Alex Pope
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 32
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Why charities are still clinging to using a giant cheque (opens the original)
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Before internet banking became the main way to pay and send money there was another way to do it — by writing a cheque. According to the Image Clearing System (ICS), cheque volume has declined 49% from 2021 to 2025. Personally, I only get a cheque as a birthday or Christmas gift from an elderly relative, but there seems to be a group of people who still want to cling to using this old-fashioned form of banking — charities who love an oversized piece of card with big numbers on. It is seen as one
Great Gaddesden farmland to be reinstated as wildlife area (opens the original)
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Arable land farmed by a family for about 80 years is to be restored to an orchard and wildlife area. A 30-year project will be undertaken on a 70-acre (28 hectareS) site at Pipers Hill, Great Gaddesden, close to Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire and aims to enhance existing grassland with specialist wildflower and herb seed mixes. Work is due to start later this year and will be undertaken by landowners Naturum. Animals expected to benefit include native British species such as brown hares, hedge
West Northants aims to 'safeguard nature' for future generations (opens the original)
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More tree planting, wetland restoration and drainage work could take place in parts of Northamptonshire to "safeguard nature for generations to come". West Northamptonshire Council has approved its first Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) which was required by the Environment Act 2021 and is the responsibility of all authorities. It said the area was one of England's "most nature-depleted areas" and its wildlife sites "are often small, in poor condition, and isolated from one another". Workin
Universal will be a 'shake up call' to other UK theme parks (opens the original)
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The arrival of Universal UK Resort and theme park would be a "shake-up and wake-up call" to other parks in the UK, the man behind some of the country's top attractions said. John Wardley, who has developed several parks and whose work includes Nemesis at Alton Towers, believed the planned attraction near Bedford would be "the best thing to happen to the industry in Britain in many years". He is due to appear at a sell-out talk on Friday as part of the inaugural Write by the River Bedford Literac
Argentina-bound seabird found exhausted in Northamptonshire (opens the original)
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A young seabird bound for Argentina has been found "grounded and exhausted" in a landlocked county, more than a hundred miles from home. The Manx shearwater was spotted making a noise in a garden in Crick, Northamptonshire, on Friday. The homeowners called staff at Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital, based in Kibworth Beauchamp, who first offered help and advice on the phone before collecting the bird for treatment. Amy Blower, from the charity, said the species normally lives along the west coast
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