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Stewart Francis Easton has produced quilts to mark the 40th anniversary of arts charity Craftspace.

Visit Tamar Valley is asking members to collaborate with other businesses to encourage longer stays.

But this year, following a standout harvest of rīmu (Dacrydium cupressinum) berries, a staple of the kākāpō diet, at least 95 chicks are now growing. The previous record, in 2019, produced 73 fledglings.

The measures were contentious. Many fishers feared the new rules would make their businesses unviable. Yet the biological results have been striking. In October 2025, officials announced that yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus), the final species previously classified as overfished, had recovered to “healthy” levels. Some scientists had once expected the rebound to take decades longer.

Iranian American artist Sheida Soleimani’s work reframes caring for bodies – both human and animal - as a political act

Marjorie Hodnett enjoys a party with family and friends in Formby as she celebrates 112th birthday.

The historic site in Stoke-on-Trent will undergo £4m worth of work, starting on Tuesday.

The Princess Royal visits a family-run business celebrating its centenary and a life-saving charity.

The funding will help cut industrial emissions, boost clean energy and bring jobs to the region.

Forestry England wants to hear from local landowners to identify 20 potential release sites.

A council project at Shire Brook Valley Nature Reserve is boosting wildlife populations.

Debi Angell says the kits they make help women and girls who can not afford period products.

Poland’s leading figurative artist de-faces Trump, a young Irish-Japanese painter tricks London’s perceptions and the UK’s street art is captured – all in your weekly dispatch

North and West Yorkshire will see thousands of hectares of woodlands planted under the White Rose Forest scheme.

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

Ike Robin says meeting his birth mother helped solve the “missing piece of the puzzle” in his life.

The repurposed safety devices help giraffes mimic their natural feeding habits

Part of Upton Heath is being offered for sale at auction with permission for mineral extraction.

Save Our Suffolk Swifts says 504 boxes were used at 138 different locations in Suffolk in 2025.

Marjorie Hodnett enjoys a party with family and friends in Formby as she celebrates 112th birthday.

Marc will run 156 miles (251 km) across the Sahara in six days in the Marathon des Sables event.

The aircraft is currently touring Scotland taking in Aberdeen, Dundee and Kirkwall.

The Humboldt pair brighten up the day as they waddle for a cuddle at a Stoke-on-Trent care home.

Work in Progress includes gigs, comedy, theatre and film.

From medieval church wall paintings to Liam Gallagher’s viral X post, charity has catalogued more than 6,600 pieces

The items were buried with a tribal chieftan and were discovered at Lechlade.

Scientists behind a project to turn human wee into plant fertiliser hope to grow their first forest.

More than 200 seagulls made by people around Barrow are to go on display to help local causes.

Divers in race against time to unearth wreck of the Dannebroge before seabed becomes construction site

The most recent data shows stark levels of inactivity in one of the poorest areas in the country but the West Midlands is fighting back

Prosecutors unveil priceless artefact in press conference after it was taken from Netherlands museum in January 2025

The museum has received a £1m grant to support a new exhibition called The RAF: 1980 to Today.

The birds’ nest box at the top of Export House in Woking is fitted with a webcam.

A widely circulated social media post purporting to belong to the tortoise’s vet has been revealed to be a hoax.

The group were airlifted to the summit after one climber suffered rope burn injuries to their hands.

RSPCA, vets and firefighters free cat from tight space to discover Alfie had been missing in 2022.

The Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Trust says it has negotiated the sale.

The trail sees ‘planets’, created by artists and more than 250 school children, installed at venues.

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet charts Sheffield’s history as a steelmaking and industrial powerhouse.

The images are famous, but the women who took them are often forgotten. An inspiring exhibition focuses on the pioneering ‘new vision’ of Marianne Brandt, Lucia Moholy and more

Mystery surrounds the origins of the 1,200-year-old, intricately decorated Book of Kells.

The peregrine falcons at Pershore Abbey are using the building’s new “Peregrine Palace” to nest on.

The mission’s last, big push on its lunar journey takes humans out of the Earth’s orbit for the first time since 1972.

