Four Haringey playgrounds, including Downhills Park and Bruce Castle Park, are closing for upgrades featuring inclusive play equipment, with reopenings expected from late October 2026.
Lordship Recreation Ground in Haringey has been transformed from a derelict, unsafe eyesore into a £7m nature haven, boosting biodiversity and community wellbeing.
Rare-breed sheep from Mudchute Farm have returned to Hampstead Heath for grazing, supporting biodiversity and connecting with centuries-old traditions.
Richmond upon Thames scored 2.66 in ZAVA's 2026 Healthy Habit Index, ranking first for healthy habits, with low obesity and smoking rates.
Schoolchildren placed orange carnations on Dutch war graves at Westminster Cemetery in Mill Hill, honouring 254 servicemen in a remembrance ceremony.
Dead animals found in Brentford Lock basin due to sewage misconnections and warm stagnant water, residents told councillors, urging a strategy to clean the canal.
A £41m government grant will fund the London Strategic Heat Main, a network of tunnels under the Thames set to supply low-carbon heating to 650,000 homes by 2032.
Six chough chicks have fledged in Kent, boosting the county's population to 35, following reintroduction in 2023 after a 200-year absence.
A TikToker discovered Wallingford Beach, a clean riverside spot in Agatha Christie's former village, reachable by train from London Paddington in 45 minutes.
A fox was freed by the London Fire Brigade after getting stuck in a gate on Priory Walk, Chelsea, where homes cost up to £7m. The rescue took 40 minutes.
London's Cable Car will illuminate pink and blue on October 14 for Baby Loss Awareness Week, offering free remembrance rides and support for affected families.
A 'shivery bite' is a Scottish post-swim sweet treat tradition dating back to 1890. Over a million Brits swim outdoors, but few know the term.
Sydney's outer west hit 35.4C on Monday before a cool change dropped temperatures by about 10C within hours, ending an unseasonably warm spell.
Bushy Park's annual deer cull begins September 1, closing gates at certain times for visitor safety. The cull manages the park's 320 deer population.
A pod of 15 pilot whales was spotted in the River Thames near Gravesend, 20 miles inland. The Port of London Authority and marine experts are working to guide them back to sea.
Temperatures could hit 26C in southern UK and London next week as high pressure builds, offering a final taste of summer before autumn.
South-eastern Australia braces for warmest September day in years, with temperatures 6-12°C above average, as BoM forecasts a 'spring rollercoaster'.
First Dog on the Moon's latest cartoon warns that governments are not taking climate change seriously as El Niño intensifies, urging collective action.
Nepal seeks $20m from UN loss and damage fund after glacier floods kill 1,300, with 5,000 missing. Imperial College study links disaster to fossil fuel pollution.
Beddington Farmlands, a Hyde Park-sized wildlife site in Hackbridge, remains closed to the public as restoration is delayed to 2029, sparking protests and concerns over environmental changes.
A leak on Pollards Hill North has been flowing for weeks, wasting water and creating hazards. Thames Water says repairs are ongoing, but residents criticize slow progress.
Harvest mites, microscopic parasitic arachnids that feed on human skin cells, are thriving in the UK this September and October, causing itchy red bumps and potential complications for pets.
One of AI's 'godfathers' warns governments face a Covid-style inflection point on AI safety, as JD Vance rejects regulation calls and a report predicts an e-waste 'tsunami'.
The UN passed a Togo-led resolution to replace the Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection, revealing Africa's true scale and challenging perceptions of global power.
Heathrow's third runway cannot proceed under current UK climate targets unless aviation emissions are curbed, the Climate Change Committee warns, with flight costs set to rise.
Neil Morrissey reprises Bob the Builder after 15 years in a new E.ON Next campaign, promoting green skills like solar panel installation at the Net Zero Training Academy.
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon's AI extinction warning amassed 171m views. His insider credibility, recent AI incidents, and political climate fueled its spread.
A 'super' El Niño, potentially reaching 4C, will cause severe weather worldwide and into 2027, with the UK facing flooding and economic fallout, warns UCL's Bill McGuire.
Benedict Cumberbatch's new documentary 'How to Live on Earth' proposes monetising living nature as a financial model to protect ecosystems, launching on YouTube this month.
A new walking path around the east bank of Stoke Newington's West Reservoir opened on September 9, completing a series of upgrades to the popular north London swimming spot.