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Wildlife Trusts hit £30m target to buy and rewild huge Northumberland estate 30 October 2026 at 08:00

Wildlife Trusts hit £30m target to buy and rewild huge Northumberland estate

By: Mark Brown North of England correspondent

30 October 2026 at 08:00

About 25,000 members of public chip in £17m towards 3,800-hectare Rothbury estate, described as ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’

One of the most ambitious nature recovery projects ever undertaken in England can go ahead after campaigners announced they had raised £30m to buy an estate in Northumberland.

The Wildlife Trusts’ bid to buy the Rothbury estate, an area the size of Athens, had been championed by David Attenborough who on Friday thanked the public for their help.

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Wildlife Trusts hit £30m target to buy and rewild huge Northumberland estate 30 October 2026 at 08:00

Wildlife Trusts hit £30m target to buy and rewild huge Northumberland estate

The Guardian

By: Mark Brown North of England correspondent

30 October 2026 at 08:00

About 25,000 members of public chip in £17m towards 3,800-hectare Rothbury estate, described as ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’

One of the most ambitious nature recovery projects ever undertaken in England can go ahead after campaigners announced they had raised £30m to buy an estate in Northumberland.

The Wildlife Trusts’ bid to buy the Rothbury estate, an area the size of Athens, had been championed by David Attenborough who on Friday thanked the public for their help.

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In Her Final Months, Dolores Huerta Was Lauded for Revealing a Deep Secret 29 October 2026 at 04:47

In Her Final Months, Dolores Huerta Was Lauded for Revealing a Deep Secret

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By: Soumya Karlamangla · Orlando Mayorquín and Laurel Rosenhall

29 October 2026 at 04:47

Ms. Huerta, a champion for workers and Latinos, revealed this year that she had been sexually assaulted by Cesar Chavez. But some women said she rebuffed their own complaints about abuse within the movement.

Dolores Huerta, seen in a 1988 rally, was remembered Wednesday in California as a transformative leader who won rights for Latinos, farm workers and women.

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The bare-handed beekeeper who looks like something out of The Odyssey: Holly Lynton’s best photograph 28 October 2026 at 17:59

The bare-handed beekeeper who looks like something out of The Odyssey: Holly Lynton’s best photograph

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By: Interview by Chris Broughton

28 October 2026 at 17:59

‘Les didn’t wear gloves as he needed to be able to feel the bees so he didn’t crush them. “Should I put them on my face?” he said. “Sure!” I replied’

The jumping-off point for my Bare Handed series was a bird becoming trapped in the netting around the raspberry bushes in my backyard. It made me think of the problem humans have interacting with the natural world. How do we navigate obtaining food and the other things we need while still being good stewards of the land? I’d seen work by photographers demonstrating how Big Agriculture was destroying the environment. I wanted to find people who took a respectful approach, tried to work in tandem with it, but who might be in a fearful or dangerous situation.

I approached Les, the man in this picture, after speaking to the director of an exhibition space in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who had hired him to remove a feral beehive from his tree. I’d already tried to photograph another beekeeper who wore a full protective suit, but he might as well have been an astronaut. With Les, I was able to stay nearby and work with him over three days. The first couple involved straightforward documentary pictures of him tending his hives. Then, on the third day, his apprentice Amber showed up to help.

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