Ian Paton from Lymington in Hampshire grew a giant pumpkin weighing 2,856.8lbs, certified as the largest ever grown by a man at the Wargrave Nursery Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off. The 65-year-old spent six hours a day tending the pumpkin, his first solo attempt after years growing alongside his brother Stuart.
A volunteer-run woodland has won a national award after planting 2,000 trees.
A London borough council has launched a Climate Action Microgrant to support community energy turning into environmental improvements.
A nature reserve manager in Norfolk left a wasps' nest in her office for four months and has now carefully taken it down. She said she was happy to have given the insects a home, which helps the wider ecosystem, and that they would be welcome back next summer.
