23-08-2026 02:00 via theguardian.com

Heathrow expansion ‘is threat to England’s largest surviving medieval barn’

Exclusive: campaigners warn 600-year-old New Barn at Harmondsworth could be ‘shaken to pieces’ by vibrationsSix hundred years after it was built, England’s largest surviving medieval timber-framed barn could now be “shaken to pieces” by aircraft vibrations, campaigners warn.The public has until 1 September to submit objections to the Heathrow airport expansion, which could threaten the survival of the New Barn at Harmondsworth, considered a remarkable example of med
Read more »

Environment news



The end of Latrobe Valley coal – in pictures
‘I love it. It’s hope’: the mysterious self-willed wildflower meadow that seeded itself
Readers reply: Is it inevitable that consumerism will literally fill up the planet?
If all car tyres were filled with CO2, would this cut atmospheric carbon significantly?
Stores are selling Halloween stuff in August. Time has lost all meaning | Dave Schilling
Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide
Against the wind: despite Trump’s attacks, unions are fighting for good US clean energy jobs
London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?
Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England
Drill, Burnham, drill? The oil basin that is a totem for Trump - and a headache for Britain’s new PM
‘Devastating’: Western Australia fears a black swan moment as bird flu threatens flagship species
‘Unsafe for swimming’: Ironman Leeds is latest casualty of heat-fuelled toxic algae
Young country diary: Camping in my garden, nose to nose with a fox | Ada
‘Its pretty much a guarantee you’ll get stung’: jellyfish keep swimmers out of Delaware beaches
Desktop versie