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Press reports cite National Trust bosses as having rejected a request from chemicals firm Ineos to conduct surveys at Clumber Park to test for shale gas – a process that could lead to fracking.

A large Kiwi chalk figure in Wiltshire commemorating lives lost and sacrifices made by New Zealand troops in First World War is protected as a scheduled monument, and a Terrain Model of Messines in Staffordshire – an accurate scale model … Continue reading →

The Great Place Scheme has been launched in Northern Ireland, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), to put culture and heritage at the heart of the development of local communities.

A community group from Leeds, has put their plans for the Cardy, a Grade II listed pub in Burley, directly to owners Greene King, who made it very clear they are looking for the best bid and not necessarily the … Continue reading →

The Welsh Government will invest nearly £300,000 this year to create more opportunities for people to engage in culture and the arts and drive up volunteering in the sector.

The Australian National Trust has announced the 2017 Heritage Awards winners, with categories that reflect many heritage areas familiar in the UK, and some less so.

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation had a record spend of £49.1m across its grant-making and social investments, and it now has an endowment of £1bn, its 2016 accounts have revealed, which was up from £876m at the same time in 2015.

Ninety percent of floodplains across the country have been so severely changed that they no longer work properly, according to a new report, released today by Co-op Insurance and Dr Neil Entwistle and Dr George Heritage of The University of … Continue reading →

Google has submitted plans for ‘landscraper’ London headquarters, as construction on building that is longer than the Shard is tall is set to begin in King’s Cross in 2018.

Battersea Power Station’s four chimneys are iconic structures that are instantly recognisable and a much-loved feature of London’s skyline and are being fully reconstructed with work near completion and painting underway.

30-year-old journalist Simon Cunningham, elected chair of Bradford Civic Society – the youngest ever Chairman of an English Civic Society – says civic societies needs to attract younger members, and highlights the damage from the dramatic downturn in conservation services … Continue reading →

Northern Ireland’s (NI) longest listed monument is to be repaired after years of exposure to the elements and damage due to lightning strikes.

Bristol has been named the greenest city in the UK as part of research into the country’s most environmentally friendly cities.

English Heritage’s proposals for a new footbridge which would span the gap between the castle’s mainland and island wards, at Tintagel Castle have been submitted to Cornwall Council.

A cash-strapped Moray Council is selling off the names of streets to businesses, which, The Scotsman paper argues, may open up the possibility of addresses such as Asda Avenue or Tesco Terrace.

Precious prehistoric monuments erected in the North York Moors thousands of years ago are being damaged, in some cases severely, by walkers building their own stone landmarks on top of them.

Migration Watch UK has issued a paper – EU Immigration, Post-Brexit – A Comprehensive Policy – on the prospect for temporary visas for EU migrants to work in jobs at lower skill levels than presently required for admission of non-EU … Continue reading →