Travel and Environment
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Housebuilder launches hedgehog highways to help endangered hedgehogs
National and leading partnership homebuilder Keepmoat is rolling out Hedgehog Highways to help the endangered species.
The Doncaster-based company, which employs more than 1,100 people, is launching Hedgehog Highways, a series of 13cm-by-13cm holes included in its developments’ fences, to help roaming hedgehogs pass through its communities with ease.
New studies show incredible environmental benefit of real Christmas trees in the UK
Ground-breaking new research shows that real Christmas trees provide a brilliant habitat for wildlife in the UK.
An average 6ft Christmas tree takes 10 years to grow and attracts a wealth of wildlife during its growing cycle; including 40 different types of birds. Out of these, 13 were endangered red
Major step in drive for greener public sector buildings in the region
The North East and Yorkshire (NEY) Net Zero Hub has taken a major stride forward in its ambition to make public sector buildings in the region net zero.
The Hub has appointed international professional services company Turner & Townsend to drive its decarbonisation of public sector buildings programme, including schools,
First look at plans for city's new waterside pocket park
Work has begun on an eye-catching new pocket park celebrating the beauty and heritage of the city’s twin waterways.
The new Whitehall Riverside Pocket Park will sit between the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and is set to include sustainable public seating areas, wildflowers and grassland.
New Light Night zone announced for 2022
Leading urban quarter Wellington Place has been announced as a new zone in Light Night Leeds, the first to be unveiled in the city in four years.
The UK’s largest annual arts and light festival, Light Night Leeds has been running for 17 years, and transforms some of Leeds’
Stunning sunflowers take centre stage
Van Gogh would have been proud! With the sunflower season now reaching its height, the award-winning William’s Den family tourist attraction in East Yorkshire is launching its stunning Sunflower Experience.
William's Sunflower Experience showcases the wonder of sunflowers in full bloom, set against the panoramic backdrop of
The North’s growing polyester problem
New analysis reveals that parents in the North are throwing away 350,000 wearable school uniforms each year, just because they have been outgrown.
With the average school uniform consisting of 32 percent polyester, or similar synthetic fibres, that’s the equivalent of 87 tonnes of plastic going to landfill