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SLOW and steady doesn’t always win the race... It was the ‘Love to Run’ hare sculpture that generated the highest bids at the Tortoise Takeover auction – with the top bidder hopping home with the two-metre sculpture for a whopping £100,000....

‘TORTOISE mania’ has taken over Jersey, organisers of the popular trail have said, as a record number of users have downloaded the Takeover app.In the six weeks since 50 large tortoise sculptures were put in place around the Island, in addition t...

A THIRD giant tortoise sculpture has had to be removed from Durrell’s trail.Porcelain Tortoise, which was located at the Cenotaph, was taken off the Tortoise Takeover trail for ‘a spruce up’, Durrell wrote in a social media post.Porcelain’s t...

A MYSTERY knitter known as Jersey’s ‘Woollen Banksy’ has struck again – this time with her response to Durrell’s Tortoise Takeover.A new postbox topper has been spotted outside the Coop at Red Houses in St Brelade and features some usual su...

A GIANT tortoise sculpture will soon be returned to its plinth following repairs, after two weeks away from its home at Sorel Point.Puffling, one of 50 sculptures dotted around the Island as part of Durrell’s Tortoise Trail, was taken in on Monday ...

Princess Annes iconic sunglasses were her practical accessory of choice for a trip to Jersey as fans dubbed her style goals

DURING a three-hour flying visit to Jersey yesterday, the Princess Royal was gifted a giant tortoise sculpture, saw their real life equivalent in Jersey Zoo, and unveiled King’s Arch at Government House. Princess Anne, who is in her 51st year of p...

Princess Anne enjoyed a whirlwind trip to Jersey, dressed in a smart yellow and navy look to visit Jersey Zoo and unveil the King's Arch at Government House.

WITH fewer than 75 days until the Tortoise Takeover hits Jersey, Durrell is on the hunt for ‘one of the final pieces of the jigsaw puzzle’ – a space in town to become the ‘heartbeat’ of the art trail.It is hoped that the space will serve as...