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The Ascension Islands Government Resources Directorate has announced new travel arrangements that will enable residents of St Helena to transit between the Falkland Islands and St. Helena via ...

The rediscovery of a fern, long thought to be extinct, is part of a rescue effort to save the plants of the tiny UK overseas territory of Ascension Island in the South Atlantic - a fitting success ...

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The rediscovery of a fern, long thought to be extinct, is part of a rescue effort to save the highly threatened, endemic plants of the tiny UK overseas territory of Ascension Island in the South ...

The runway at Georgetown Wideawake Airport on Ascencion Island will be repaired by 2022 allowing AirTanker-operated A 330-200 flights to return, Fluor, the company which won the contract, said in a ...

THIS island is so remote that it lies 1600km from the nearest continent. Sinners and the sick were dropped off here years ago, and now it’s home to some very strange sights. Measuring 88 square ...

In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean resides the tip of an old volcano called Ascension Island. The British overseas territory of Ascension Island is home to 800 people. And now it is even more cut off ...

Ascension Island is home to the marlin species of fish The government is to create a marine reserve almost as big as the UK in the Atlantic waters of Ascension Island. Just over half of the protected ...

Ascension Island, a small volcanic island in the southern Atlantic Ocean, has been picked by Home Secretary Suella Braverman as a fullback option to house Britain's illegal migrants - should the ...

Fred Pearce (US and UK accused of 'squeezing life out of' Ascension Island, 12 September) misrepresents the government's position. The claim that Britain is uprooting families to make way for a US ...

The government is to create a marine reserve almost as big as the UK in the Atlantic waters of Ascension Island. Just over half of the protected area will be closed to fishing. The fishery in the ...