Lottie Kilraine

UK

World’s oldest tortoise has seen off two world wars and the British Empire

Jonathan the tortoise, who hatched in the Georgian era, is 190 and the oldest known living land animal on Earth.
2 Dec 2022
UK

Zookeepers share ‘magical moment’ rare baby kangaroo emerges from mother’s pouch

The baby dusky pademelon, born at Chester Zoo, was just the size of a jelly bean when it was born.
7 Apr 2022
UK

Twelve-year-old woodwork star raises more than £66,000 for Ukrainian refugees

The winner of Gabriel’s Bowl For Ukraine raffle will be announced on Easter Sunday.
6 Apr 2022
UK

Briton fears for friend ‘alone in a war zone’ amid Homes For Ukraine delays

Marcin Zawisza said he is worried about Olena Stadnik, who is stuck near the Russian-occupied city of Kherson in southern Ukraine.
5 Apr 2022
UK

TikTok cat escapes Ukraine war and raises more than £7,000 for charity

Stepan rose to fame in 2019 after appearing in a viral video with a glass of red wine.
30 Mar 2022
UK

Ukrainian grandmother ‘settling in well’ in the UK after 12-day rescue from war

‘How she’s kept herself together just shows the strength and the nature of these people,’ said her son-in-law Michael Felton.
29 Mar 2022
UK

School choir sings in Ukrainian to ‘send hope’ and raise funds for refugees

All proceeds from downloads of the song will be donated to help provide essential funds for those affected by the Russian invasion.
25 Mar 2022
UK

Entrepreneurs create online platform to help Ukrainian refugees find sponsors

Entrepreneurs Max Haining and Glenn McWhinney said their platform will provide a ‘digital solution’ to aid the Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme.
24 Mar 2022
UK

Asylum delays force Ukraine refugees to ‘return to war zone out of desperation’

British businessman Andrew Murray has criticised the Home Office for making it ‘deliberately difficult’ for people fleeing the war.
23 Mar 2022
UK

Teacher who fled Kharkiv sets up Ukrainian-speaking school for child refugees

“At the end of the first day, one child said that it was exciting for them to be able to speak in their own language again,” Luda Sviridok said.
23 Mar 2022
UK

Ukrainian who fled Mariupol sees home shelled just days after parents escape

Mariia Moskalenko said: ‘It’s so hard to believe this is happening… the Russians are destroying everything.’
23 Mar 2022
UK

Ukrainian girl who sang Let It Go reunited with mother as she performs in Poland

Amelia Anisovych was reunited with her mother just days before she sang the Ukrainian national anthem at a charity concert.
21 Mar 2022
UK

Ukrainians protest on streets of Russian-occupied city of Kherson

Artem Ivanov said Russian soldiers shot bullets into the air as protesters congregated in the city centre on Sunday.
13 Mar 2022
UK

People offering spare rooms to Ukrainian refugees say information is unclear

Shaun Herlihy said he would be willing to house a family for ‘as long as it takes’ but said he does not ‘know where to start’.
13 Mar 2022
UK

Daughter fears for midwife mother after Mariupol maternity hospital blast

Mariia Moskalenko said the last time she heard from her parents was just hours before a Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital.
10 Mar 2022
UK

Whole world heard my daughter, says mother of Ukrainian child singing in bunker

Amelia Anisovych was filmed singing the Disney hit song Let It Go in her native tongue while sheltering in Kyiv.
9 Mar 2022
UK

British man with family in Ukraine says UK refugee response is ‘utterly ridiculous’

Michael Felton said he is ‘lost for words’ over his fight to get his elderly mother-in-law to safety in the UK.
9 Mar 2022
UK

British man transports 80 vulnerable Ukrainians across Polish border in cab

British-Ukrainian Roman Tymchyshyn, 31, has also transported refugees’ pets including a cat, a rabbit, two dogs and a turtle.
8 Mar 2022
UK

Ukrainian specialist warns ‘disinformation is one of war’s strongest weapons’

Valeria Kovtun said she has been fighting in the ‘information battlefield’ from her basement bunker in northern Ukraine.
4 Mar 2022
UK

‘I don’t want to run’, says Ukrainian woman sheltering from Russian bombs

Anastasiia Bulanienkova said she has cried in secret over the situation in her country so as not to scare her family.
2 Mar 2022
UK

Ukrainian photographer documents ‘proud and determined’ people of Kyiv

Maria Volkova, who lives in the centre of the Kyiv, has been photographing her city since Russia’s Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion.
1 Mar 2022