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The UK’s rivers, ponds, lakes, streams and wetlands are in crisis, but a national conservation charity has unveiled a bold new plan to reverse the decline in freshwater wildlife within just 10 years.

Freshwater Habitats Trust has today (23rd April 2025) launched its vision for the Freshwater Network, a science-based strategy to build a cleaner, more connected, network of habitats for wildlife. Now, at a critical time for the future of freshwater, the charity is calling on other organisations to join the effort.

One in four UK freshwater plant and animal species is now classed as rare or threatened and almost all rivers, lakes and small freshwaters are impacted by pollution. According to Freshwater Habitats Trust, adopting the Freshwater Network could double the extent of unpolluted freshwater habitats and achieve an increase in species that are currently rare or declining by 2035.

Evidence from a new report raises concerns about the status of adders in Scotland.

The latest Scottish Adder Survey found that the reported distribution of Britain’s only venomous snake shrank significantly in Scotland between 1994 and 2024.

It found that the number of ten-kilometre squares in which adders have been reported in Scotland has substantially declined, from 567 pre-1994 to 364 from 1994 onwards – a 36% decrease.

Water companies should no longer be allowed to monitor their own levels of sewage pollution, the industry body has told the BBC exclusively.

Instead they are proposing a new, third-party monitoring system to build consumer trust.

The recommendation is part of a submission made to the UK government's independent review into the water sector.

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Woolly maggots, nature-destroyers – sheep are criticised by many conservationists for denuding Britain’s uplands of rare plants and trees.

So The Wildlife Trusts were shocked when they were compelled to buy 4,000 sheep as part of the biggest land restoration project in England.

The flock were part of the deal to buy the first “big chunk” of the 3,850-hectare (9,500-acre) Rothbury estate in Northumberland last autumn, the largest land sale in England for 30 years.

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The wife of a wrongly deported Salvadoran father living in Maryland was moved to a safe house after Donald Trump’s administration posted a court document that included her address on social media.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura said she began fearing for her safety and the safety of her three children after the Department of Homeland Security shared a protective order from 2021 that prominently featured her address to the department’s 2.4 million followers on X.

“I don’t feel safe when the government posts my address, the house where my family lives, for everyone to see, especially when this case has gone viral and people have all sorts of opinions,” she told The Washington Post. “So, this is definitely a bit terrifying. I’m scared for my kids.”

Author: KANIS LEUNG Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 24/04/2025 | 04:19:04

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Joseph Zen was allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope Francis' funeral. Authorities confiscated his passport after his controversial arrest under a Beijing-imposed national security law in 2022. Zen is among the critics in recent years who have said the Vatican’s agreement with Chinese authorities betrays pro-Vatican Chinese Catholics. Stephen Chow will travel to the Vatican for the conclave, the city's Catholic Social Communications Office says. In 2023, a Beijing bishop who was installed by China's state-controlled Catholic church as an archbishop visited Hong Kong at the invitation of Chow.

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Author: The Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 24/04/2025 | 04:29:40

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Russian missile and drone attack hit Kyiv overnight, killing nine people and injuring another 63. Fires reported in several residential buildings, official says.

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The EU has an income inequality of 0,29 gini. That's the lowest of any major area in the world.

This is achieved by having high taxation, primarily on labour, and redistributing it to fund (primarily) public goods and services. Such as education and healthcare.

Why would your system be better than the mixed economy of the EU?