The news from the UN that the global rate of extinction is accelerating – with at least a 20% decline over the last century - caused reverberations around the world when it was published earlier this month.

The National Lottery has announced £2million in funding to help save, protect and reintroduce wildlife across the county of Cumbria.

Once a symbol of Britain’s proud naval heritage, the future of Dockyard Church now lies in the hands of Kent’s aspiring young business leaders.

It’s London History Day. Here are six of our favourite heritage stories from the city, all supported by the National Lottery.

In an era when many music venues are closing, Band on the Wall in Manchester is coming back for an encore.

Thanks to £9.4million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Black Country Living Museum will undergo a huge transformation to share stories of life in the 1940-60s.

We're getting involved with Museum Week's seven themes over seven days using seven hashtags. To celebrate, we're sharing one fantastic National Lottery Heritage Fund-supported museum every day.

The Museums at Night festival kicks off on 15 May. We've put together 10 top events at some of our favourite National Lottery funded projects.

The ultimate in sustainable power, hundreds of windmills across the country are opening up their doors to the public for National Mills Weekend (11-12 May). We've chosen some of our favourites.

The story of the poppy is being taken on the road around Scotland for the first time, in a purpose built 18-tonne truck called Bud.

The finalists battling it out to be named Art Fund's Museum of the Year have been revealed. Four of the five shortlisted Museums are National Lottery-funded.

The people of Fountainbridge in Edinburgh are this weekend celebrating the reopening of a building they love - a symbol of their industrial past and a reminder of how their community was shaped by the Wellington boot.

The new Linlithgow Museum opens to the public on 19 April 2019.