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The four chicks, which hatched from the eggs, are being cared for until they are old and strong enough to be released.

Chosen work will be displayed at Ferens Art Gallery in Hull.

A percentage of funds raised when it is auctioned next month will go to a children’s charity.

From a runaway tortoise to paintings made by rats, these are some of the week’s uplifting stories.

Darren Wood, 43, from Carshalton, south London, has taken part in 119 different parkruns in seven countries and has also volunteered 415 times.

A new law strengthens support for sibling relationships in care settings, after years of campaigns.

Ron Wood began in 1966 and is leading walks for the Lake District Park’s 75th anniversary.

Here is our selection of stories from the Channel Islands that you may have missed.

The hoglets are being cared for by a local hedgehog rescue centre before being returned to the wild.

The celebrated illustrator’s vision for a permanent space for illustration has become a reality.

Amrik Sandhu is taking up to challenge for his 60th birthday, while fundraising for charity.

Campaigners say the finds should mean the end to plans for a National Grid substation at the site.

Cleaners found Dawa Sherpa crawling towards Base Camp six days after he went missing at a higher altitude.

Pioneering climbers reflect on 30 years training and building a community at Kendal’s climbing wall.

Rusty-spotted cats are also getting new enclosures at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden.

Cumbria Wildlife Trust is aiming to restore a meadow near Roa Island in the Walney Channel.

From a Soviet-era sanatorium to a floating market in Bangladesh, this year’s World Food Photography Awards capture the many ways food shapes daily life around the world.

Eeva Kukkonen works on paintings for stately homes, museums and galleries across Yorkshire.

A French helicopter took part in the operation alongside a lifeboat and another nearby vessel.

About 300 water voles are released in Farnham as part of a bid to restore the species to the river.

The items were found by archaeology students during a dig at the medieval village in Loddington.

A video of the curlew that has a nest and eggs was posted by the Sliabh Beagh Curlew Conservation Trust.

The nest was inches away from the road on one side and parking spaces on the other, a shopper says.

A webcam is installed on Keighley Bus Museum, opposite Dalton Mills where peregrine falcons nest.

It came hours after a separate rescue in the same area to help eight stranded paddleboarders.

Cumbrian photographers share their favourite snaps of wildlife making the most of the May sunshine.

The fire service, coastguard and a specialist rope rescue team combine to save the golden retriever.

The British Film Collectors Convention is celebrating its 50th anniversary in Surrey.

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

Survey shows 44% increase on RSPB reserves of bird that almost became extinct in England in the 60s

The trail is marking the 50th birthday of a scientific site at the National Trust park.

The aquarium’s owner will also stop breeding gentoo penguins at its London and Birmingham sites.

From The Twits to the Gruffalo… Quentin Blake, Cressida Cowell, Axel Sheffler, Lauren Child and more reveal how they bring children’s books to life

A new study has found that US fathers are spending significantly more time with their children and less time in paid work, marking one of the biggest generational changes in how men divide their days.

All eight monitored nests in Kielder Forest have eggs for the first time.

Katie Kay, from the JSPCA, says the heat is a “real risk for all animals”.

Ben Constable says his “mission” is to raise £1m for the charity that helped him get back on his feet.

The Wye has become the first river in the UK to have a charter covering it from source to sea.

A college assistance dog is helping students to build confidence and settle nerves before exams.

Born with soft grey feathers, the chicks will develop their famous pink colour by the age of two.

The new light well will reveal the river beneath the railway station that was culverted.

A 21-year-old raises £46k running Ireland coast to coast for a children’s charity over 10 days.

The Woodland Trust calls it a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to secure additional land.

The artwork in a 19th-century shopping arcade has been damaged by visitors honouring an unusual tradition

A council hopes to enhance wildlife in the area and improve public access.

Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Burscough says it will open the new stepping stones this summer.

Tilly managed to escape without injury and was later found by a person flying a drone.

More than 1,100 hectares in Cornwall has been marked for conservation and nature restoration.

Double-sided page featuring a sketch and text sheds new light on the baroque master and his time living in Rome

Take a look at these delightful photos of the West Midlands we have been sent this week.

Thousands of people are visiting watchpoints across the East to enjoy the flourishing falcon.

There are about 5,000 followers of Zoroastrianism in the UK and the biggest community is in London.

Bolton Junction Eccleshill, Bradford, was created by a young David Hockney when he was 19.

Maggie O’Farrell’s new novel, Land, is published after the success of the film adaptation of Hamnet.

Moira Brown, 93, says she is determined to watch Scotland in the World Cup finals in the USA next month.

The new Icarus satellite is tracking signals hidden in animal behaviour – which could save the lives of cheetahs, rhinos and elephants.

The Fishermen’s Mission says financial pressures and fishing restrictions are affecting livelihoods.

A citizen science project is aiming to document species on the Cowal Peninsula for the first time in 50 years.

Former teachers in Liverpool said it ‘felt like the whole city was rooting’ for Jo and Kush.

The Environment Agency says restoration of the Marsh Head Horsebridge would be partly crowdfunded.

Roger Sewill reflects on the places and people he encountered during his journey with pony Scarlet.

More than a century ago, a bitter dispute saw every piece of a special print type hurled into the Thames.

A group of 130 volunteers helped restore the landmark using bags of chalk.

The fitness influencer from Preston is a proud northerner who wants to put Preston on the map.

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

Traders say the Ay Up Me Duck trail has helped people discover shops they never knew existed.

About 75,000 people are expected to attend the event across the Bank Holiday weekend.

Steve Backshall, from Bagshot, says his parents were very influential in pushing him towards nature.

The previous reconstruction of the Iron Age roundhouse in Perthshire was destroyed in 2021

The event is raising money to give breaks to adults with learning disabilities.

Conservationists say efforts to bring puffins to an uninhabited island using decoys are working.

The summit bonanza comes after a late start to this climbing season due to earlier route obstructions.