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Mowing your lawn just once a month could attract 10 times as many bees

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Mowing your lawn just once a month could attract 10 times as many bees by boosting flowers like daisies and white clover, according to new research. Simple changes in mowing habits can increase the available nectar for bees and other pollinators tenfold, findings from conservation charity Plantlife reveal.  The charity’s annual citizen science project found … Read more

Strictly bosses ‘are offering doubled fees to celebs to attract an A-list line-up’

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Strictly bosses ‘are offering doubled fees to celebs to attract an A-list line-up’ as they continue to assess show contingency plans amid COVID-19 By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 23:36 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 00:29 BST, 23 April 2020 Strictly Come Dancing bosses are reportedly offering doubled fees to celebrities as they continue … Read more

BBC boss Lord Hall vows not to abandon older viewers in an attempt to attract young people 

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BBC director-general Tony Hall has promised not to abandon older audiences amid fears the corporation’s attempts to appeal to youngsters will leave them feeling ignored. Writing on this page today, Lord Hall said older Britons are ‘super-users’ of the broadcaster’s services and vowed they will always be ‘super-served’ by it. He said the BBC, which … Read more

Bill Oddie on the joy of bird-watching – and how you can attract them to your garden

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Think like a bird. That’s my advice if you want to attract the little feathered blighters to your patch of paradise.  Some birds can be wily or aggressive, but all of them are entertaining.  There are few greater pleasures than peeping out of the window and observing the terrific variety of British birdlife in your … Read more