King Charles sends Attenborough a birthday message with help from 'friends'

Key facts

• King Charles sent a birthday message to Sir David Attenborough for his 100th birthday.
• Animals helped deliver the birthday card.
• An orangutan braved a new bridge to unite its split community.
• Artemis II's Orion capsule hatch was opened at sea.
• Steve Backshall spotted two of the UK's last surviving orcas.
• Global landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and Sagrada Família turned off lights for Earth Hour.
• The Artemis II rocket rolled out to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center.
• Tenerife was hit by snow from Storm Therese.
• BBC science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explained medical emergencies in space.
• Celestial events in 2025 included meteor showers and supermoons.
• A zoo celebrated the arrival of Haggis the pygmy hippo.
• Storm Benjamin hit the South East with flood alerts.
• Baroness Kathy Willis discussed green and blue spaces in cities.
• A lab analyzed the world's oldest ice from the ice sheet.
• Jane Goodall died aged 91.
• Water voles were reintroduced to the River Wey.
• President Trump claimed wind power raises UK energy bills.
• London Zoo held its annual animal weigh-in.
• A Donegal man shears sheep all over the world.
• A meteor shower was seen over the UK on 13 August.
• Storm Floris brought unseasonably strong gusty winds to the UK.