Environment

Hillwalkers and people pursuing outdoor activities in the mountains are ebing warned by Police Scotland of the dangers that inclement weather and the terrain can present.

Aberdeenshire residents are being asked to take part in the Big Recycling Challenge by  giving their views on the council’s recycling and waste services to help recycle more materials and send less to landfill.

Scottish Water has teamed up with Edinburgh’s famous penguins to raise public awareness of its new 3P’s campaign and prevent toilet and sewer blockages.

A conservation charity is calling on residents and visitors to help make St Combs beach safer for wildlife and a more welcoming place for people.

Gardeners are being asked to look out for butterflies this autumn after species struggled during the cold and wet summer holiday season.

Environmental charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful, is encouraging members of the public to vote for their favourite Scottish Green Flag Award park as part of a UK-wide competition.

The National Trust for Scotland has echoed concerns about the unexplained disappearance of a satellite-tagged hen harrier in the Cairngorms National Park.

RSPB Scotland has issued an appeal for information after a young hen harrier disappeared on an Aberdeenshire grouse moor.

Zero Waste Scotland is calling on local authorities, businesses and organisations to sign up and join its Recycle Week army of ambassadors in a bid to get people to recycle more.

An organisation which supports former mining towns and villages has been awarded £800,000.

Wasp figures could be set to rise after the mixed summer weather created a delay in their usual pattern of emergence.

A leading marine charity is looking for volunteers to get on board with the UK’s biggest beach clean event.