The site sees the last of 30,000 mixed-native trees go into the ground two years ahead of schedule.

Ross Kemp and Dan Snow support “final” fundraising for an exhibition of Royal Marines history.

The best images sent to us from Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Oxfordshire.

The gardens at Hole Park, Rolvenden, would usually open their doors from the first weekend of April.

The more than 100 bat species living in the Mozambican reserve’s labyrinth of caves play a key role in maintaining a fragile ecosysytem that benefits wildlife and people• Words and photographs by Kang-Chun Cheng

The shield is one of six to feature in an exhibition on Bronze Age Scotland this summer.

Volunteers go out at night and ensure toads get across roads safely and to their breeding ground.

The anteater pup’s gender is not yet known as it “prefers the safety of mum” for now, the zoo says.

Walls belonging to an Anglo-Saxon church are found underneath a Darlington church during excavation.

A project to transform an island on Hampstead Heath’s Model Boating Pond into a dedicated wildlife sanctuary to create a safe haven for nesting birds has started.

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

The figure shows a woman seated on two oversized letters that originally spelled “The Body Shop.”

The finished artwork depicts local landmarks and buildings, including Worcester Cathedral.

Conservationists celebrate second twin birth just two months after another set discovered in Virunga national park

Lyme Regis Museum buys a fragment of letter written by the celebrated palaeontologist at auction.

Time’s Scythe by artist Nicola Turner uses Yorkshire wool from the British Wool Board in Bradford.

Photos from the Ocean Photographer of the Year awards go on display at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard.

A pair of swans that were saved following an oil spill have been cleaned and returned to their home.

Archaeologists are now analysing the “rare” objects found at a Bronze Age watering hole.

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

A rescued loggerhead turtle has undergone a CT scan as part of her recovery.

A jawbone found in a Somerset cave rewrites the story of when and how dogs became our best friends.

The oriental turtle dove was spotted in Lisburn, County Antrim - the first recorded sighting of the bird on the island of Ireland.

The Green Team gives advice on how to create garden spaces to attract native species.

Participants snaked their way through the Berkshire town before crossing the finish line.

The driver is safe after climbing on to the car roof due to the height of the tide, the RNLI says.

Without the groynes, the coastline could erode by up to 3ft (1m) every year, says BCP council.

The return of southern white rhinos to the country comes after Ugandan poachers once wiped them out.

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Anya Eames is recovering after completing the Mongol 100 challenge.

A skills academy offering funded training programmes to military veterans opens in Oxfordshire.

The best images sent to us from Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Oxfordshire.

The best images sent to us from Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Oxfordshire.

Goram and Vincent’s story tell the mythical tale of how several local landscapes came to exist.

The Dice Players is considered the most internationally celebrated artwork at Preston Park Museum.

Sixty years after the discovery of a colony of Juan Fernández fur seals, previously thought to be extinct, a landmark agreement extends ‘no take’ zone around the wildlife-rich archipelago

Penlee House buys the work from 1908 for £65k for its permanent public collection.

Artists work with Durham Wildlife Trust to learn about marine habitats for exhibitions.

A wildlife conservation group says discarded fishing nets can be fatal to seals.

They say pollen, plant remains, insects and microscopic organisms were preserved underneath peat.

A survey has revealed the vast array of wildlife – some never seen before – living within the south-east Asian country’s karst ecosystems. New species discovered include geckos, millipedes and a pit viper

Early daffodils and blossom are spotted in Wiltshire and flood waters recede in Somerset.

The exhibition will be on display until 1 November 2026 at The Exchange.

More than 400 traps were laid across the island in a £4.5m project which featured a specially-trained detection dog called Woody.

More than 800m of Cornish hedge was laid to create Kerdroya next to Colliford Lake.

Six finalists will get the chance to read their work from the festival’s Waterfront Stage in July.

A timelapse shows the colourful Northern Lights dancing above the cliffs at Flamborough.

Wolverhampton band Bridge 55 are named after a crossing on the canal in Castlecroft.

Organisers say they are confident health and safety will not be an issue after running similar events.

The horses are near Carlisle Racecourse and represent the area’s equestrian history.