Charity
By Jill Dando News King Charles has backed The Big Help Out - a campaign to boost charities and communities. This June some of the country’s best-known charities are coming together to encourage people to sign up to volunteer to help their local communities. Age UK is one of
Animals
By Dog Correspondent, Jill Dando News You can support Yoko the amazing 5 year old Jagd Terrier who is taking on an incredible challenge for charity. On the 4th of March 2024, together with the fundraising team he will take on the climb of Pen Y Fan. Yoko has chosen
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By Jill Dando News It’s good news as a new homeless centre has opened in an empty block of flats in Grimsby, England. North East Lincolnshire Council has taken a long-term lease on Swan House in New Haven Terrace. The privately developed building, containing 29 flats, was empty when
Animals
By Animal Correspondent, Jill Dando News They have been rapidly in decline but now it seems there is a fightback by the humble hedghog. Garden sightings of the creatures up two percentage points, according to Gardeners’ World magazine readers. According to a survey by BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, hedgehog sightings
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By Jill Dando News Budding chef Poppy MacKay has proven her top Mary Berry cooking skills by winning the latest round of the Rotary Club’s Young Chef of the Year competition. Poppy competed against six other young chefs in the district final of the prestigious competition, hosted at King
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By Jill Dando News Edinburgh Zoo’s endangered ring-tailed lemur troop celebrated their birthdays with a special cake this week, made by the wildlife conservation charity’s keepers. Born in February and March, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) lemur group, also known as a conspiracy, were treated
Happiness
By Happiness Correspondent Smiling for just a split second makes people more likely to see happiness in expressionless faces according to a new study. The study led by Dr Sebastian Korb, from the Department of Psychology at the University of Essex research shows that even a brief tiny grin makes
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By Grace, 14, Jill Dando News Correspondent Students and staff at the The King Alfred School Academy Sixth Form Centre are gearing up for a virtual cycling challenge that spans the length of the UK, all in the name of fundraising. From February 19th to March 28th, participants will collectively
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By Jill Dando News She has just set a personal best on TV in the Indoor Athletics Championships - five years since her Head of PE predicted she would compete on TV in the future. Stephanie started her athletics while at Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. She is
Charity
By Ellise Hollie Hayward, 21, Disabilities Correspondent, Jill Dando News Although the original site has since closed, Cheyne continues to provide help to children and young adults with cerebral palsy. They do this mainly in the form of grants to individuals, and to organisations that provide supportive services. Their aim
achievement
By Jill Dando News Bristol’s biggest annual awards celebrating outstanding local young people calls for nominations. Bristol’s biggest annual awards that shine a light on young people across the city are once again open for nominations, with the organisers are calling on everyone locally to think about an
Business
By Jill Dando News A family business has recorded its best year of trading since the company was founded. Almeda Facilities Ltd, which is based in Bristol, saw revenue surpass its previous record year and leadership at the company say they signed off their latest year end accounts with turnover
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By Jill Dando News Two local Guides have raised over £1,000 during a Burnham-On-Sea fundraising concert to help fund international trips this summer. Holly and Leah Pike, students of The King Alfred School Academy in Somerset organised the successful live music night featuring local band Juice at Burnham’s
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By Jill Dando News A boy who doctors thought might never walk is home after trekking in the Arctic in tribute to his late father. Lisa Thomson said her son Caeden, 10, who has cerebral palsy, experienced temperatures of below -29C (-20F). Mrs Thomson's husband Alan died from
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By Jill Dando News The Prince of Wales has announced plans to build 24 homes to provide temporary accommodation for local people experiencing homelessness on Duchy of Cornwall land in the south-west of England. The Prince of Wales' Duchy of Cornwall estate has plans to build the homes for
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By Jill Dando News Emily, Year 10, at Worle Community School Academy, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset is the first to complete 50 Parkruns at the Clevedon Seafront Junior Parkrun 2k event. Emily completed and achieved her Ultra Junior Parkrun wristband when she ran 50 Parkruns in 51 weeks, only missing one week