What’s happening in the world of game-fishing

THE money that we deposit into our bank accounts doesn’t just sit in a safe until we need to withdraw it. Banks use our money to fund their other profit-making activities – from loans to investments.

→ After her sixth flood in three decades, Heather Shepherd has stopped trying to keep the River Severn out of her Shropshire home. “I just say, come on in,” she tells Big Issue. “Sit down, and let me

V isions of the parched ground of last ...

Some years ago I filmed a report for Countryfile about a remarkable project to save wild Atlantic salmon. Backing it was a wealthy, charismatic Icelander called Orri Vigfússon who warned: “If we don’t

HIS love affair with nature and being on the water began as a young boy when he used to kayak down the River Spey – Scotland’s second-longest river – with his dad. So, it comes as no surprise that out