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New Great Britain-wide strategy sets out five-year vision for plant health and biosecurity
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage has stopped the export of ivory sculpture, 'Death of Cleopatra', carved by the artist Henri de Triqueti
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A temporary export bar has been placed on a late 15th century bronze roundel valued at £17 million
Welsh bioresearch company, Agroceutical Products, grows and harvests daffodils in the Black Mountains to help Alzheimer’s patients.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The drugs were hidden in a lorry load of flowers stopped in Coquelles.
Northern Ireland’s young people and community investment at the heart of UK Government’s centenary programme
Example of how an employer can employ someone from outside of the UK and the steps they will take to apply for a sponsor licence.
New research by the MOD's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has found that plants could be used to detect nerve agents similar to those used in the sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway in 1995.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
More than 840 charities, community groups and grassroots organisations tackling social isolation have received a share of £4m to tackle loneliness
Highways England is driving a new initiative which will have wide-reaching benefits for the environment and biodiversity – and the answer lies in the soil.
More than £3.6 million of government funding awarded to the National Academy of Social Prescribing to support wellbeing, including impacts of loneliness.
The Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve will be one of the subjects of a new arts-based project.
Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss has collected 60 jars of honey produced by Defra’s bees.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Environment Minister Rebecca Pow visits Dobbies Garden Centre in London to hear how they are creating jobs and planting for our planet.
Day packed full of free events for coastal community on national trail due to stretch around the coast of England
British Ambassador Sir Dominick Chilcott’s message marking the launch of the 2019 Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal.
International Development Secretary announces new UK aid investment in vital research on bio-fortification to help tackle malnutrition and end global hunger.
Novel garden at RHS Chelsea 2015 highlights how sentinel trees are being used to detect global plant pest and disease threats.
I am often asked what it was like working in Helmand. It is always hard to answer the question, at least succinctly, because the experience was so many things.'
Rare wildflowers, wildlife and medieval earthworks help Johnson’s Meadows win protected status.
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