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Food Pantries: The Bridge Pantry in Perham is open Tuesday mornings, 8 a.m. to noon, as well as from 3-5 p.m. on the first ...
Birch Hill Station is a 1300ha (3200 acres), family-owned sheep and beef farm in Pōrangahau, Central Hawke’s Bay, run by Ben and Libby Tosswill and family.
High in the arid mountain forests of eastern California there is a living tree that's older than the pyramids of Giza and the ancient city-state of Babylon — but its location is a secret. The ...
The first under-the-tongue tablet immunotherapy, shown to build long-term tolerance to allergens, is set to be approved for use by the NHS in England. Up to 27,000 patients in England with moderate to ...
This California forest has a tree that’s nearly 5,000 years old. But its location is a closely guarded secret Scientists believe the famed ‘Methuselah tree’ was alive before the foundation ...
The Major Oak in Sherwood Forest is one of Britain's most famous trees, but it is now at risk of dying. The tree is thought to be 1,000 years old and, legend has it, was once a hideout for ...
Russian forces encountered yet more Ukrainian innovation when they discovered a PTM-3 anti-tank mine concealed inside a “birch tree.” ...
The summer drought is hampering attempts to care for a historic tree associated with Robin Hood, according to one of the wildlife charity's which looks after it. The recent heatwaves and ...
Pollarding trees across Waltham Forest and leaving them “bare” will take an aesthetic and ecological toll, residents fear.
NICE has recommended a ‘first-in-class’ immunotherapy tablet for hay fever sufferers, offering long-term tolerance to allergens rather than just symptom relief. Betula verrucosa, marketed as ITULAZAX® ...
Before being given the tablets, patients will require skin prick or blood tests to confirm an allergy to birch tree pollen. Nice estimates that about 27,000 people in England are expected to ...
A first-of-its kind hay fever pill is to be rolled out on the NHS. The immunotherapy drug aims to treat the root cause of symptoms by retraining the immune system to tolerate tree pollen over ...