EASTCOURT, England—The bane of Britain’s great and powerful is a couple of inches long, has warty skin and a bright orange underbelly—and the power to disrupt some of their most heartfelt ambitions.

LONDON — Britain has it in for its bats and newts — and Brussels is alarmed. A confidential EU report, seen by POLITICO, warned that U.K. plans to strip away nature protections in pursuit of economic ...

John and Margaret Histed own a beautiful English farmhouse in the heart of rural Wiltshire - to the south west of London. Last summer, during a series of almost Biblical rainstorms, their home was ...

What does British summer mean to you? Perhaps it’s strawberries and cream, picky-bit picnics and the scent of sunscreen – floral dresses, floppy hats or even the social, ahem, sports season. Whatever ...