THERE are plans to create 11 hectares of woodland at an historic National Trust property. A planning application to create the woodland at Wallington Hall has been submitted for Northumberland County Council for consideration. The Wallington Estate Woodland Creation is part of a bigger Defra and National Lottery Heritage Funded project awarded to the National Trust after a successful application to the Green Recovery Challenge Fund, entitled “Delivering nature-rich historic landscapes, resilient to climate change . The project will see the creation of 11 hectares of new broadleaved woodland within the riparian corridor of the Hart Burn, a sub-catchment of the River Wansbeck.
THE latest stage of an initiative which will bring Dunfermline s Bruce Street back to life has been unveiled. Vibrant shop front art installations have been created, telling the stories of the town in days gone by. It is part of the Great Place Scheme Project which is a three-year National Lottery Heritage-funded scheme aiming to transform the street into a unique piece of Living Theatre . The window displays follow the installation of a Bobbin Canopy – a sky of lights and bobbins, cylinders used to hold thread – to recognise the street s weaving history. One of the shopfront displays unveiled already, at number nine, celebrates artist Andrew Blair, who lived and worked in the street in the mid-19th century.