Environment

A kitten that was found tied up inside a plastic bag and left in a dog litter bin has been given a new lease of life by a local cat rescue.

Edwinstowe’s County Councillor John Peck is set to present a petition to Nottinghamshire County Council, opposing proposal to frack in or around Sherwood Forest.

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service have issued a warning to residents not to set ‘irresponsible’ fires in their gardens.

Cases of fly-tipping are continuing to emerge throughout Ashfield, despite Ashfield District Council’s drive to clear up the area.

Water issues have been reported at Maul Valley Trail, Old Mill Lane, causing the public bridleway to become boggy and give off ‘bad smells’.

Crews from Mansfield and Ashfield fire stations have arrived in Lancashire as they help to tackle the blaze at Winter Hill.

It is time to prepare your shorts and sun glasses because there is a heatwave on the horizon.

Sherwood Forest will be featured on tonight’s BBC Springwatch programme, as the team join staff to find out how technology is helping to care for ancient trees.

Nottinghamshire residents are being warned that an extra 50 billion flying ants are set to invade Britain this summer.

The Campaign for National Parks charity has welcomed the Westminster Government’s announcement of Julian Glover as the chair of a 21st century “Hobhouse” review into England’s National Parks.

A monthly kerbside collection of glass for residents is due to be implemented ‘as soon as possible’.

Children at Bagthorpe Primary School have been planting trees native to Nottinghamshire as part of a national project.

After Brexit, the hottest political potato at the moment is plastic pollution.

A greener environment and a healthier lifstyle were the messages behind a new community orchard that was planted by schoolchildren in Mansfield.

Sherwood Forest will receive an half-a-million-pound investment to help built the new visitors centre.

“I am proud to be here protecting this Earth.” That was the message from multi-faith minister Denise Tooley-Okonkwo as she spoke at a public meeting in Warsop to discuss fracking.

Check out a bird’s eye view of one of Mansfield’s “hidden gems”.