As the Great Fen Monitoring and Research Officer in Cambridgeshire, part of Stanier’s job is to capture and photograph great crested newts each spring, he wrote in a July 3 news release from the ...

It is not a new argument. During my time in Cabinet, no discussion on infrastructure delivery was complete without a rant about “newts and bats”, usually followed by some choice words about Natural ...

The great crested newt is found throughout Europe and is a protected species District-level licensing schemes operate in certain parts of England to protect the European protected species and aim ...

As prime minister, Boris Johnson railed against "newt-counting" as a "massive drag on prosperity" blaming the process for slowing down building in the UK. Now, his own plans to build a pool at his ...

However, the appeal was dismissed as the needs of the newts won out again ... They are protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. They are a Priority Species under ...

Angela Rayner has said the UK should not be in a situation where “newts are more protected than people” who need housing, ahead of a government shake-up of planning. The deputy Prime Minister ...