National Highways is seeking supply chain interest in an upcoming £150 million National Spatial Planning contract ahead of going out to tender with a formal contract notice at the end of June 2025.

Satellite images and machine learning are being used by Natural England to build a detailed map of “Living England”, showing the current extent of habitats across the country. Rather than the manual surveys of the past, changes to English habitats will now be tracked more efficiently and across the country – speeding up decisions around planning and land use while better protecting nature.

Weather-related disasters could affect around two-thirds of the European population annually by the end of this century, according to a new study from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, the EC’s science and knowledge arm.