A BAN on the import of ash trees to combat the threat of ash dieback could be too late to stop the disease spreading across the UK. Experts fear the

WALKERS are learning the skills they need to join the growing ranks of footpath volunteers in Oxfordshire.

A FREE tree scheme is being made available to farmers and rural landowners in Leicestershire.

WIND farms in the countryside must generate more benefits for local communities, the government has warned.

RURAL campaigners have called on the government to maintain its pledge to protect the green belt.

SIX rural communities across County Durham are the latest to have their say on local conservation.

LANDOWNERS have joined forces with a local authority to make it easier to remove fly-tipped waste from private land.

MANY rural roads could see their speed limits reduced from 60mph to 40mph under new guidance to local authorities.

RURAL communities are stepping up campaigns against the siting of wind turbines in the countryside.

RURAL campaigners have renewed calls to make it easier to fine people for littering from cars.