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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.

Donald Trump has again attacked Nato for not supporting the US in the Iran war, following a private meeting with its Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The two weeks of leave for a woman and her partner is paid at the statutory level of just more than £194 per week, or 90% of weekly pay if that’s lower.

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.

Residents in a town that voted overwhelmingly for Trump and support his hardline immigration policies don’t want to live with the consequences of those policies.

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.

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

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

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

Officials say the hip-hop star was forced to sign papers releasing a rapper known as Pooh Shiesty from his record contract.

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

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

The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) said it informally referred men who did not need clinical intervention but “would benefit from support within their community” to the group, which has members aged from 17 to 52.

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

There are so many things wrong with this I can’t even decide where to begin.

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.

Not pandering to Reform, for a change.

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.

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

Andrew Rosindell, who has represented Romford in east London since 2001, defected in January and was later locked out of the constituency office he had occupied at Margaret Thatcher House.

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

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.

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.

Max Verstappen: “One second, I’m not speaking before he’s leaving.”

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.

BBC Sport explores the rise in the cost of kits for the 2026 World Cup, with insights from experts and fans.

John Rocque’s map provided a view of the capital that was unprecedented in its detail.

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

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.

Written prescription fees from vets will be capped at £21 and practices will have to publish price lists for services, the UK’s competition watchdog has said.

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