Earth Day 2025

To mark Earth Day, which falls on 22 April this year, we asked kids to ‘Go Wild’ and create eye-catching designs for a magazine cover with an environmental theme. The youngsters of Britain did not let us down. We received hundreds of submissions and the imagination, dedication and talent on display was a thrill to behold. After much deliberation, Ashton Whitaker, aged 10 from Hull, was selected as our winner with his marvellous menagerie of endangered animals. Be dazzled by more of the entries in this week’s issue!

Also inside

• We talk all things Earth Day. From the community energy revolution to the future of North Sea oil
• The statue to remember nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, whose death was caused by air pollution
• Corrie’s Sue Cleaver reflects on 25 years on the cobbles in a Letter To My Younger Self
• The eco-friendly alternatives for vinyl fans
• Brandi Carlile on her unexpected friendship and collaboration with Elton John
• Why Operation Mincemeat is the British invasion America needs right now
• Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe really wants to pay your jacket a compliment
• And Bristol vendor James explains the differences between begging and selling Big Issue

Plus much more!

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