Student ‘Jill Dando News Journalists’ at her former school will host a coffee and walnut cake celebration of her life and fast expanding legacy on the 25th anniversary of her death this Friday (26th April)

By Jill Dando News Jill started writing positive news stories for school magazine Merlin aged 13 at Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset before becoming the smiling face of Britain at BBC TV in the 1990s. In 2017, students at WCSA started Jill Dando News in her memory and

Worle Community School Academy is set to join one of Britain’s biggest and most successful academy trusts

By Jill Dando News Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset - the home of Jill Dando News - will transfer from The Priory Learning Trust (TPLT) to United Learning in the autumn. It follows the announcement of a proposed merger of TPLT back in January with CSET and the

Good news for homeowners as ‘solar nanotechnology’ unveiled

By Business Editor Its good news for homeowners as a UK solar panel maintenance expert unveils his-tech state-of-the-art ‘solar nanotechnology’ for customers Callun Purnell of Pigeon Solar Panels has celebrated 12 years as a solar panel installation and maintenance expert by unveiling a new state-of-the-art nanotechnology service to help clients.

Good news as inspirational Gympanzee’s children’s charity hits amazing £2m mark for its UK-first centre

By Jill Dando News Gympanzees, a Bristol-based multi-award-winning has secured £2m towards its Project Home appeal to open a purpose-built leisure centre for disabled children. The Gympanzees Centre will provide disabled children, young people, and their families with a safe space to exercise, have fun, and socialise with others. It

Good news as businesses help quest to save hundreds of lives

By Jill Dando News Businesses have been donating to help an amazing project save hundreds of lives. Donate For Defib Weston-super-Mare are on a mission to install lots of defibrillators. They have just partnered with Worle Glass & Joinery Ltd in Worle, Somerset, who installed a Defibrillator back in November

Prom dresses, suits and shoes available as amazing charity preloved prom shop opens today  

By Jill Dando News A preloved prom shop opens today, Tuesday 16th April, at Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. The preloved prom shop will have sustainable formal-ware including dresses, suits, shoes and other accessories available for only a suggested £20 donation. At the same time the school will

Meet Hamish the baby cow charming all at brilliant zoo

By Jill Dando News Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, a zoo and conservation charity in North Somerset near Bristol, England has celebrated the Arrival of Hamish, the Adorable Highland Calf. PHOTO - NOAH'S ARK ZOO FARM Noah's Ark Zoo Farm is thrilled to announce the

Brain injury survivor set to run London Marathon after learning to walk and talk again

By Jill Dando News Connor Blundell will be running this year’s TCS London Marathon after overcoming a brain injury which left him paralysed on one side and unable to walk and talk. 21-year-old Connor from London was studying abroad, when a fall left him with a serious brain injury

Want to be happy? Be more kind and generous, get in nature and more tips from a university happiness study 

By Happiness Correspondent All of us want to be happy. But these days it has become hard to find with studies showing happiness levels plummeting. Now thanks to the University of Bristol’s ‘Science of Happiness’ course we know some ways to see our levels boosted. Launched in 2018, the

You can learn to be happy, but only get lasting benefits if we keep practising, a first-of-its-kind study reveals.

By Happiness Correspondent The team behind the University of Bristol’s ‘Science of Happiness’ course had already discovered that teaching students the latest scientific studies on happiness created a marked improvement in their wellbeing. But their latest study found that these wellbeing boosts are short-lived unless the evidence-informed habits learnt

Global charity tea and cake events to remember Jill Dando’s life and legacy 25 years on

By Jill Dando News People the world over are to remember the extraordinary person, life and fast-expanding global good news legacy of Jill Dando with a 7-days charity tea and cake marathon - 25 years on since she died. Jill showed positivity, enthusiasm, authenticity, humility, kindness, empathy and ambition to

Meet marvellous mascot Maya the 3 year old life-saving sheepadoodle

By Dog Correspondent, Jill Dando News Meet Maya is helping save lives by becoming the new Defib Dog Mascot and and will be unveiled on Weston Rotary Dog Day. Maya, a three-year-old sheepadoodle has a lovely temperament! She'll will make her first appearance at the Beach Lawns during