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Hands off our red phone boxes, say Yorkshire parish councils

North Yorkshire residents are fighting to save 43 phone boxes that have been slated for removal, saying that they are crucial for public safety in an area with patchy mobile coverage.

The Saxon treasure hoarders 'have been convicted of a crime that they needn’t have committed'

Treasure theft made the headlines after two metal detectorists were convicted of stealing a £3-million Viking hoard, but an expert thinks cases are actually decreasing compared to the past.

Walkers warned to watch out for ticks after potentially deadly parasite found in British sheep

While testing sheep in the North of Scotland, scientists from the University of Glasgow have detected the tick-borne organism, which can infect humans and has serious consequences if left untreated.

Climate emergency named as the Oxford Word of the Year for 2019

This year marked a seismic shift in the way we talk about the climate, with a meteoric rise in a wide range of phrases that express gravity and urgency.

Country Life Today: The Eden Project lights up the Cornish night in a stunning display

In today's round-up, we reveal why the Cornish garden has illuminated its biomes; discover an unusual Jacobite relic that is going under the hammer next month; and find out why Africa's tropical plants are facing extinction.

Country Life Today: Beavers set to return to Somerset and the South Downs

In today's round-up, we look at the reasons behind the National Trust's decision to reintroduce beavers to two of its sites; discover why China may derail efforts to tackle climate change; and find out what it really means to be a farmer.

Are we facing 'Insectmageddon' or is it too soon to worry? Experts split over latest bug research

There's good news and bad news from the insect world in two recent reports that paint different pictures of the plight of insects around Britain. Carla Passino explains.

Country Life Today: How bees 'surf' their way to safety when they crash land in ponds

Country Life Today: 'I think we're all shifting our behaviour, I really do'

Country Life Today: Are hedgehogs in peril, or are we just looking out for them more carefully?

Hedgehogs, baby seals born amid bombing runs and the birth of a great literary career are celebrated in today's round-up.

The amazing tale of the plucky duck who survived a fox attack

Country Life Today: How 'Green Friday' is taking on Black Friday, protection for Harlech's maid and a dragon with a Christmas pud

In today's round-up we bring you remarkable news from the art world, the UK's first protected military aircraft crash site, and John Lewis' charming new Christmas advert (complete with a friendly fire-breathing dragon).

In Focus: The greatest Victorian houses in Britain, as featured in a magnificent one-off magazine

Sheep fleece paths provide eco-friendly alternative for nature reserve

Western Isles sheep fleeces have replaced plastic membranes in paths at a nature reserve in Uist, Scotland.

Prince Charles steps in to save iconic Edwardian suspension bridge that was battered by Storm Frank

The Cambus O' May bridge near Ballater, Scotland, was severely damaged by Storm Frank in 2015, but it will soon be restored to its former glory.

Botticelli 'copy' in a Welsh museum turns out to be the real thing worth tens of millions

For years, a work thought to be in the style of Sandro Botticelli languished in a museum storeroom. But since the removal of the ham-fisted efforts of a previous dealer or restorer has shown that the painting is the real thing.

John Lewis 2019 Christmas advert: The new harbinger of the season, this time featuring a fire-breathing dragon

Ghostly remains of WW2 fighter plane granted protected status

The Maid of Harlech, a crashed military aircraft, has become the first in the UK to be granted protection for its historic and archaeological interest.

Country Life Today: 'Unnoticed insect apocalypse' could have 'profound' consequences on all life on earth

In today's news round-up we bring you an 85-year-old model rediscovered in a care home, vets as you've never seen them before and the findings of a Wildlife Trusts survey.

HRH The Prince of Wales: Why telling the story of environmentally-friendly farming is just as important as the farming itself

In his annual birthday message in Country Life magazine, The Prince of Wales applauds efforts to combat climate change and acknowledges the urgent need to explain the value of the food our farmers produce.