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Stop! Hedgehog! Hedgehog ‘warning signs’ are going up on our roads, at animal casualty black spots. The aim is to stop the drastic decline of their population –  around 100,000 of them are killed on our roads every year, and it is feared that this level of mortality is unsustainable. The People’s Trust for Endangered...

50 years on from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Britain, the USA, the Soviet Union and 58 other nations signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 50 years ago, on 1st July 1968. It came into effect in March 1970, and some 190 nations have now signed. India and Pakistan have never signed the treaty but have admitted...

No more spoonfuls of sugar to help the medicine go down The NHS may bring in a complete ban on sugary drinks in hospitals, after more than a third of its trusts have failed to sign up to a voluntary scheme to cut sales. It seems that so far 80 out of 232 trusts have...

Is there poverty in our local school? Are there children in our local school who are living in poverty? There could well be. At least, teachers right across the country report that they are now having to wash children’s clothes and lend parents money, as they report increasing poverty among their pupils. A joint survey...

Prenez garde! Voila le French mosquito! If you are going to France this summer, be sure to use repellent sprays. Aggressive tiger mosquitoes that can carry viruses such as Zika, dengue and chikungunya have already spread through half of France. Tiger mosquitoes (originally from Asia) can be identified by their distinctive black-and-white striped body and...

Diary of a Momentous Year: July 1918 – WHEN FRIENDS COME TO HELP It is called ‘World War 1’ and certainly no previous conflict had spread its ugly fingers so widely. Of course, we tend to think of the Western Front. Our default image of the War is of men in trenches, of mud and...

Read this before you take your dog to Europe British pets are at risk of catching deadly diseases from foreign ticks when they are taken to the Continent. This is the warning from vets, who are reporting increasing numbers of foreign ticks who are being brought home from holidays to Spain, Cyprus, Romania and Bulgaria....

Waterloo!  What’s in a Name?  To some people it’s a very famous song by Abba. To some London commuters it’s a part of their daily routine. To historians it’s a famous battle 203 years ago when the British army defeated the French at a place in Belgium. In case you are still wondering, it’s Waterloo,...

On the perils of the Ladies’ Guild annual outing… The Rectory St James the Least of All My dear Nephew Darren And so once again we start the annual round of parish treats. While the bell-ringers prefer public houses, and the choirboys want fast food outlets, the Ladies’ Guild are centred on lavatories. The itinerary...

Remembrance100 – marking the end of World War 1 Top four myths about mission –  Myth four: Mission is for extraordinary people Christian Aid helping prepare for monsoon season Growing number of young people taking part in church placements The growth of Muslims in Europe Could you help the Conservation Foundation investigate the state of our...

Christian Aid has been working around the clock to help those who have fled Myanmar to the camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to prepare for the coming cyclone and monsoon season. Flooding, landslides and cyclones are expected which will destroy many of the temporary shelters set up since the mass movement of people started when...