A diverse woodland will be planted near Whitworth and Bacup to replace hundreds of larch trees that must be felled due to an incurable disease.

The dormant season is a great time to sow flower seeds, establish trees and shrubs, and get started on the vegetable garden.

The final part of our best-new-plants-of-2025 series concludes with a look at some of the top new trees and shrubs debuting ...

Incurably diseased trees will need to be chopped down as soon as possible and replaced with woodland that is "more resilient ...