Norman does a re-appearing act !
They say a cat has nine lives - Norman from Ashford certainly does. His owners thought he'd died but then he returned from the dead.
Bear takes space flight
Students at a Hampshire school have launched a teddy bear into space as part of a physics outreach project with Southampton University.
Baby leopards wow Kent
Two rare leopard cubs have been born at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Kent and Meridian's viewers have been invited to name them.
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Golden tiger skull focus of major exhibition
A replica of a tiger skull gilded in 23.5 carat gold is to be the main centrepiece of the Wildlife Artist of the Year exhibition.
The wooden sculpture by Oxfordshire artist Martin Hayward-Harris is shortlisted for the 2013 award.
The skull is based upon a real tiger skull stored at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
REPORT: 12 year old's homemade trench
A bit of mucking about in the garden has turned in to a 'hands on' history lesson for one young boy. Oliver Batchelor was digging up his mum's carrots when his dad suggested he build a trench.
But, the 12 year old - who was learning about the first world war at school - went a little bit 'over the top'. Charlotte Wilkins speaks to Oliver Batchelor, his mother Saskia Marshall and his father Wayne Batchelor.
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VIDEO: Experts say hello to baby 'Just-in Beaver'
The Wildwood Trust has released footage of a baby beaver born at its park near Canterbury.
The beaver will become part of a bold and innovative conservation programme which will see beaver reintroduced to a whole river system in Wales. This ground breaking conservation project is designed to protect and restore wetland habitats.
Not Justin Bieber but 'Just-in Beaver', naturally
Meet the mammal we have just affectionately named "Just-in Beaver". Just-in is the newest arrival at the Wildwood Trust in Kent. He is part of a special conservation project - that will see more of his kind breathing new life in to our waterways.
Attack of the giant M3 spider!
In case you missed it yesterday, here's a repeat of that photo that thrilled many - and sent others scurrying under their beds!
This "giant spider" was seen on the M3 motorway in Hampshire. Thankfully though it's not really an enormous arachnid just a trick of the eye as the normal sized creepy crawled onto the lens of a travel camera.
We think it deserves to be a huge web hit!
World War 1 trench built in Sussex garden
A 12-year-old boy from Worthing in Sussex has been given a hands on history lesson with the help of his dad.
Oliver Batchelor created a section of a World War One trench in his back garden, complete with sandbags and replica equipment. The youngster has been studying the Great War at school.
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Norman does a re-appearing act !
They say a cat has nine lives - Norman from Ashford certainly does. His owners thought he'd died but then he returned from the dead.
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Portsmouth FC have launched their new shirt in a press conference on board HMS Warrior.
Baby swan parents could 'defy selfish gene'
Hundreds of fluffy cygnets are beginning to hatch at Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset after the first baby swan was born earlier today.
The swannery is the only place in the world where visitors can walk through a colony of mute swans, see cygnets hatching and participate in mass feedings.
Swanherds noticed the first signs of hatching when a female swan, or pen, became restless and began hovering over the nest, allowing the emerging cygnet more room to peck its way out of the egg.
Another expectant mother was recently bereaved when her mate died in a territorial dispute. Swanherds put up a fence to protect her nest and were astonished when a neighbouring male, or cob, swam downstream and "adopted" her eggs as his own.
Deputy Swanherd Steve Groves said: "Even though he is not the father of these eggs, he is behaving like he is, which is very odd - I have not seen anything like this in nearly 25 years of this work.
"This behaviour seems to go against what scientists call the ‘selfish gene’, where you would expect a cob to kill young that don’t belong to him.
"Staying true to the old adage that swans mate for life, we believe she will stay paired with him, and next year he will be able to father his own cygnets with her."
Was King Arthur real or just part of a mythical legend?
It's a question that has been the cause of much debate. Was King Arthur a real historical figure or a myth? According to medieval history, he led Britons to repel saxon invaders in the 5th & 6th centuries. His story complete with knights, dragons and magic has developed over the centuries.
Now historians have established the first written mention of the legendary King came through work done in Oxfordshire. Penny Silvester reports.
