🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😻⚽️ Congratulations to the Lionesses. You have brought football home! Angela Rayner when you reform the planning rules, we ask that you note that many local football club pitches are in the Green Belt. Let's 💚 it and protect it for future football stars! ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏆💚

Depressing news for countryside of Durham. Hope Lancashire doesn't do the same, or it means younger generations will face an even more unsustainable future. Lancashire County Council Reform-led Durham county council scraps climate emergency declaration | County Durham | The Guardian

Hope you visit some of our prettiest villages, places we know well. We work with communities across rural Lancashire to ensure countryside thrives and remains beautiful for all. greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/lanc…

Super excited about this... gov.uk/government/new…

This is encouraging. 😀 Poll: Eight in 10 Brits back more clean energy, including nearly two thirds of Reform supporters businessgreen.com/4517538/ via @businessgreen

The Perseids meteor shower is one of the year's most spectacular natural events and this year it’s peaking this Monday night into Tuesday morning (August 11th - 12th). In the countryside you might enjoy clearer skys, free of light pollution. Perseids rarely disappoint!

This weekend was perfect for collecting blackberries and making a crumble. Lots of different ways to eat blackberries, but leave some for birds. How do you like yours? Women's Institute Lancashire Post The Food Programme

Yesterday was international dog day. Hope those with pooches have a lovely time in the countryside of Lancashire, Liverpool City Region and Manchester. This is Scout who is as good as gold. Even so he goes on lead in areas of livestock and where ground nesting birds are present.

We need to reclaim the England flag back from thugs and ensure, like when watching England's women's football and Rugby, it is an inclusive symbol. All people are welcome in Lancashire's countryside 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 facebook.com/share/r/18dnqz…

Let's help keep local voices in planning decisions. Please sign here takeaction.cpre.org.uk/page/173303/ac….

***Calling all parents and pupils of Chesterfield and Sacred Heart*** We've noticed that the high schools have gone back and seen just how many pupils cross Rimrose to get to and from school! WE WANT THESE STEPS! 😆 If your child walks across Rimrose, link in the comments 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

Witney residents, mark this in your diary! eventbrite.com/e/climate-matt… Thanks to MP Watch Witney for organising and asking the important questions 👏

Hope Steve Reed keeps Fridays for nature as Housing Secretary!

Cyan Lines was launched tonight. 100 miles of green/blue walks. Loved it. #Cyanlines

A wonderful day listening to panelists, and feeling hopeful about nature's recovery. #wildsummituk Defra UK Green Alliance CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 Guy Shrubsole CPRE The countryside charity RSPB Nature friendly Farming Bat Conservation Trust

Away with the fairies? Join our workshop at the Greenhouse project in Witton Country Park to make a home for them!🧚‍♀️🏡 Join ceramics specialist Chrissie on Sat 20 September to create a bespoke fairy house garden ornament with air drying clay. Book: ow.ly/7f9E50WVi36

There are lots of nuts in the news. This is the one to watch out for. Conker season in full flow. Definitely our favourite. What is yours!

In Lancashire, Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester there are 2,014 brownfield sites, all assessed as suitable and available for development. This equals 105,999 homes, 49.9% with planning permission. Build here now! theguardian.com/society/2025/s…

We can't argue with that. We have always called for more local decision making to make sure rural places and thrive and look beautiful in the future, for everyone's benefit.

Pleased to learn that as of yesterday burning of deep peatland of 30cm has been banned. Equal to an area the size of Devon across England. This is good news for biodiversity and restorations of our upland areas. Lancashire Wildlife Trust Mary Creagh CBE MP Defra UK