Upper Minety News Today

The Red Arrows will be flying over Oxfordshire tomorrow on their way to a fly past over Southsea Common scheduled for 12:30.

The county of Wiltshire boasts several picturesque towns and villages, but some of them have the weirdest and most puzzling names.

The county of Wiltshire boasts several picturesque towns and villages, but some of them have the weirdest and most puzzling names.

A serial burglar from Upper Minety has been jailed after stealing bottles of champagne.

A MAN has been jailed for more than seven months after pleading guilty to stealing champagne from an outbuilding in Wiltshire.

The lowdown on 2011 festivals in the UK.

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Extinction fears drive The Wildlife Trusts re-wilding campaign Published image copyrightJon Hawkins image captionIt is hoped wildflower meadows will create an oasis for bees and rare butterflies in Carlisle Ten projects have been launched to help restore wild landscapes across England and Wales. They are part of a Wildlife Trusts campaign and include turning a golf course into an insect haven, re-wilding a village and restoring Ice Age ponds. The trusts says 30% of UK land and sea needs to be g...

The move is part of a multi-million pound national spend by the Wildlife Trust. It has bought 44 acres of land at Upper Minety and intends to introduce a rare marsh butterfly. The effort to boost the recovery of nature is backed by broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough, who said that “if given a chance – nature is capable of extraordinary recovery”. To help the fritillary butterfly the nature reserve will introduce a type of plant the insect likes to feed on. The blu...

Projects to transform an ex-golf course for nature, rewild a village and restore Ice Age “ghost” ponds are among schemes being launched to boost wildlife. The Wildlife Trusts coalition has unveiled 10 new projects across England and Wales, which also include restoring arable fields to heathland, improving wildflower meadows and quadrupling the size of a nature reserve to help a rare butterfly. The trusts have raised almost £8 million since launching a campaign to drive the recovery of natu...