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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 Government is reportedly considering reviving plans to fly people who arrive to the UK by unauthorised means to Ascension Island. Multiple reports say ministers and officials are considering the ...

The Falkland Islands Government has informed that an agreement has been signed with Ascension Island Government to guarantee travelers from the Falkland Islands ten seats on each flight connecting ...

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 ...

The government has not ruled out a previously abandoned plan to send asylum seekers to Ascension Island. Home Office minister Sarah Dines said on Monday that people who enter the UK on small boats ...

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 ...

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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 ...