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Thinktank Create Streets calls for people to be allowed to grow plants and trees in barren urban areasA right to plant and grow trees and other greenery in public spaces should be given to people across Britain, an adviser to Michael Gove has said.Nich…
Exclusive: Create Streets proposes building on Britain’s ‘road belt’ rather than its green belt amid housing crisisNeedlessly wide roads should be torn up and replaced with boulevards of new housing, a thinktank led by the UK government’s most senior u…
Electric scooter rental experiment in French capital ends after 5 years of controversyParis will become the first European capital to ban rented electric scooters on Friday, as the city hall vowed to “calm down” the streets.Five years after Paris becam…
Beside the obvious environmental benefits, one of the key questions for those following the expansion of the scheme is whether it adds up financiallyThe controversial expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) on Tuesday will be watched close…
Chelsea flower show organisers hope Manchester event will reach more would-be gardeners living in small spacesThe UK’s first entirely indoor flower show, aimed at people in urban areas with little to no outdoor space, is to be put on by the Royal Horti…
Lowering pollution produced by houses, offices and factories is just as crucial as tackling vehicle emissionsImposing strict controls on car exhausts will only partially improve the quality of air people breathe in the UK, scientists have said. New mea…
UN agency says Italian city faces ‘irreversible’ damage from effects of climate crisis and tourismVenice risks being placed on the Unesco world heritage site blacklist unless the Italian authorities do more to protect the fragile city.The United Nation…
Experts suggest measures to make towns more friendly for population whose lives are longer and waistlines largerWhether it is crossing the road before the green man disappears, finding a spot to pause for breath, or identifying a landmark by which to n…
Campaigners’ pressure sees London mayor withdraw approval for stoves billed as better for the environmentThe London mayor Sadiq Khan has withdrawn his endorsement of woodburning stoves promoted as “environmentally friendly” after a surge in sales of th…
Drummond Street, a south Asian hub, is under threat from HS2 works at Euston station in London but now moves are afoot to revive the areaFriday lunchtime and the dining room at Chutneys is in full swing. Happy customers, many longtime regulars, are tuc…