RachelGorman published Hedgehogs could soon be as rare as the tiger but Nottingham can...

Scores of handmade woolly hedgehogs are being "released into the wild" to highlight a thorny issue. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust is encouraging children and adults to make and leave the small cuddly toys around its nature reserves for other visitors to adopt and take home. The scheme is part Wild About Gardens Week – which ends on Sunday – and has already proved to be a hit. Erin McDaid, head of communications and marketing at the trust, said: "This has proved...