Dan Wareing

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Zoo founder honoured with sea of flower sculpturesEmma-Jayne Blackman & Dan WareingBBCBloom is a meadow of 5,000 sculptures of wildflowers, made from renewable plant-based ingredientsThousands of flower sculptures are now on display at Jersey Zoo to mark 100 years since its founder was born. A meadow of 5,000 flower sculptures, made as a tribute to the man behind the zoo, conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died in 1995, has been installed at the zoo by artist Stuart Temple.

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Image source, GoogleImage caption, Arrows were fired at a house on Madryn Avenue in Kirkby on Sunday, police sayA man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted wounding after a crossbow was fired at a house in a town on Merseyside. Arrows struck the front door and window of a house on Madryn Avenue in Kirkby on Sunday just after 09:00 BST and no-one was injured, Merseyside Police said. A 43-year-old man from Kirkby is being questioned in police custody.

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Cyclist 'recklessly' fires crossbow at houseDan WareingGoogleA "male offender" who had his face covered fired the arrows at the house on Madryn Avenue before riding off, police sayA cyclist has opened fire with a crossbow at a house in a town on Merseyside. A "male offender" whose face was covered attacked the house on Madryn Avenue in Kirkby on Sunday just after 09:00 BST, with arrows striking the front door and a window. He was then seen riding off on a bicycle, Merseyside Police said.

1 week ago | bbc.com | Tom Walker |Dan Wareing

'Elsie always came to school on her dad's shoulders'Tom Walker & Dan WareingFamily handoutElsie Dot Stancombe was one of three girls killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last yearThe teachers of one of the girls killed in the Southport stabbings have said they remember her always smiling, and arriving at school "on her dad's shoulders".

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'Vandals destroyed all our village flowers'Dan Wareing & Marc GaierBBCA charity says people have been pulling out the flowers and leaving them to diePeople from a village in Liverpool have said they are outraged after flowers worth thousands of pounds were destroyed by vandals. Woolton in Bloom has said planters have been torn from their pots and thrown to the ground, causing about £3,000 of damage.