Britain is a country mercifully bereft of threatening fauna–or so you might believe. John Lewis-Stempel provides a miscellany of our otherwise benign land’s more fearsome critters

Water companies are failing to account for the impacts of tourism in some of England and Wales’ most visited and treasured beauty spots, resulting in sewage spill overflows, according to a new report.

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The arms race between antibiotics and bacteria

How is climate change – and consequently evolving farming practices – affecting hunting? Andrew Sallis finds out

THE ADVICE YOU NEED TO GET THE BEST FROM YOUR FISHING