Environment

It’s official: Boxing Day is still the most popular day for a walk during the festive period.

A landowner has failed to stop the reopening of a path, despite fears it will trigger a wave of crime caused by fly-tipping and trespassing bikers.

A councillor is ready to listen to public concerns following an application to convert 100 acres of agricultural land into a solar farm .

Uncertainty surrounds a major project to clear the Main Drain after “the complexity and cost of the scheme was underestimated”.

MP Steve Barclay has called on the Government to do an impact assessment on the proposed Wisbech mega-incinerator in a bid to stop it being built.

Restoration is hoped to begin on a tower church spire next year - using similar methods to repair Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

It was supposed to be a landmark scheme that would stop drivers getting stuck on Britain’s most flooded road.

Works to install innovative electronic signs on a stretch of road which often becomes impassable as a result of flooding have kicked off.

With temperatures set to plunge this coming week the county’s road gritting fleet is standing by and ready to roll.

Fake breasts, an unemptied catheter,urine-filled bottles, and a 21-year-old crisp packet are the more unusual items found by a litter-picking duo.

A fractious public inquiry was held in an attempt to establish whether a trail should be registered as a restricted byway.

Remnants of a cannabis farm dumped on the side of a road is one of a series of fly-tipping issues which are blighting a village.

A charity is fighting for horse riders to be able to use a path in the Fens after a drainage board launched an attempt to block people from using it.

A river has come close to bursting its banks this morning.

It is known as Britain’s ‘most flooded road’ – a stretch less than one mile long that spent 89 days under water last year.

The firm behind plans for a mega incinerator for Wisbech has announced it has bought a nine-acre orchard as part of its commitment to wildlife.

A district-wide consultation on the future of refuse services has resulted in a ‘minor victory for black bags’.

The “most significant work” to take place on the Main Drain since St Germans Pumping Station was built is kicking off this month.

Cambridgeshire County Council is on track to reach its net zero goal for its direct emissions by 2030.

The success of a project to help increase the population of a rare wading bird in Fenland is the subject of a specialist paper.