Donors sought to save Scotland’s rainforests
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Donors are being sought to halt the loss of Scotland’s rare rainforests.
The Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest – a voluntary partnership of 21 organisations and public bodies – has released a video to promote its aim of seeking to turn around the fortunes of the dwindling habitat.
Funding of around £850,000 is being sought to help with two projects, based in Argyll and Bute and the Highlands.
The story behind the Northumberland ale protecting endangered water voles
First and Last Brewery in Eldson has been supporting the Northumberland Wildlife Trust s Restoring Ratty project with a new beer
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A gesture to help keep endangered water voles released in Northumberland ale and hearty has passed a funding milestone.
One of the last untouched Second World War bomb sites is to be preserved for future generations.
The National Picture House cinema was one of thousands of buildings damaged in Hull by German bombing raids during the Blitz.
With all the others having been demolished or repaired, plans are now under way to make the ruin safe enough for schoolchildren to visit and learn about the war. There are very few [damaged] structures from World War Two that have survived, that are not either military buildings or churches, said Hilary Byers from the National Civilian WWII Memorial Trust, which was set up in 1999 to save the site.
Britain’s parish churches need a miracle
Far from a money-guzzling irrelevance, these places of worship are the beating hearts of our communities
23 December 2020 • 5:03pm
Covid can’t stop it. This year, as every year, the magic will descend, as people make a sometimes unfamiliar way to church, or at least pause to remember the point of it all: the birth of a baby around 2020 years ago. Although congregations won’t be allowed to belt out the words of
O Come, All Ye Faithful, because singing in church has mostly been banned, and some services have been moved online, the reflective mood brought on by Covid-19 may focus minds more on the spiritual dimension of Christmas than on the frenzy of shopping that usually precedes it.