"The event went really well; overall we had more guinea pigs come to see us at the practice than rabbits during rabbit week." – event organiser, RVN Olivia Coulton.

Theme for new presidential year is #VetDiversity, which builds on past-presidents’ themes of "One Veterinary Community" and "Team Vet – Working Together".

Sheila Potter, 70, has just completed her bronze, silver and gold accreditation from the British Veterinary Receptionist Association.

Tim Mair is an RCVS specialist in both equine internal medicine and equine soft tissue surgery and is a founding diplomate of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine.

Wide-ranging plan "set to become one of our most fundamental reviews of RCVS guidance in recent years", says standards committee chair Melissa Donald.

Michelle Haddrell used a variety of craft items to create an eye-catching notice board to promote a charity dog walk in aid of Streetvet tomorrow (14 September).

Members of the veterinary profession and the pet-owning public can now make nominations across five categories for the Petplan Veterinary Awards 2020.

The College of Animal Welfare will become the first training provider to deliver the Vetskill Level 4 Certificate for Suitably Qualified Persons.

Vets and vet nurses who qualified outside the EU have been welcomed into the RCVS during a special ceremony held at Belgravia House in London.

Staff and patients at the Tree of Life for Animals headquarters in Rajasthan were hit as one of the heaviest monsoons on record swept through the region.

Delivering canine CPR, tick removal and dealing with heatstroke were some of the skills demonstrated at a first-aid course for dogs.

Head nurse at Kingfisher Veterinary Practice in Somerset, Kylie Channon-Durant, spent two months helping conserve the turtle population in Cyprus.

Regent Court Veterinary Practice in Penzance receives accolade from environmental charity Surfers Against Sewage for reducing plastic and inspiring community to tackle pollution.

Karen Jones has been able to have her cake and eat it after racking up four decades of service at a small animal practice in north Wales.

RVN and SVN make separate trips to Ukraine to help animals in need living in 30km exclusion zone created around nuclear power plant, which suffered a major explosion in 1986.

RVN Samantha Flavell hopes UK first to offer owners the chance to remember their pets will inspire other practices to organise similar events in their own areas.