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Census will ask public to provide details about their sexual orientation and gender identity

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Census will ask public to provide details about their sexual orientation and gender identity for first time in bid to compile reliable data on Britain’s LGBT population Questions will be voluntary and for people aged 16 and over, ONS said  ONS deputy national statistician said decision makes are ‘operating in a vacuum’  Chief executive of … Read more

The Queen’s cygnet census is cancelled for only the second time in 900 years 

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The Queen’s cygnet census is cancelled for only the second time in 900 years The Swan Upping census usually lasts for five days from July 13 to 17 each year Annual event was due to take place between Sunbury-on-Thames and Abingdon It is popular with people in Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire By Emily Andrews … Read more

Saving Britain’s wildlife starts in our gardens: The results of our second wildlife census are in

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On this day that only slips into our lives once every four years, it is fitting that we should look at something truly important.  The results of our second annual Wildlife Census – which we asked you, our readers, to conduct by recording the species you spotted in your garden during June 2019 – have … Read more