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  • Then and Now: York Hill in Loughton

    This is a rare photo York Hill in Loughton c1910 has The Wheatsheaf Pub on the right and retailer C Lewin on the left. Does anyone know what goods the shop sold?  Today it’s a dental practice. Gary Stone is a local historian: Instagram

  • Loss of biodiversity threatens the future of the planet

    The biodiversity crisis is very real, amounting to the disintegration of the web of life on which everything depends. We are amidst the sixth mass extinction of species. In the last 50 years, the number of farmland birds has reduced by half, woodland