science
Blue Flags awarded but one beach misses out
Keep Britain Tidy awards six Blue Flags but Avon Beach misses out because of a slip-up. Source link
Waste carrier licences to be tightened as part of illegal dumping crackdown
The proposed changes come after a cow named Beau Vine got approved for a waste removal licence. Source link
Rare plant makes comeback from brink of extinction
The Kentish milkwort has seen a seven-fold increase since conservation efforts in 2013. Source link
Is it safe to swim at England's bathing sites?
Signs warning people not to swim are in place at almost all of England’s official inland river bathing sites due to concerns the water could be unsafe Source link
US firm set to buy satellite station in £37m deal
A Texas-based company wants to expand its deep space communitcations network. Source link
A woolly solution to NI's peatland problems?
Could locally-sourced wool restore peatlands and reduce the carbon cost of conservation? Source link
'Don't swim' at 12 of 14 river bathing sites, as more locations announced
Too much bacteria linked to faeces found at almost all England’s designated river bathing sites Source link
BBC Inside Science
What do we know about the disease following its outbreak on a cruise ship this month? Source link
Melting of Greenland ice sheet could release large stores of methane
Seismic surveys and sediment cores suggest that dozens of deep pockmarks on the sea floor were created when Arctic methane stores were disrupted by climate change after the last glacial maximum – and scientists warn it could happen again Source link
City's historic Assembly Rooms to be repaired
York Conservation Trust says the Grade I-listed building needs work to its roof and portico. Source link