Welcomes

Le rossignol insaisissable « se porte bien » à Northward Hill, Kent, mais les experts citent des préoccupations concernant la perte d'habitat Le chœur de l'aube à RSPB Northward Hill dans le Kent est un festival de sons : le rouge-gorge mélodieux, le coucou bicolore, les gazouillis éraillés de la fauvette grisette. Même le jacassement des oies et le meuglement des vaches des marais de la Thames voisins s'ajoutent à la symphonie. Mais fin avril, un chanteur énergique monopolise l'attention. Pendant quelques semaines après être arrivé de West Africa, le rossignol passe la nuit – et le petit matin – à entonner un chant complexe. Alors qu'il cherche une partenaire et délimite son territoire, son chant est par moments aussi doux et mélodieux qu'un chanteur de soul, à d'autres aussi frénétique qu'une alarme de voiture. Continue reading...

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in the United States on Monday afternoon for a four-day trip, welcomed by self-proclaimed royal fan U.S. President Donald Trump even as the U.S. president ‌has ‌differed with the British government over the Iran war.

PM to meet partners in region to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of HormuzSarah Jones, the policing minister, has been giving interviews. She has been talking about Keir Starmer’s visit to the Gulf, but hasn’t said anything that really adds to the (rather limited) information about the visit put out by Downing Street.Jones told Times Radio:[Starmer] is going to the Gulf for a number of reasons. Firstly you will have seen last week with the foreign secretary, and this week with our officials, where we have played a real leading role bringing together about 40 countries looking at the challenge that we have in the strait [of Hormuz] and how we can make sure that opens up as quickly as possible to bring some normality back to that system. so there will be that aspect.He wants to see the work of our brave personnel who are there in the region, of course, with our three very key principles of protecting British interests and protecting British citizens and our allies. He will want to see the work of that. Continue reading...