Hugh Asher News Today

Martina Sanchez-Wilson, 31, (pictured) from Patagonia, won the tree hugging contest in Scotland.

The Scottish Tree Hugging Championships were held near Loch Sunart in the Highlands at the weekend.

Nic Goddard keeps a daily nature connection journal herself.

An award-winning north Norfolk hotel is hoping to sell 40,000 bottles of its wine a year after opening a vineyard in South Africa.

Organisers of Scotland's Tree Hugging Championship say wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin has 'all the moves' following his Strictly success.

Ewen's Room volunteer coordinator Hugh Asher in his special 'sit spot'.

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A forest bathing exercise run by Darach Croft was offering guided invitations and gentle reminders to find a place to sit outside and engage fully with all my senses with nature around me. So how did I get on? February is the shortest month of the year but thanks to poor weather, limited daylight and cold temperatures it can often feel like it has more than 28 days in it. It was a busy month for me with work and family commitments and even finding just half an hour to sit and switch off everyth...

Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However,  rest assured that access to all Covid related news will still remain free...