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By Community Correspondent Exeter is getting ready to put its best foot forward, with the city's first ever Walking Festival taking place from 12 to 20 September. Organised by Wellbeing Exeter, the nine-day festival will invite people to discover the city on foot, with everything from gentle
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By Animals Correspondent There was a rather unusual guest at the latest recording of BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time — a grey cat who clearly felt he belonged on stage. The programme was recorded last week at The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth, with around 150 garden enthusiasts from across
Community
By Community Correspondent As cities face hotter summers, a team of researchers in British Columbia is finding a smarter way to decide where new trees should go. Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a tool called CanopyFit, which helps cities identify places where trees could provide the
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By Community Correspondent A team of volunteers has been getting stuck into some serious gardening to help keep an Ilkeston project supporting people who have experienced homelessness flourishing. Staff from PfP Thrive, a housing and construction training centre run by Places for People, spent a day at Derventio Housing Trust’
Health
By Health Correspondent Getting older can bring changes to the brain, with some abilities such as working memory, attention and problem-solving becoming more difficult. But language appears to be different. A new study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston University has found that the
Animals
By Animals Correspondent London Zoo’s annual weigh-in has once again shown just how varied life can be at the conservation zoo – with a 50.5kg capybara sharing the scales with a giant land snail weighing just 102.5g. Animals across the Zoo took part in the yearly health
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By Animals Correspondent Two French dog breeds with long and rather interesting histories are set to become the latest additions to Britain’s recognised pedigree dog community. The Braque du Bourbonnais and Epagneul Français will be officially recognised by the Royal Kennel Club from 1 October, taking the total number
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By Animals Correspondent There is some very welcome news for one of Britain’s rarest birds of prey, with six young Montagu’s Harriers successfully raised at a secret location in England this summer. It is the second year in a row that the birds have bred at the farmland
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By Community Correspondent Sports day isn't just for children – as residents, families and staff at a Derby nursing home proved with a day of races, games and plenty of laughter. People aged from five to 95 took part in the fun at Brookfields Private Nursing Home on Burton
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By Charities Correspondent A majestic bird that disappeared from Exmoor more than 200 years ago is soaring over the National Park once again – and six young eagles are helping to lead the comeback. Six white-tailed eagle chicks have been brought from the Scottish Highlands to Exmoor as part of
By Education Correspondent Young people looking to build a career in retail will be given the chance to earn, learn and develop new skills through a new apprenticeship programme from Morrisons. The supermarket is launching its Proper Jobs: Fresh Start Programme, a two-year scheme combining paid, hands-on experience
By Mental Health Correspondent Highland school pupils are helping shape a pioneering project exploring how spending time in nature can support young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Students from Farr and Kinlochleven High Schools took part in the Healthy Young Minds programme, visiting Trees for Life’s Dundreggan Rewilding
By Animals Correspondent There’s some seriously slithery good news from Chester Zoo, where a 15-foot python named Jodie Foster has made an incredible recovery after beating cancer. The 50kg reticulated python was facing a worrying future after a cancerous tumour returned in her jaw following surgery. But thanks
By Community Correspondent Ethel Caterham, the world’s oldest living person, is celebrating her 117th birthday in Surrey after a remarkable year that has included meeting King Charles and experiencing a number of memorable firsts. Born on 21 August 1909, Mrs Caterham has now lived through six British monarchs and
By Schools Correspondent Clevedon School Yr 11 students, their families and Staff were celebrating yesterday having received a bumper crop of GCSE exam outcomes – with overall achievement showing a continued upward trend enabling them to access Level 3 courses of their choice. With the Yr11 results improving once again and
By Schools Correspondent Students at Worle Community School Academy are celebrating after achieving a great set of GCSE results. Key performance indicators at the school continue to improve, with an increase in the number of students securing strong passes in both English and Maths. Among the academy’s top-performing
By Matthew, James and Noah, Year 7, Good News Room at Clevedon School We began the Organon project back in September when we joined the Student Leadership Team. We researched weather stations and found one that could take measurements relating to weather forecasting, temperature and humidity, rainfall, wind and moon
By Community Correspondent New technology will help specialist paramedics find people beneath the surface faster, while keeping rescuers safer London Ambulance Service is bringing cutting-edge underwater technology to the capital in a major boost to water rescue, becoming the first ambulance service in the UK to deploy underwater drones
By Jill Dando News Correspondents, Mnjiri Good News Room, Malawi Defying all the odds, Malawi, the country ranked 153rd in the world for football, reached the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final. Malawi were debutants at this year’s Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) and have
By Community Correspondent A new boxing and wellbeing centre designed to support people experiencing homelessness, mental health and substance use issues is preparing to open in York later this year. The New Ways Wellbeing Centre in New Earswick is being developed by The Salvation Army and will combine boxing and
By Mental Health Correspondent The Baton of Hope is to return to Birmingham in 2027, giving communities across the city another chance to come together around suicide prevention. The UK-wide initiative first visited Birmingham in 2023, when people from across the city and the wider West Midlands carried the
