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Bronte fans furious at housing estate plan for Wuthering Heights moors

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Fans of the Bronte sisters have been left furious by plans to build a sprawling council estate over the wild and windswept moors that inspired Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. The rolling hills just outside Bradford, West Yorkshire, have been unchanged for centuries and have been protected Green Belt land under modern planning rules. But … Read more

Soaring numbers of hen harriers are found on UK grouse moors 

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Britain’s endangered birds of prey are making a comeback: Soaring numbers of hen harriers are found on UK grouse moors Stunning videos show hen harriers swooping on Swindon Estate in Yorkshire There are believed to be only 600 breeding pairs in England and Scotland Last year sixty hen harrier chicks fledged from 19 nests across … Read more