2 h. ago Wombats, wallabies and whales: four days walking in Wilsons Promontory national park

It’s one of Victoria’s favourite national parks for good reason. Hiking the park’s south reveals stunning coastlines and complex history, topped off by a night in a lighthouseGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWe left the Wilsons Promontory Lightstation with one last look out to sea, admiring the chain of islands leading like stepping stones across the Strait. They’re the remnants of a landbridge between the Prom and Tasmania’s Freycinet, a link easily seen in the areas’ shared beauty: fine white sand, rough granite and bright orange lichen contrasting with a startlingly blue sea. It’s the nature, the beauty and the walking that brought us here, as well as a sense of unfinished business.My husband and I had been coming to Wilsons Prom for decades, for day walks and multi-day hikes. But we’d never made it to the lighthouse, or stayed in the cottages converted to walkers’ accommodation. To tackle the trip, we booked two bunkrooms and roped in the Schultz family. It would be th...

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3 h. ago Stirlingshire beauty spot subject of parking and path upgrade plans

The application has been made by the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park to expand car parking at the Falls of Falloch, as well as a general revamp of the path network.

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6 h. ago Peak District police using drones to target 'dangerously fast' Bank Holiday bikers

The winding roads of the national park are very popular with motorcyclists

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27 h. ago Sheep rustlers turn beautiful UK national park into ‘Wild West’

As more than 1,000 reported sheep thefts are investigated, Devon and Cornwall Police suspect farming industry insiders are involved

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33 h. ago Manhunt for rapist who attacked schoolgirl, 16, in Primrose Hill

The girl alerted police officers who were on patrol on nearby Regents Park Road at around 11pm last Friday to tell them she had been raped (pictured, file photo of Primrose Hill).

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59 h. ago Sauntering on streets and grazing on lawns: what happens when rhinos move into town?

In one Nepali village, the resident rhinos are a conservation success story and attract thousands of visitors, but attacks on humans are on the rise“I can’t talk now, I’m in hospital,” Ram Kumar Aryal says when he picks up the phone. “Someone has been attacked by one of the rhinos.” Every few months, Aryal – who is one of the architects of Nepal’s celebrated rhino conservation programme – ends up in one of the hospitals around Chitwan national park to respond to a rhino attack. This time, three women had been injured earlier that afternoon by a female rhino outside Laukhani village in the park’s buffer zone.The hospital had bandaged up their fractured legs and ribs and treated the bites on their hips and knees. “Normally rhinos are vegetarian, but they use their incisors for attacks,” says Aryal. Those incisors can grow to three inches long. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 30,000 trees to be planted on one of Scotland's best known mountains in heart of national park

Those behind the project said it’s the first of its kind and scale ever undertaken on the mountain and one of the highest woodland initiatives in Scotland.

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3 d. ago Police patrol national park to help protect endangered capercaillies

The wildlife crime officers are carrying out early morning patrols.

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3 d. ago Popular Italian region can fine tourists £2,000 for wearing wrong item of clothing

National park authorities can enforce a rule that prohibits visitors from wearing certain footwear

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4 d. ago Tourists slammed by environmental group for causing harm to Spain’s highest peak

Criticism has been aimed at mass tourism and the ‘destruction’ of Tenerife’s volcanic national park

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4 d. ago Welsh pub fights to keep decking put there after child was almost run over

An appeal has been lodged against a national park refusal of decking at a Pembrokeshire seaside village pub which was labelled 'a discordant element within the village'

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5 d. ago Hidden away green 'path in the sky' in Wales that's been reclaimed by nature

Cwm Prysor Viaduct is a beautiful spot to visit in Eryri National Park - but some are worried it will be overrun if it gets the same treatment as other 'discovered' spots

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7 d. ago Child remains found at ancient sacrifice altar hidden in national park

The remains of three children were found at the altar in Tikal National Park in Guatemala

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8 d. ago Whatever Donald Trump does next, this chaos will soon be shaping ordinary lives for the worse | Gaby Hinsliff

There is now little prospect of the growth Labour promised. With Reform nipping at his heels, Starmer must offer protection to the British peopleIf it’s brown, lie down. If it’s black, fight back. If it’s white, say goodnight.The rhyme we learned hiking as a family through Yellowstone national park last summer is meant as a cheery reminder of how not to get eaten, if you meet a bear. Brown bears are best appeased by playing dead; black bears need to know this will hurt them more than it hurts you; and luckily there aren’t any polar bears in Yellowstone, because nothing deters them.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Brecon Mountain Railway takes families through the UK’s most stunning national park this Easter

This Easter, the picturesque Brecon Mountain Railway will be taking riders on a memorable journey through the picturesque landscapes of South Wales from April 19 to 21

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8 d. ago Pair seen in viral video destroying iconic national park rock formation are found guilty

‘It takes millions of years for these rock formations to form and then you get a couple idiots out there that are destroying all that work of nature,’ a National Park Service spokesperson said last year

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8 d. ago This federal rule helped clear air over America's most beloved parks. Trump's EPA wants to kill it

Outdoor enthusiasts are worried about the loss of their favorite vistas as President Donald Trump's administration considers weakening a 26-year-old rule designed to improve visibility over national parks and wilderness areas

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8 d. ago Fashion police! Taliban 'morality patrol' arrests men for their haircuts

The Taliban's morality police have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles, and others for missing prayers at mosques during Ramadan, a UN report has said.

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9 d. ago Lava fountains feared as Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano continues to erupt

Lava fountains have reached heights of 1,000 feet (305 meters) during eruptive episodes in recent weeks

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9 d. ago 60 per cent of residents in Scottish national park struggle to find affordable housing as a third want to move

Residents generally felt the park was good for their mental health, but found the area challenging to live in when it came to housing and public transport

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