Environment

It comes as new data shows 14.3% of England's surface waters achieved good ecological status

The Scottish gov announced a £3 million fund for those affected, but calls for further preventative methods still present

The fire could have escalated from 17 hectares to a landscape-scale incident affecting more than 6,000 hectares

Met Office says England and Wales on course to be driest for 190 years

Norfolk's Ben Goldsborough leads call for more reservoirs, better communication and flexible abstraction rights

This week from Farmers Guardian deputy editor Alex Black

A swathe of counties from Dorset to East Anglia have been officially declared in drought, as back-to-back heatwaves take their toll

Countryside Regeneration Trust tenant Tim Scott discusses where the true value of regenerative farming lies

Farmers Guardian reader Adrian Thornton-Berry, emailed with his thoughts on the recent wildfires on peatlands in Wales

Major incidents declared in Cairngorms and Essex as fires rage across the UK