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Critically endangered spider found for first time in 40 years on Isle of Wight

The team that found the tiny orange-legged arachnid have informally named the species the white-knuckled wolf spider.

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

The stylish essentials to buy to elevate your gardening wardrobe

Level up your gardening style with these great fashionable and practical buys

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

National Trust to take on Ironbridge Gorge museums with £9m Government grant

The move aims to secure the future of a key British heritage asset that marks the ‘birthplace of the industrial revolution’.

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025

Call to end overfishing to save British fish supper as key stocks face collapse

Half of UK’s top commercial fish stocks are either overfished to critically low levels or being overexploited, a report from Oceana UK warns.

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

National Trust nature reserve records rare moth as 10,000th different species

The Cambridgeshire site has been described as the ‘most biodiverse recorded reserve in the UK’.

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

‘Fiery and spectacular’ rainbow of autumn colour set to bloom across UK

National Trust gardeners expect vivid hues and bountiful fungi, nuts and berries thanks to recent weather conditions

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025

Pine martens released in scheme to restore lost native species to Exmoor

Conservationists have reintroduced 19 pine martens to secret locations in Exmoor National Park.

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025

Abundant acorns, conkers and berries likely this autumn, National Trust says

The recent rain has put the brakes on a ‘false autumn’ after fears the hot, dry conditions of summer might cause plants stress.

Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2025

Council bans repainting homes and putting up fences in ‘Bridget Jones’ village without approval

Under strict planning laws, villagers living in Snowshill in Gloucestershire require planning approval from the borough council before painting their homes a new colour

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025

Artists given chance to use wood from felled Sycamore Gap tree

Two years after the tree was cut down, the National Trust says it wants to turn a sense of loss ‘into a sense of hope’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2025