While the UK slept, the over in the US on the first Monday in May — it's that time again: the 2025 Met Gala. The annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gathered fashion and entertainment's biggest names to interpret this year's theme, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style."

The star-studded red carpet dazzled with Hollywood's finest — Rihanna (sporting a surprise baby bump!), Pamela Anderson (debuting a fresh haircut), Zendaya, Nicole Kidman, and Demi Moore — and the fashion was nothing short of spectacular. Read on to discover every show-stopping look from the 2025 Met Gala and learn more about the theme.

This weekend, join the Bushy Park Photography group, in their Favourites UK & Abroad Photography Exhibition.

This exhibition, held in the Landmark Arts Centre in London, incorporates an array of natural history genres from wildlife, landscapes, nature, travel, macro, and abstract.

UK charity the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) is recognising seven outstanding conservationists with 2025 Whitley Awards and £400,000 ($529,000) in funding to sustain their work to revive wildlife species in Rwanda, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Nepal, Indonesia and Malaysia.

At a time when governments are cutting overseas aid, the funding will help to ensure a future for species and their broader ecosystems, including jaguars, Bornean elephants, brown spider monkeys, Javan gibbons, the El Rincón stream frog, Grey Crowned Cranes, as well as Yew trees and orchids.

UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN), is recognising Nepal’s Reshu Bashyal with a 2025 Whitley Award for addressing the illegal trade in orchids and yews in the country, which has been driven by soaring international demand for their medicinal and ornamental properties.

UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature, is recognising Indonesia’s Rahayu Oktaviani with a 2025 Whitley Award for her work to protect the Endangered Javan gibbon on Java, one of the most densely populated islands on earth where less than 10 percent of forests remain.

UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN), is recognising Dr Federico Kacoliris with a 2025 Whitley Award for his work to expand protection for the most threatened amphibian in Argentina: the El Rincón stream frog.

UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature, is recognising Dr Farina Othman with a 2025 Whitley Award for her work to save the last 300 Bornean elephants in the east coast of Sabah State in Malaysia’s Borneo amid shrinking habitat for the world’s smallest elephant.

UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN), is recognising Dr Olivier Nsengimana with the 2025 Whitley Gold Award for his leadership in rebuilding the Grey Crowned Crane population in Rwanda and for an ambitious plan to secure protection across East Africa for the iconic bird and its wetland habitat.

UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN), is recognising Brazil's Dr Yara Barros with a 2025 Whitley Award for her work to protect jaguars in Iguaçu National Park in the Atlantic Forest, where populations are growing and her team is teaching local communities how to co-exist with the apex predator.

UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN), is recognising Dr Andrés Link with a 2025 Whitley Award for his work to protect brown spider monkeys in the lowland rainforests of central Colombia and to scale his work by reconnecting the species’ fragmented habitat in private protected areas.

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has become the first cruise line to launch a Carbon Literacy training programme for its shoreside team, as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce carbon emissions and support sustainable practices.

The winners of the BFW concept competition in the categories "Berlin Contemporary" and "Studio2Retail" have been announced: a total of 25 concepts will receive funding and will be presented during Berlin Fashion Week, taking place from 30 June to 3 July 2025, in the German capital.

Virus continues to threaten favourite UK garden bird.

One of the UK’s most popular songbirds is in rapid decline, and garden owners are being encouraged to share their sightings with researchers.