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The week in theatre: The Motive and the Cue; A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction; Jules et Jim; Supernova – review

Sam Mendes reignites Gielgud and Burton’s Broadway Hamlet; a climate crisis play is powered by bikes (and eco-shaming); Timberlake Wertenbaker has fun with Jules et Jim; and Rhiannon Neads hits escape velocity

The Guardian - UK

How archaeologists can help us live with wild animals

For thousands of years, people in the British Isles lived with and depended on wild animals for food and clothes. The land teemed with species such as deer, boar, wolves, lynx and beavers. Then came farming, population growth and industrialisation. Many species were hunted to extinction and their habitats were…

The Conversation

Largest freshwater turtle species doomed to extinction after last female washes up dead

The known population of the Yangtze giant softshell turtle is now just two males. Experts said that if the female had survived, she could have "laid a hundred eggs or more a year."

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More than 50,000 wild birds in UK killed by avian flu – double previous estimates

H5N1 bird flu may lead to extinction of species as data revealed by Guardian shows worst losses in decades

The Guardian - UK

From enormous elephants to tiny shrews: how mammals shape and are shaped by Africa's landscapes

Africa is the world’s most diverse continent for large mammals such as antelopes, zebras and elephants. The heaviest of these large mammals top the scales at over one ton, and are referred to as megafauna. In fact, it’s the only continent that has not seen a mass extinction of these…

The Conversation

A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction review – Lydia West takes command

The star narrates an innovative, pedal-powered production that muses on the climate crisis but the wide range of topics limits the storytelling

The Guardian - UK

A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction review - climate change show is provocative but preachy

It’s a Sin’s Lydia West brings vulnerability and likeability to her stage debut

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Climate activist arrested after scaling arts centre

A climate activist who climbed to the spire of Arts Centre Melbourne and unfurled a giant banner has been arrested and led away by police.

The New Daily

Extinction Rebellion gave it 'the Big One' with a four-day peaceful protest – now what?

The banners have been packed away, the face paint washed off and the Instagram accounts updated. The latest four-day demonstration by environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion (XR) – dubbed “the Big One” as it aimed to be the largest climate protest in UK history – ended without a single arrest.

The Conversation

Michael O’Leary dismisses horse racing protesters as “bunch of middle class layabouts”

The three-time Grand National-winning owner and Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said anti-racing animal rights groups were seeking the extinction of racehorses

Daily Mirror

Top cop gives loudmouth Tory humiliating lesson on Extinction Rebellion protests

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley clashed with Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson after he accused him of not doing his job properly

Daily Mirror

Extinction Rebellion vows ‘to step up climate campaigns’

Protesters also voted to organise locally and support pickets.

Wales Online

Extinction Rebellion’s four-day protest comes to an end

A mass protest which the climate group has called The Big One has been taking place in the city since Friday.

The Independent UK

Climate protesters gather in Parliament Square as fossil fuel deadline passes

Four days of peaceful activism led by Extinction Rebellion fail to elicit pledge from government to ban new oil and gas projects

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Can Extinction Rebellion really be the new centre ground of the climate movement?

The Big One protest suggests the movement has learned from its mistakes, says writer Ellie Mae O’Hagan

Evening Standard

XR steward says ‘handful of naughty people’ wanted to disrupt London Marathon

Up to 50,000 activists are in Westminster for the third day of a protest dubbed ‘The Big One’, with the race and rally intersecting near Parliament

The Guardian - UK

Nederlands Dans Theater NDT1 review – a cri de coeur about the climate crisis

Sadler’s Wells, LondonIn a strong triple bill, sublimely danced, Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney’s Figures in Extinction [1.0] stands out as a powerful portrait of nature under threat

ABC News

Cocanarup Conservation Alliance fears lithium exploration will put Carnaby's cockatoos at risk

Locals are outraged by a plan to cut down trees in a critical breeding area for the Carnaby's black cockatoo — a species on the brink of extinction due to land clearing.

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The forecast looks grim as climate crisis knocks cricket for six

From Oxford professors to Extinction Rebellion activists, those who love cricket are helping to tackle its climatic challenges

Wales Online

Who are Wrexham? The history, the relegation and the fight for survival

Welsh cup wins, European nights abroad, near extinction and Hollywood owners are just some of the memorable moments in Wrexham’s long and varied history

Manchester Evening News

Tens of thousands of climate activists hit London to advocate for change on Earth Day

The four day campaign dubbed 'The Big One' by the Extinction Rebellion began on Friday

The Independent UK

Chris Packham makes rallying call for more people to join Extinction Rebellion

The wildlife broadcaster spoke to thousands of climate change protesters from a stage in Westminster.

Al Jazeera

Extinction Rebellion launches four-day mass action in London

Activists take part in ‘The Big One’ event in UK capital to demand the government do more to tackle the climate crisis.

The Independent UK

Piers Corbyn gatecrashes Extinction Rebellion church service to tell eco-activists they’re ‘working for the Devil’

Congregation sang ‘Amazing Grace’ as climate denier was removed from church

Daily Mirror

Extinction Rebellion activists chant and dance outside Government offices in new protests

More than 30,000 people have said they will attend the protests, branded "The Big One", between April 21 and April 24, in what will be XR's first major action since announcing it would move away from more controversial methods

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