Environment

All stores will add 5p on to the cost of any drink bought in a paper cup from July 26 to encourage customers to bring in reusable cups.

The removal has helped to restore the number of seabirds including ducks, terns, lapwings and red-throated divers.

Whale makes uncommon appearance in Wellington Harbour.

Erratic wind and heat gripping a large area of California from San Jose to the Oregon border has been driving the flames.

Around 9,500 people gathered at the neolithic World Heritage Site to attend the overnight celebration of the longest day of the year.

The public have been asked to nominate trees for the UK-wide contest, with the winner to bid for European Tree of the Year glory.

The petrochemical giant took the Scottish Government to court seeking a judicial review of the effective ‘ban’.

Red squirrels and wildcats are among those most at risk, but polecats, pine martens and otters are on the increase, research has found.

Hay fever season is underway and the Met Office has predicted pollen levels will be very high in much of the UK the next few days.

More than 40 new zones will be designated to block "harmful" activities like dredging and offshore development.