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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines to feature in new Dover TV series

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is set to appear in an upcoming episode of a new behind-the-scenes TV series filmed at the Port of Dover.

Featuring on episode four of Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port, airing on Channel 4 on Monday 23rd June at 8pm, the focus will be on the operations of its 1,353-guest ship, Borealis on a turnaround day, and how the crew prepare the ship for the embarkation of new guests, and departing from the port.

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Nature Beth Priday Nature Beth Priday

Cuckoos clock up the miles on migration

Satellite technology is helping scientists from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) to better understand the pressures that the UK’s breeding Cuckoos face as they make annual migrations of 16,000 km to central Africa and back.

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Nature Lucy Morris Nature Lucy Morris

Major new report reveals changing fortunes for UK’s breeding birds

Published today, the latest BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) report shows positive news for a range of birds including Firecrest, Marsh Harrier and Cuckoo. However, the Report also reveals worrying declines for familiar woodland and garden species such as Chaffinch and Bullfinch.

The latest data also show that some farmland birds that have experienced long-term declines, like Yellowhammer and Yellow Wagtail, continue to struggle.

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Fashion Lucy Morris Fashion Lucy Morris

Met Gala 2025: A Celebration of Black Style and Tailoring - Coverage of Fashion's Biggest Night

While the UK slept, the over in the US on the first Monday in May — it's that time again: the 2025 Met Gala. The annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gathered fashion and entertainment's biggest names to interpret this year's theme, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style."

The star-studded red carpet dazzled with Hollywood's finest — Rihanna (sporting a surprise baby bump!), Pamela Anderson (debuting a fresh haircut), Zendaya, Nicole Kidman, and Demi Moore — and the fashion was nothing short of spectacular. Read on to discover every show-stopping look from the 2025 Met Gala and learn more about the theme.

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Nature Lucy Morris Nature Lucy Morris

Whitley Award 2025 Winners Lead on Species Revival, Pacts for Private Protected Areas and Fight vs Plant Poaching

UK charity the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) is recognising seven outstanding conservationists with 2025 Whitley Awards and £400,000 ($529,000) in funding to sustain their work to revive wildlife species in Rwanda, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Nepal, Indonesia and Malaysia.

At a time when governments are cutting overseas aid, the funding will help to ensure a future for species and their broader ecosystems, including jaguars, Bornean elephants, brown spider monkeys, Javan gibbons, the El Rincón stream frog, Grey Crowned Cranes, as well as Yew trees and orchids.

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Nature Lucy Morris Nature Lucy Morris

Rwanda’s Dr Olivier Nsengimana Wins 2025 Whitley Gold Award to Lead Protection for Grey Crowned Crane and its Wetland Habitat Across East Africa

UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN), is recognising Dr Olivier Nsengimana with the 2025 Whitley Gold Award for his leadership in rebuilding the Grey Crowned Crane population in Rwanda and for an ambitious plan to secure protection across East Africa for the iconic bird and its wetland habitat.

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