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‘A toad is a perfect tenner’: experts recommend wild candidates for new banknotes

Animals will feature on £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes, the Bank of England says, but which creatures should make the cut?

The Guardian - UK

London aquarium says ‘no change is not an option’ for indoor penguins

The aquarium first introduced 10 gentoo penguins from Edinburgh Zoo in May 2011

The Independent UK

Cemented locks and deflated diggers: the war over privately run allotments

With waits for council plots in England decades-long, Roots is renting out green space – but some communities are digging in

The Guardian - UK

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TV naturalist Chris Packham says he has similarities to Jeremy Clarkson

The motoring presenter said last year that he was only on X ‘to wind up Packham’.

Evening Standard

What’s at stake in special educational needs reform

A campaign – backed by celebrities including actress Sally Phillips and broadcaster Chris Packham as well as MPs – is calling on the government not to scrap or reduce education, health and care plans (EHCPs).

The Conversation

Winterwatch heads to Northern Ireland for the first time

The new series will be broadcast live from the shore of Strangford Lough in County Down.

Evening Standard

Hundreds attend Boxing Day hunt despite being told they are ‘not welcome’

The wildlife presenter said the annual event was ‘ethically and morally bankrupt’

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Chris Packham urges MPs to ‘listen to the science’ on climate change

The TV presenter and naturalist made his remarks during a speech at an ’emergency climate change summit’.

Evening Standard

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks review – the sheer number of pornographic drawings is a big shock

JMW Turner left behind some 37,000 sketches when he died, many of which have rarely been seen. Do they – including a huge collection of explicit sketches – reveal truths about the elusive man?

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: what Turner’s private sketchbooks reveal about his life

Fans and experts consider whether the artist may have been neurodivergent. Plus: inside the biggest Irish dancing challenge in the world. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Sea Life London Aquarium faces demand from 75 MPs to free 15 'trapped' penguins: 'It's un-British'

The captivity of 15 gentoo penguins at the Sea Life London Aquarium is ‘un-British’, says the MP leading the campaign

Evening Standard

Documentary explores whether JMW Turner may have been neurodivergent

Programme uses artist’s sketches, drawings and watercolours to build unprecedented psychological portrait

The Guardian - UK

Charities and stars call on UK government to set child poverty reduction targets

Signatories of open letter include National Children’s Bureau, Barnardo’s and celebrities such as Emilia Clarke

The Guardian - UK

UK campaigners launch bill to give nature legal rights

Private member’s bill backed by Chris Packham and Natalie Bennett would impose a duty of care on government and business

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Protesters demand penguins 'trapped in basement' of London aquarium are set free

The ‘Free the 15’ campaign claims the Sea Life London Aquarium is keeping the birds in ‘horrible’ conditions without sunlight

The Independent UK

Protesters call for release of penguins ‘trapped in basement’ of London aquarium

Campaigners have claimed the Sea Life London Aquarium, owned by Merlin Entertainments, are keeping the birds in ‘horrible’ conditions for profit.

The Independent UK

David Attenborough pays touching tribute to ‘dear friend’ Jane Goodall

Actor Leonardo Dicaprio also called the world-renowned expert on chimpanzees a ‘true hero for the planet’

The Guardian - UK

‘They’re beautiful’: 13-year-olds lead audacious project to save harvest mice in Devon

Spurred into action by the species’ threatened future, two best friends embarked on a project to release 250 of the animals in Devon

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Chris Packham issues urgent warning to dog owners after emergency vet run

The star is warning dog owners to be careful on walks after his pooch Nancy found herself in a spot of bother

Evening Standard

Chris Packham backs call for delayed report into autistic deaths to be published

The latest Learning from lives and deaths report (LeDeR) has been held up due to ‘practical data issues’.

The Guardian - UK

Sheep are destroying precious British habitats – and we taxpayers are footing the bill

Large parts of Dartmoor have been denuded of wildlife, harmed by farming and a mess of government schemes that are costly in every way, says naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham

The Guardian - UK

The right to an education, health and care plan must be retained

Letter: Jane Asher, Carrie Grant, Chris Packham, Anna Bird, Fazilet Hadi, Sally Phillips, Jon Sparkes and 100 others call on the government not to remove the right to an EHCP from children attending mainstream schools

Digital Camera World

Chris Packham consoles talented young wildlife photographer who found fox he’d been tracking for months shot dead

Teenage wildlife photographer, Shelby Grant, meets Chris Packham on the set of Springwatch following the tragic demise of a red fox he’d been photographing for months

The Independent UK

Anger over £116,000 trophy hunting holidays for tourists to shoot leopards

Exclusive: More than 700 body parts of big cats were exported in 2023 – including to the UK – after repeated promises to crack down failed

The Independent UK

Chris Packham accuses government bill of being a ‘licence to destroy nature’

The Nature Restoration Fund came under the microscope during a talk at the 2025 Hay Festival of Literature and Arts

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