Science
By Science Correspondent NASA has announced the astronauts and cosmonauts selected for the upcoming SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), marking the 11th crew rotation flight as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission, slated for launch no earlier than July 2025, will feature four
Mental Health
By Mental Health Correspondent Meet Marie who is a counsellor for Wellbeing Charity based in North Somerset, UK, who is bringing therapy direct to homes. My journey began when I started my counselling degree and needed to be in a counselling placement, personal counselling and supervision. As a wheelchair user
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By Community Correspondent Socially disadvantaged and homeless performers from Underground Lights community theatre group have been exploring a range of new creative skills on a collaboration project with The University of Warwick. Working alongside local musicians and the University’s Theatre and Performance Studies department during a six-week musical co-creation
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By Jill Dando News Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate the women who nurture, guide, and support us through life. While many people mark the occasion with heartfelt messages and gifts, Herefordshire-based water poverty alleviation charity, Hope Spring eCards is offering a unique way to express love and
Mental Health
By Mental Health Correspondent The study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, aimed to see if the benefits of hobbies were consistent in different national settings, and looked at data from 93,263 people aged 65 or over who had enrolled in five existing longitudinal studies in England, Japan, United
By Business Editor Pigeon Solar Panels founder Callun Purnell sees bright future for solar consumers as breakthrough perovskite research coincides with unprecedented demand. Following his company's most successful year to date, Callun Purnell, founder of Pigeon Solar Panels, in Somerset is celebrating news of a revolutionary breakthrough in
Animals
By Jill Dando News Whipsnade Zoo’s quartet of rare northern African lion cubs were pictured taking their first exploratory steps outside today, under the watchful eye of mother Waka. The eight-week-old cubs, who are yet to be sexed, were spotted running, climbing, and playfighting in their paddock. They are
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By Science Correspondent For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune, marking the first ever detection of a long-sought species (H3+) high in the atmosphere of the Ice Giant. The discovery, using JWST’s near-infrared instrument, was made by a team
Business
By Business Editor Britain’s entrepreneurs, not government policy alone, will be the driving force behind economic recovery, according to leading UK business figure Andrew Scott. As analysis of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement continues, Scott argues that she has a crucial opportunity to foster an environment where business
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By Science Correspondent Reducing the amount of agricultural sprays used by farmers — including fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides — could cut down the amount of polluting runoff that ends up in the environment while at the same time reducing farmers’ costs and perhaps even enhancing their productivity. A classic win-win-win. A team
Animals
By Jill Dando News Bristol Zoo Project is partnering with tourist attractions from across the South West and Wales to stage one of the biggest Easter egg hunts of the year. Seven prize-winning golden eggs are to be hidden at mystery locations later this month for the zoo’s week-long
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By Education Correspondent Winterstoke Hundred Academy, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset was delighted to welcome Ambassador Miguel Berger from the German Embassy as part of the German Embassy Languages Week and the #ShoutOutForGerman campaign. This initiative, organised by the German Embassy in London, the Goethe-Institut UK, and the German Academic Exchange Service
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By Jill Dando News The Flying Seagull Project, a UK-based charity on a mission to spread laughter and joy to children in crisis, has just reached a monumental milestone – bringing hope, healing, and happiness to over 500,000 children across 24 countries on four continents. Since 2008, the Flying Seagull
Animals
By Jill Dando News WORLD RECORDS (GWR), celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2025, is pleased to announce that Mr. Pugsley Addams, a silver Maine Coon from Minnesota, USA has a tail measuring 18.5 in (46.99 cm), making it the longest tail on a domestic cat living! Two-year-old Pugsley,
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By Health Correspondent Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Scotland are expected to improve with a new tool that helps place public access defibrillators (PADs) where they are most needed. PADmap combines historical cardiac arrest data and the current defibrillator map to identify optimal locations for new PADs. The
Animals
By Jill Dando News Children being supported by Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC) have painted special pebbles to celebrate the beginning of penguin breeding season at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo. Discovery and community officers from the wildlife conservation charity delivered the pebbles as