Author: Ffion
Vignettes on the River Thames
“Everyone has a story to tell and I’m fascinated by them all,” says Jill Mead, Thames River-based Guardian staff photographer. Most recently, that…
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Whisky and waves: the future of Scottish isle’s power?
Communities on the Isle of Islay are moving forward with plans for tidal energy and renewable fuels while maintaining age old methods of…
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Positive learning
Investing in our children’s positive future, in a flexible, nurturing and teacher-endorsed equestrian environment The impact is fantastic! The looks of awe and…
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Canine Couture
From Tinkerbell’s Simple Life wardrobe to New York’s Pet Fashion Week, canine couture is challenging runway displays from Los Angeles to Paris. Human…
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Lifting the Grey: Horses’ Positive Healing
Animal therapy is recognised as beneficial for people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). More recently, studies and word-of mouth reports indicate that non-riding time…
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Fleet challenges with electric vehicles (EVs) adoption
The Government of Canada has accelerated its zero-emission target for all new passenger trucks and light-duty cars and sales to 2035 – five…
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Focusing the distracted fleet driver: Keeping us all safe
Distracted driving has contributed to more than 20% of all fatal collisions on Canada’s roads since 2016, according to Transport Canada. And the…
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Sail, sun and serendipity
‘We sail,’ Captain Sergey Utitsyn asserts firmly. ‘This is a sailing ship!’ He was responding to my temerity in calling the ten-night Star…
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Salt habitat saviours
The internationally rare, salt-moulded Cheshire landscape deserves protection, according to Saul Burton, Saltscape Landscape Partnership: ‘Nature’s response to the changing profile of this…
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Day of the Knotweed
Once desirable, it is now seen as aggressive, virulent and definitely not a plant to be trifled with – Japanese knotweed, that is….
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