Nature campaigners and wildlife lovers have criticised chancellor Rachel Reeves after she said developers would “not need to worry about bats and newts” in her bid to ramp up growth in the UK economy.

She said the government was enabling developers to "focus on getting things built and stop worrying over the bats and the newts". Designers of the rail project say they have already gone out of ...

The male victims were walking their dogs by Newt Pond, near School Road, and were then reportedly approached by two boys, Suffolk police said. In the second incident, one of the victims was ...

The Chancellor unfairly called out “bats and newts” as the villains getting in the way of Britain’s ability to build new homes and infrastructure, as she outlined further economic growth plans for the ...

The Labour Party (LP) has said its leadership is not aware of the N50m bribe allegedly being doled out by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government to the leadership of ...

The Charging Bull or Wall Street Bull is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo U.S. investors rattled by this week ...

The Prime Minister and the Housing Secretary suggest that we need to prioritise people’s needs ‘over newts’ in housing policy – but this is a false choice. More homes are badly needed for families and ...