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The picture is taken inside an industrial-scale poultry shed. It shows six young chickens close up and dozens of chickens in the background. The animals are sitting on wood shavings and there are red water feeders hanging from a pipe at their head level.

Chickens get more space in sheds after Tesco pledge

The chicken supplier Avara says the animals on its supplier farms will now have more space.

Hereford & Worcester

A man wearing a grey sweater and a black coat stands in a park and looks into the camera. Trees, bushes and a river can be seen in the background behind him.

Volunteers are tracking the health of city's rivers

Nearly 100 people have learned to identify water species in the city's rivers and streams.

Birmingham & Black Country

A plastic sign which says 'riverside paddling pool rules', bolted onto a gate which is locked shut, with a pool basin behind it.

Riverside paddling pool to stay closed for summer

Repairs need to be done to the pipework and the surface needs to be relaid, the town council says.

Hereford & Worcester

Brown effluent in a stream

Stream polluted after 'issue' at pumping station

Anglian Water says teams "responded promptly" and tests show no sewage reached a nearby river.

Science & Environment

An otter. It is lying in grass near a river bank. Its fur is wet and has been clumped together into a series of spikes. It is brown with lighter fur around its neck.

Work begins to restore stream for fish and wildlife

Lustrum Beck is undergoing work which hopes to attract creatures including water voles and otters.

A man wearing green swimming trunks is about to enter the water as he dives into a large pond in London's Hampstead Heath. The pond is surrounded by trees and there are some other people in the water in the distance.

Swim warning after rise in waterway deaths in London

Londoners are warned of the dangers of going into rivers and lakes after recent tragic incidents.

A close up of a chicken. The sun is on its face and it looks out of the frame to the left.

Concern over plan to increase size of chicken farm

The Newbury farm is home to 12,000 chickens, but the new plans would see an increase to 32,000.

Maintenance work taking place on a river. There is a yellow digger on the towpath and a red, triangular sign that reads "river restoration". There are houses to the left of the river and the sky is blue in the background.

Pond created as part of historic river restoration

Improvements have been made to the stretch that flows through Charterhouse Heritage Park.

Coventry & Warwickshire

View of a river surrounded by trees and plants with a number of boats sailing along in the distance

Flotilla of boats protest over waterways funding

The campaign by Fund Britain's Waterways calls for more government funding for canals and rivers.