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An osprey has laid her first egg of the season in her nest at a pine forest. Dorcha and her mate Louis returned to their nest at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest in Lochaber earlier this month. She laid her first egg of the season at 10.05pm on Sunday and a ...

25 Apr 2022 at 13:55

Waterways charity to plant thousands of trees this spring

A charity that protects around 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales will be planting 21 football pitches’ worth of trees this spring. The Canal and River Trust will be planting 14,000 trees in the coming weeks to create “green corridors” ...

11 Mar 2022 at 18:55

Osprey lays first egg of season

25 Apr 2022 at 13:25

Couple win £166,000 each on Postcode Lottery and husband quits job in minutes

Couple win £166k each on Postcode Lottery and husband quits job within minutes

A lorry driver quit his job within minutes of finding out he and his wife had won £166,666 each on the People’s Postcode Lottery, with the couple saying “it feels like a dream”. Tony Hedley, 68, pulled his truck onto a hard shoulder to take ...

10 Feb 2024 at 16:19

Bison set for release into British woodland to help nature and climate crises

Bison are being introduced into an ancient British woodland to help tackle the nature and climate crises, conservationists said. The release, led by Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust, forms part of a £1.12 million project to ...

18 Jul 2022 at 09:27

Rugby legend Gareth Thomas ‘ecstatic’ at awards win

Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas donned a kilt as he collected an award at a gala bash in Scotland’s capital city. The former Wales and British and Irish Lions internationalist was named the Postcode Hero at the annual People’s ...

17 May 2022 at 16:55

Bison take to new Kent woodland home in scheme to curb climate and nature crises

Bison have been introduced into an ancient British woodland to help tackle the nature and climate crises, conservationists said. The release, led by Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust, forms part of a £1.12 million ...

18 Jul 2022 at 15:46

Elderly couple engaged for 30 years plan Vegas wedding after £90k lottery win

An elderly couple engaged for almost 30 years plan to tie the knot in Las Vegas after winning £90,000 in the lottery. Denise Bell, 71, and Alan Shaw, 74 were among eight neighbours in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, celebrating ...

13 Jun 2022 at 14:34

Welsh man becomes biggest Postcode Lottery winner – and his stepfather called it

A man from Wales has been left “blown away” after becoming the Postcode Lottery’s biggest winner, taking home over £1.2 million, revealing how his stepfather predicted his jackpot win the day before. Kevin Jones, 58, ...

05 Feb 2024 at 16:04

Northern Ireland

Relaxing lottery rules in NI ‘would hand charities multimillion funding boost’

Assembly members have been urged to back a law change that supporters claim would deliver a multimillion-pound windfall for charities in the region. Alliance MLA Sian Mulholland has launched a public consultation on ...

09 May 2025 at 17:46

435 Welsh residents ‘shocked’ after winning a share of £3.7m

More than 400 Welsh residents have been left “shocked” and “elated” after winning a share of £3.7 million. The 435 winners, who live in Rhymney, South Wales, scooped a share of the prize money through the People’s ...

28 May 2022 at 20:25

‘Postcode lottery’ of care for dying children – charity

A bereaved mother has implored the Prime Minister to act after she had to battle to get round-the-clock care at home for her son in his final days. Clare Buchanan’s son Oliver, 11, died from a brain tumour in ...

28 Mar 2025 at 00:01

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