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The Druids Oak is 800 years old - can it help save tomorrow's forests?

The Druids Oak is 800 years old - can it help save tomorrow's forests?

Dr Ed Pyne snips a leaf from the Druids Oak, an 800-year-old tree that has watched over this woodland in Buckinghamshire for centuries, enduring droughts, storms, heatwaves and more. 'We know that thi …

The English neighbourhood that claims to hold the secret to fixing the NHS

The English neighbourhood that claims to hold the secret to fixing the NHS

Listen to this article on BBC Sounds Ministers, health staff and the public gathered in London last week for a summit to discuss the 10-year NHS plan in England. It was the final roadshow in a nationw …

The fate of the Sycamore Gap tree has shed light on a deeper concern

The fate of the Sycamore Gap tree has shed light on a deeper concern

James Canton spent two years sitting beneath an 800-year-old oak tree near his home in Essex, watching acorns fatten and butterflies land on the massive knurled grey trunk. Sometimes he sat in the bra …

The green steel firms looking to revive US steelmaking

The green steel firms looking to revive US steelmaking

A day care centre for children, a gym, a tax advisor – and a mini experimental steel plant. These businesses are among those that make up a small retail and industrial estate in the city of Woburn, Ma …

The indigenous weavers who aim for empowerment over exploitation

The indigenous weavers who aim for empowerment over exploitation

For every handwoven bag she sells on the palm-lined promenade of Riohacha, a city on Colombia's Caribbean coast, Sandra Aguilar feels that she's sharing a piece of her heritage. Once used exclusively …

The junior doctors' strikes may be over. But is trouble ahead?

The junior doctors' strikes may be over. But is trouble ahead?

It had been the NHS’s longest-running and bitterest pay dispute - responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancelled operations and appointments. And then, suddenly, word came on Monday that the Briti …