2 h. ago Fears for historic villages in green belt as Labour scraps rules against 'unrestricted sprawl' and blocks campaign groups from objecting

Fresh planning guidance issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has made clear that significant green belt safeguards don't apply to villages.

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3 h. ago Best St. Patrick's Day essentials: Master Irish traditions with our local guide

Have a grand auld time with these must-haves

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5 d. ago I stayed in two stunning Zimbabwe safari retreats and witnessed 'the rarest thing local guide had ever seen'

Siobhan Grogan checks into Wilderness Linkwasha, in Hwange National Park, and Wilderness Ruckomechi, on the banks of Zambezi River in Mana Pools National Park.

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7 d. ago Greater Manchester's secondary schools ranked in our Real Schools Guide

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1 week ago White Island volcano eruption: criminal convictions for island owners thrown out

Twenty-two people died in the 2019 New Zealand disaster, mostly US and Australian cruise ship passengers on a walking tourThe owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe thrown out by a judge on Friday.The release of the decision followed a three-day hearing last October for the owners’ company at the high court in the city of Auckland where they appealed against the charges laid by New Zealand’s workplace health and safety regulator after the 2019 eruption of Whakaari, also known as White Island. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Criminal conviction thrown out for owners of New Zealand island volcano where 22 died in an eruption

The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe overturned by a judge on Friday

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1 week ago ‘We used to think the ice was eternal’: Colombia looks to a future without glaciers

In Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, people have watched the ice fields turn to exposed rock and experts predict these vital water sources could be lost in 30 yearsWords and photographs by Euan Wallace in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, ColombiaAt an altitude of 4,200 metres in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Colombia, Edilsa Ibañéz Ibañéz lowers a cupped hand into the water of a glacial stream. A local guide and mountaineer, she has grown up drinking water that runs down from the snowy peaks above. As she stands up, however, the landscape that greets her is markedly different from that of her childhood.“We used to think the ice would be eternal,” says Ibañéz, 45. “Now it is not so eternal. Our glaciers are dying.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Volunteers wanted to guide visitors at Perth's historic St John's Kirk

St John's Kirk Stewards Group is looking for new recruits

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