Grab 2025 by the horns

As we enter a new year, we turn the spotlight on people and projects making the world better:

• How introducing a herd of bison to the UK is a potential gamechanger for our environment
• What life is like on the RRS Sir David Attenborough, currently somewhere deep in the Southern Ocean
• Spend a day in Calais to find out the reality of the migrant camps
• A young carer writes about the extra responsibilities he has to deal with, besides the regular stresses of being a teenager
• How talking a walk on the wild side can help mental health
• If you’ve given hope on intelligent life on Earth, learn how scientists are searching for extraterrestrial intelligence among the stars
• Plus, our rundown of the top TV picks of 2024 to binge and a look ahead to the best films of 2025
• And Barnard Castle vendor Vasile (and his dog Max) join all of us in wishing all of you a happy new year!

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