison on to UK dinner plates

Pilot scheme distributing meat to food banks aims to help combat cost of living crisis and deer problem at same time

The Guardian - UK

Taken for a ride: Forestry England urged to scrap paid-for horse permits

Consultation has raised hopes of an end to ‘discrimination’ in access to off-road routes

The Guardian - UK

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Chronicle Live

Rare pine marten numbers on the increase in Northumberland, study finds

Pine martens were first spotted in Kielder Forest on a wildlife camera five years ago

Chronicle Live

Warning as father and daughter lost in closed Northumberland wood led to safety by Mountain Rescue

Thrunton Woods remains closed to the public following Storm Arwen in late 2021, but that hasn't stopped some walkers entering the woodland.

Manchester Evening News

Verve icon Richard Ashcroft and Cast to headline ‘forest gigs’ this summer

The first show happens with Madness on June 15

Bristol Post

Paul Weller announces Forest Live show at Westonbirt Arboretum

Weller has previously participated in the series making 25 appearances since his Forest Live debut in 2004, the most by any artist and all to sold-out crowds.

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Chronicle Live

More than three million trees to be planted in Northumberland ahead of spring

Three million of the 3.5 million trees will be planted in England's largest woodland, Kielder Forest

Daily Mirror

Charity takes children for a walk on frozen lake after four boys die in Solihull tragedy

A charity in Gloucestershire has been turfed out of its home after it took a group of children for a walk on a frozen lake just days after four boys sadly died after walking on ice in Solihull

Wales Online

Charity turfed out after taking children for frozen lake walk days after boys died falling through ice

Rewild Project has had its license suspended following complaints

Chronicle Live

Big Ben Christmas tree felled in Northumberland's Kielder Forest ahead of 330-mile journey

Westminster's Christmas Tree has been transported from Kielder Forest for more than 20 years

The Independent UK

40-year-old super spruce selected as Westminster Christmas tree

The 43-foot-tall tree is beginning its long journey from a remote corner of Northumberland to the capital.

Bristol Post

Allotment plan is 'blot on the landscape' says village near Bristol

The city's first commercial allotments business should require planning permission says parish council

Evening Standard

What to do with your rotting pumpkin after Halloween from planting to eating the seeds

Here are some tips on how to recycle the orange vegetable after the spooky celebration

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