(Pic ALAMY) There are other planes that land: at the moment the American planes still land and the MoD have a C17 once a month for their own people (Pic MoD) Ascension Island, home to around 800 ...

Aboard HMS Beagle, he called in at Ascension. En route from another remote volcanic island, St Helena, Darwin wasn't expecting much. “We know we live on a rock, but the poor people of Ascension ...

The idea of "offshoring" people is being looked at but finding ... The Financial Times says Ascension Island, more than 4,000 miles (6,000km) from the UK, was a suggested location.

More than 900 species of marine life are at risk, they reported. Ascension Island has a wealth of species native to the island that have been affected by plastic pollution, such as the land crab ...