2 h. ago Sir David Attenborough’s ‘global legacy’ celebrated as broadcaster turns 99

The naturalist has been on our screens for more than seven decades, presenting TV programmes including Planet Earth and Blue Planet.

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4 h. ago The woman who's quietly been Sir David Attenborough's rock for three decades: How presenter's daughter Susan has filled the void left by her late mother

Since the death of his wife in 1997, the naturalist, who celebrates his 99th birthday this week with the release of a new film, has relied on his daughter Susan to be by his side at public occasions.

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7 h. ago David Attenborough's rallying cry on 99th birthday after saying 'the end is near'

Sir David Attenborough is campaigning on his 99th birthday to urgently call for change in overfishing of the oceans

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9 h. ago David Attenborough's world turned upside down by tragic phone call

Beloved broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough will celebrate his 99th birthday on Thursday, but will be without his wife, Jane, who died almost 30 years ago

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15 h. ago Ocean with David Attenborough on Disney+ review: a glorious, soul

Now 99, the veteran broadcaster’s message has never been more potent – or important

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18 h. ago David Attenborough and Eurovision steal the spotlight at Vue venues in Scotland this month

Audiences are invited to travel the globe - both musically and visually - this May, as both David Attenborough and Eurovision head to the big screen at Vue venues across Scotland.

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18 h. ago Ocean with David Attenborough review – a passionate case against the ruination of the seas

Released on his 99th birthday and presented in the context of his remarkable career, Sir David’s authority is matched only by nature’s grandeur in this visually stunning filmA visual marvel like all his work, governed by his own matchless authority and striking a steady tonal balance between warning and hope, David Attenborough’s new film about the oceans is absorbing and compelling. He makes a passionate case against the ruin caused by industrial overfishing and the sinister mega-trawlers which roam everywhere, raking the seabed with their vast metal nets, brutally and wastefully hoovering up fish populations of which the majority is often simply thrown away, depleting developing countries and fishing communities of their share. Attenborough says that this is the new colonialism. The film is released in cinemas in anticipation of the UN’s World Oceans Day in June, which is campaigning for 30% of the world’s oceans to be preserved from exploitation – at present, only around 3% is pr...

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19 h. ago Tragic phone call that turned David Attenborough's world upside down

Sir David Attenborough met his wife when they were just 18 years old, and the happy couple welcomed two children into the world together before her tragic death in 1997

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27 h. ago The devastating phone call that ended Sir David Attenborough's world: Jane was his greatest love, his rock and soulmate then in a blink of an eye his life was turned upside down

It was while Sir David Attenborough was filming in New Zealand that he received the devastating phone call.

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27 h. ago James Blunt cuts a dashing figure as he joins his wife Sofia at star

A host of celebrities gathered at The Pelican in Notting Hill on Tuesday before heading to London's Royal Festival Hall for the main event, sponsored by People's Postcode Lottery.

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29 h. ago Sir David Attenborough may be the one celebrating his birthday, but he's given us the best gift of all with his new documentary Ocean, writes BRIAN VINER

Sir David Attenborough turns 99 on Thursday and the best birthday present we can collectively give the great man is by going to the cinema to see his powerful new feature-length documentary.

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31 h. ago Sir David Attenborough makes powerful plea as he launches his new film Ocean

The veteran broadcaster issued a stark warning ahead of his 99th birthday

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31 h. ago King Charles joins Sir David Attenborough at Ocean premiere to deliver important message

King Charles attended the premiere of Sir David Attenborough's new film, Ocean, in London - with the pair chatting and laughing together before the movie

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31 h. ago King Charles appears in high spirits as he greets Sir David Attenborough at star

The royal, 76, was suited and booted for the special event and looked dapper in his black tux as he stepped out at the Royal Festival Hall in London .

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32 h. ago King stunned by David Attenborough’s age as pair attend ocean film premiere

Charles walked the ‘blue carpet’ and saw a first screening of Ocean With David Attenborough at the Southbank Centre in London on Tuesday.

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32 h. ago Sir David Attenborough may be the one celebrating his birthday, but he's given us the best gift of all with his new documentary Ocean, writes BRIAN VINER 

Sir David Attenborough turns 99 on Thursday and the best birthday present we can collectively give the great man is by going to the cinema to see his powerful new feature-length documentary.

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33 h. ago Cara Delevingne slips into VERY risqué mesh dress as she joins her heavily pregnant sister Poppy at star

Cara Delevingne went braless and flashed her lace black thong as she led the star-studded attendees at David Attenborough's world premiere of Ocean on Tuesday.

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35 h. ago Conservation groups hit out at ‘unfulfilled promises’ over Scotland’s seabed

The Open Seas coalition accused the Scottish Government of having ‘systematically neglected’ the country’s seabed.

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39 h. ago Sir David Attenborough, 98, tells 'greatest story he's ever told' in his new film

Ocean: With David Attenborough will see the legendary environmentalist, 98, delve further than ever before into the 'most important place on earth' - its oceans.

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40 h. ago Sir David Attenborough 'delivers greatest message ever' as he prepares to turn 99

Wildlife broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has delivered what promises to be the 'greatest message' of his life as he prepares to release his new film, Ocean, on his 99th birthday

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