The ringleader of the Tory plot to oust Theresa May has been roundly condemned by senior party figures as the Prime Minister promised to provide "calm leadership".

The UK’s withdrawal from an arrangement allowing other countries to fish in British waters is an aggressive step, but not totally surprising, according to one of the country’s largest fish producers’ group.

Culling of thousands of ducks at a farm operated by the UK’s largest producer of duck products is expected to begin today after a bird flu outbreak.

The UK's Environment Agency is facing a furious backlash as communities in the south west already hit by flooding were warned that more could be on the way.

Britain remains at risk of more flooding as rain continues to plague the south of the country and tidal surges batter the coast.

Strong winds and large waves are causing further coastal flooding in the UK today.

Strong winds and large waves are expected to cause further coastal flooding today.

The UK's Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has urged the country to wake up to the “massive” potential advantages of fracking and accused opponents of the technique of scaremongering.

The first pilot badger control operations have begun in the UK, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) said today.

The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, has hailed the deal on the reform to the Common Agricultural Policy as a 'watershed moment' for all in the agri-sector.

British Environment Secretary Owen Paterson will update MPs today on the horsemeat scandal after warning that the next set of tests could produce more bad results.

Britain's Environment Secretary Owen Paterson attacked the insurance industry today for causing flood victims “alarm” after 200,000 householders were warned they could lose their home cover.

A nuclear-powered submarine which ran aground on a shingle bank earlier today has been towed free tonight, the Royal Navy said.

The coalition today pledged to oppose draft EU regulations that could prevent eggs being sold by the dozen.

BRITAIN’S first major food strategy for 60 years, which Environment Secretary Hilary Benn will launch at the Oxford Farming Conference today, will call for a sea change in the way people think about farming.

CLIMATE change could lead to a rise in average summer temperatures in parts of Britain that is nearly double the level which the EU and others say is dangerous, a study said yesterday.

NEGOTIATORS from 187 countries have agreed to launch talks which, it is hoped, will lead to a new international climate change deal.

Campaigners tonight urged countries to name and shame the US for its “blatant attempts to derail” the negotiations for an international deal on climate change.

FARM leaders in Ireland yesterday warned that a possible new leak of foot and mouth disease in Britain was a matter of great concern.

The east coast of England is bracing itself for potentially life-threatening flooding this morning although the Environment Agency said water levels are not as high as originally feared.

The east coast of England was tonight bracing itself for severe flooding as a tidal surge made its way in from the North Sea.

The battle to deal with climate change needs to be fought like “World War Three”, the head of the Environment Agency warned today.

Two new cases of bluetongue disease have been confirmed, British Environment Secretary Hilary Benn announced today.

A fifth animal is being culled tonight in the UK after testing positive for bluetongue, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said tonight.

Fears of “enormous economic consequences” for the livestock industry have been raised as tests indicate the virus strain in the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak is the same as that which infected two herds last month.

Official reports into the recent foot-and-mouth outbreak are being published today – and are expected to say faulty drainage pipes at a nearby laboratory could have released the disease.

There is a “strong possibility” that the Pirbright laboratory facility is the source of the foot-and-mouth outbreak, it was announced tonight.

The slaughter of animals infected by a fresh outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has begun on a farm in Surrey, England.

The North's power-sharing executive will today hold a special Cabinet meeting to consider their response to the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey, England.

Parts of the UK remain in the grip of flooding today, with further surges expected on the River Thames and more than 340,000 people facing the prospect of two weeks without fresh water.

Hundreds of people spent a second night in evacuation centres as a huge clean-up operation continued after catastrophic floods that claimed four lives in the UK.

British Chancellor Gordon Brown today indicated that he expects a fight for the Labour leadership when Tony Blair steps down as prime minister.

Hundreds of workers at the Bernard Matthews factory in Norfolk face being laid off in the wake of the bird flu outbreak, it was revealed today.

Companies will have to conform to new standards on tackling climate change to keep their places in the FTSE’s index of socially responsible investments.

Export bans on British poultry because of the bird flu outbreak on a turkey farm are unjustified, the European Commission said today.

GOVERNMENT policy of carbon emission charges is great news for the big-time polluters, according to Friends of the Earth (FOE), but not such good news for the PAYE citizens that will pay the price.

The US insisted it was committed to protecting the environment, finally giving an official response to questions raised by a British report that warned global warming could devastate the world economy.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce today that he will quit within a year, following one of the most serious political crises of his premiership.

Tony Blair will quit as Labour leader on May 31 next year and resign as British Prime Minister on July 26 2007 after an eight-week battle for the succession, it was claimed today.

A group representing councils in the Republic and the North today urged Tony Blair to bin proposals to build a new generation of nuclear power plants in the UK.

A SUMMIT on the world’s water crisis has opened with a proposal for an international peacekeeping force to deal with future conflicts over water and calls for massive donations to rebuild water systems in poor nations.