Aside from the seven bird species that are now saved from extinction, over 100 families in Prek Toal, including former bird collectors, are benefiting from the various activities in the project.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN PHNOM PENH

The conservation and development project Osmose is implementing in Prek Toal aims to link the preservation of the waterbird colonies to the sustainable development of the local communities.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN PHNOM PENH

His main challengers will include road race specialists John McGuinness and Ian Hutchinson, Dennis Hobbs, Steve Brogan and Hudson Kennaugh, with Castlerock's Marty Nutt and Omagh's BJ Toal also in the field.

BBC: Michael Laverty

Catholic parents in Lochaber and the Right Reverend Joseph Toal, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, had been keen to see the Catholic schools continue.

BBC: Lochaber primary schools to share campus

Rainey was then approached by TAS Suzuki boss Philip Neill, who suggested that he use his experience to help out with running the team's British Superstock race project in 2009, involving riders Alastair Seeley and BJ Toal.

BBC: Trading places