West Country Environment

Lewis Pugh swam for more than 10 minutes wearing just trunks, cap and goggles.

We've been given a tour of the waste incinerator at Javelin Park by the M5 near Gloucester.

People living in the area say their lives 'are being made a misery' by trains idling at the end of their road.

Environmental campaigners say they are 'delighted' after a Devon council threw out plans for a new gas power plant.

Cool Pool Lane in the village of Badgeworth, which is near Cheltenham, might be closed in order to clean up roadside rubbish.

Vandals have covered a historic site in Cornwall with graffiti, sparking outrage from locals.

Multiple incidents have been reported.

The warning comes after little progress at UN climate talks in Madrid.

The first 105 trees of the Forest for Cornwall project have been planted, kicking off Cornwall Council’s ambitious new programme.

The trees lasted less than three days before dog walkers spotted a number of the saplings had been ripped up and flattened to the ground.