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Mass planting of marsh violets key to saving rare UK butterfly, says National Trust
Trust aims to boost small pearl-bordered fritillary colonies in Shropshire Hills by planting 20,000 violets this year for their caterpillars
A mass planting of marsh violets across England’s Shropshire Hills is to take place to try to prevent further decline of the small pearl-bordered fritillary or Boloria selene, a rare UK butterfly.
The small pearl-bordered fritillary’s distribution across the UK has plunged 71% since the mid 1970s and the species is now listed as vulnerable, according to the 2022 state of UK butterflies report.
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UK infected blood inquiry: key findings
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Maine mass shooter's family says his 'brain was hijacked' by injuries tied to his military service
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AI chatbots’ safeguards can be easily bypassed, say UK researchers
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Post-Brexit border checks forecast to cost UK £4.7bn, says NAO
Watchdog says says repeated delays have caused unnecessary costs and strategy lacks a ‘clear timetable’. The government expects to have spent at least £4.7bn on introducing post-Brexit border controls, which have been repeatedly hit by delays, the ...The Guardian - World - United Kingdom -
UK stocks are outperforming the U.S. and one CIO says they look 'very cheap'
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Ukraine says it has checked Russia's offensive in a key town, but Moscow says it will keep pushing
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A 19-year-old farmworker killed in a Florida bus crash was saving money to get married, his mom says
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