Get out and enjoy Norfolk’s woodlands this weekend
As autumnal colours creep into our woodlands and the trees begin their preparation for winter, revealing a stunning array of hues, it’s time to visit one of Norfolk’s incredible woods or forests. STACIA BRIGGS finds the perfect woodland to visit with your family.

Legal battle over flood defences on Carlton Marshes near Lowestoft
A long-running dispute over plans to build flood defences on marshland near Lowestoft remains ongoing - despite a High Court ruling to overturn planning permission.

A personal tribute to Broads artist Roland Green
David Joel still remembers the first time he was introduced to the great Norfolk artist Roland Green as a Paston schoolboy with a burgeoning love of natural history.

Preview: Great family things to do this weekend
Cromer and Sheringham’s seafood celebrations, going wild about nature at Pensthorpe and the Norwich Race for Life. SIMON PARKIN picks out some events not to miss this weekend.

Woodland Trust says trees must be put at the heart of local plans
The economic and wellbeing benefits of trees should be given greater recognition in local neighbourhood planning, according to a conservation charity.

Woodland Trust calls for greater recognition of trees
The economic and wellbeing benefits of trees should be given greater recognition in local neighbourhood planning, according to a conservation charity.

Crowds flock to view restoration work on North Walsham and Dilham Canal
Hundreds of people descended on a mill pond in remote north Norfolk at the weekend to learn more about work to restore the county’s only canal.

PHOTO GALLERY: Blakeney Point celebrates 100 years as a National Trust jewel
One of the polished medals on the lapel of Nelson’s County is about to hit 100 - but has a host of challenges to face as it embarks on its second century.

Celebrating 100 years of wildlife success stories
It was on May 16, 1912 that a banker, landowner, naturalist and scientist named Charles Rothschild got together with like-minded enthusiasts to whip up support for an idea that was astonishingly ahead of its time.

Charles Rothschild: The banker who changed the world for good
When you think about it, it makes perfect sense; but the understanding took a long time coming. You can't preserve wild things unless you preserve their homes. If you take a butterfly like the sparklingly brilliant Adonis blue, for example, you have to have chalk or limestone grassland for it to survive, for that is where you will find its food plant, horseshoe vetch; if you take a bird like the ...