With so many of people unable to go further afield on holiday this year it is a great time to re-discover what is already on our doorstep and make the most of the staycation summer.

Home & Away: Finding summer getaways closer to home in the Anglia region

The hot weather has brought crowds of holidaymakers flocking to tourist attractions around the Anglia region providing a boost following the coronavirus lockdown.

Heatwave gives vital boost to Covid-hit tourist trade in the East of England

Fly-tipping is affecting the region's farmers at what is a crucial time of year for them. Many are out in their fields harvesting crops, only to find piles of rubbish illegally dumped on their land. 

How fly-tipping is affecting the region's farmers at a crucial time of year

Hope Farm in Knapwell in Cambridgeshire was set up to develop new techniques and test the effect on wildlife

A New Hope: Celebrations for success of eco-friendly farming experiment 

Close up of crops near harvest time at Strethall in Essex (Joanne Joyce) clear blue skies

The cost of rural crime in the East Anglia has topped £8 million and is growing faster than anywhere else in England.

Rural crime in the East rising faster than anywhere in England

Fire crews helped save the 1000kg animal which had become trapped in a ditch

 Bull in a minor drop: Firefighters help rescue bovine in bother

A thirty year project to reintroduce Red Kites into the wild has been hailed as most successful of its kind.  The birds of prey are now thriving in the Chiltern Hills say the RSPB.

Project to reintroduce Red Kites into the wild most successful of its kind

A Suffolk conservation charity in Suffolk is making regular online films and helping people who are isolated keep in touch with the natural world.

Green Light Trust aims to help nature and people bloom

Architect's impression of the planned Sizewell C nuclear power station

A Public consultation into plans to build a new nuclear powers station on the Suffolk coast have been extended due to the pandemic.

Public consultation on Sizewell C extended due to pandemic

The Conservative MP was meeting local food producers as well as taking a closer look at some of the latest technological innovations.

Michael Gove meets farmers at rainy Royal Norfolk show

Early indications suggest this could be the biggest Norfolk Show in years.

Norfolk Show looks set for its biggest turnout in years

Friday should have been the opening day of the 158th Royal Norfolk Show, the biggest two-day agricultural show in Britain.

Local farmers and traders miss out on cancelled Royal Norfolk Show

Farmers Mark and Paul Hayward have fed one million bees with a pioneering wildflower project.

A pig farm in Suffolk which turned over half its land to wildflowers is now "feeding one million bees".

Global swarming: Eco-friendly pig farm 'feeds a million bees'

Farmers in the Anglia region are backing a campaign by the NFU to protect food standards here in the face of fresh trade deals after Brexit.

Farmers voice concerns for food standards in the future

The Trust will begin a phased reopening of gardens and parklands from June 3.

Anglia Countryside