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Households urged to hang old mugs and teacups outside this month
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (531+ words) Put old mugs and teacups to good use in the garden this spring(Image: Ganna STRYZHEKIN via Getty Images) Gardeners are being encouraged to rummage through their kitchen cupboards for any neglected mugs or damaged teacups, as these items represent…...
Row over trapped seagull at Liverpool school
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (194+ words) Row over trapped seagull at Notre Dame Catholic Academy'Liverpool Echo Everything you need to know Notre Dame Catholic College in Everton was at the centre of a public outcry after a seagull became trapped in netting on the school's roof…...
Chester Zoo working to save last surviving rare species
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (404+ words) Chester Zoo is the UKs top zoo and third best in Europe, according to new Tripadvisor rankings Chester Zoo is leading efforts to return Africa's rarest and largest antelope to Kenya. Fewer than 50 mountain bongos are estimated to survive in…...
Chester Zoo announces rare new permanent attraction
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (416+ words) Chester Zoo is the first UK zoo to gain botanical garden status Chester Zoo has announced the arrival of a new attraction. The Plant Heritage Missing Collector Garden, a garden made in Cheshire, is to be permanently located at the…...
Chester Zoo makes landmark first with new title
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (534+ words) Chester Zoo is the first zoo in the UK to be recognised with the title Chester Zoo has become the first zoo in the UK to be officially recognised as an internationally important botanic garden. The Cheshire-based conservation charity is…...
Chester Zoo saves tiny species 'lost forever' from going extinct
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (520+ words) The last surviving population was discovered in an alleyway Chester Zoo has accomplished the remarkable feat of saving an entire species from extinction. The button-sized greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis) was believed to be "lost forever" until a small surviving…...