Tomorrow calls time on the coldest spring in more than 50 years, as the past fortnight of below average temperatures dragged the average thermometer reading during March, April and May putting it on course for its lowest level since 1962.

The farmers and marksmen involved in the badger culls are so fearful of reprisals from opponents of the trial that they are being protected by an iron cloak of anonymity, according to the director of the company running the programme in Gloucestershire.

Infected wild animals pose ‘a risk to health’, says Nigel Gibbens, as population control trials begin

Greenhouse gas emissions jumped by 3.9% in 2012 as manufacturing increased

MP who oversees government policy on climate change says 'natural phases' may be the cause of climate change

“Our chicken, pork and fish dishes are fed only the finest protein-rich maggots that have been reared on a diet of cow and pig excrement, washed down with a wee dram of whisky.”

Nearly a third of Britain's biggest companies have frozen the salaries of their executive directors this year, while the average rise came in at 2.5 per cent after shareholder protests about pay, according to a survey.

Ministers are working furiously to complete the ambitious and important Energy Bill

A saving of £45bn should be good news,  but the study’s conclusions clash with the pursuit of gas

SSE, the Big Six energy provider, warned that customers should brace themselves for further price hikes as it reported a near 30 per cent rise in profits from its retail customers last year.