Britain

A landowner fears clean-up costs will bankrupt him after a whopping 1,200 tons of illegal waste was dumped on his site – and he claims it’s all from Bedfordshire.

There must be something in the water, as they say, in these towns, villages and city neighbourhoods.

Residents in Bedford and beyond are being asked to keep an eye out for spectacular stag beetles this summer and record any sightings online, as part of a wildlife charity’s national Great Stag Hunt survey.