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With less than 75 days before London 2012 gets out of the blocks, Risley Moss Local Nature Reserve in Birchwood is set for its own bit of Olympic glory, with families invited to a "Running Rings" activity morning on Saturday 19th May.

People in Billinge can enjoy welly-free walks and greener school grounds thanks to a trio of environmental projects in the village, wth funding from United Utilities via the St Helens Landscape Fund, and St.Helens Council.

Volunteers young and old have taken part in The Big Tree Plant campaign in recent months, but none quite so senior as Runcorn's Jim Peers. The 93-year-old planted two ash trees and one field maple outside the new community room at Hanover Court.

The Mersey Forest is working with GiveACar to offer families the opportunity to dispose of their scrap cars and donate the proceeds to local tree planting.

A four-year tree planting drive to create a greener, healthier Warrington was launched at a planting morning at the recently revamped Euclid Park.

Local volunteers have launched a project to revive the fortunes of much-loved bluebells in the woodlands of Rivacre Valley Local Nature Reserve, managed by Cheshire West and Chester Council Greenspace team.

Children from Haydock English Martyrs Catholic Primary School participate in The Big Tree Plant project through creating a new woodland in their school.

Pupils from Kingsley Community Primary School helped local organisation Growing Granby to plant the first apple trees as part of The Big Tree Plant.

Volunteers from Butterfly Conservation held a tree planting day to launch a four-year tree planting drive to create a greener, healthier Cheshire as part of The Mersey Forest.

Pupils from Northwood Community Primary School launched Knowsley's part in the national Big Tree Plant campaign with a tree planting morning to help expand their outdoor classroom at the nearby Northwood green space.