The Government has announced the accelerated roll out of the Sustainable Farming Incentive - a key part of the Government’s Environmental Land Management schemes - will provide farmers with a diverse range of paid actions to manage hedgerows for wildlife, plant nectar-rich wildflowers and manage crop pests without the use of insecticides.

In another step toward United Utilities’ goal of planting one million trees on its estates by 2030, the water company has planted 10,000 trees around its treatment works in Kinder, Derbyshire.