Actress Cate Blanchett’s plans to build nearly 100 solar panels to power her £5m mansion risks being scuppered - by the presence of newts. The Lord of the Rings star, 53, and her playwright husband ...

A golf club in the Borders is changing its approach to course maintenance - in order to help protect some unexpected guests. The discovery of great crested newts in a greenside pond has prompted the ...

A company behind a "habitat bank" says it hopes to end "compromised meaningless ecological enhancements" on developments.

Lancashire Wildlife Trust is continuing its efforts as part of its biggest ever fundraising appeal, Step Up for Wildlife, aiming to raise £300,000 towards nature’s recovery. Did you know with a ...

Plans have been submitted for two ponds in Nidderdale, creating a haven for great crested newts. Wildscapes, which creates habitats for Natural England, is seeking permission from North Yorkshire ...

A NEW 600-home development in West Lothian has been given planning permission despite concerns over an indigenous population of endangered newts. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh ...

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RARE newts are being “parachuted” onto controversial development sites far from their natural habitats in a bid to influence planning disputes, it was claimed yesterday. Millions of pounds have been ...

Boris Johnson is hoping to build a new swimming pool in his garden – but he may instead end up with a pond full of newts. The former Conservative prime minister and MP recently submitted a planning ...

A special pond area has been created for great crested newts A new habitat has been created for a colony of great crested newts found on a building site. The newts, a legally protected species, were ...