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On a hot summer’s night the people spoke – the vote at the end of last night’s rewilding debate in London was 52% in favour of rewilding the uplands and a mere 39% against. If 52% (actually a smidgeon under) v 48% (actually a smidgeon over, and without counting the don’t knows and did not…

Still waiting for white smoke as to if, and when, our case will be heard (and the RSPB’s too), but it is very unlikely to be before October.  But it seems that the risk of any activation of the licence is almost passed for this year.

England’s lucky omen? It’s our tern now – rare sea bird visits Farne Islands for first time since 1966 A rare seabird has “come home” for the first time since 1966 – just as England’s footballers hope to repeat the nation’s World Cup heroics of the same year. The sooty tern, usually only found in the…

Going to Scotland at the weekend served many purposes: I saw my son, I picked up many cases of whisky (not all mine) which were purchased years ago but have now matured, I escaped the heat of southern England for the relative coolness of central Scotland, I had a brief look at the Strathbraan Raven…

And so we say farewell to David Davis, the Brexit Bulldog.  I have quite a lot of time for Mr Davis even though I agree with him about very little. You may have noticed that I did not list him in the three Cabinet minisiters who lack moral compass. I think Davis has a moral…