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By Jill Dando News AFTER around 10 years of campaigning, a zebra crossing is due to be installed near the mini-roundabout near Ashcombe Primary School - home of a Jill Dando News centre in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. The leader of North Somerset Council, Cllr Mike Bell, believes that this could help
Charity
By Jill Dando News Homelessness charity Crisis has launched a new exhibition showcasing the artistic talents of people who have experienced homelessness in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. The charity’s South Wales Skylight, based in Swansea, offers people who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness a range of
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By Ellise Hollie Hayward, 21, Disabilities Correspondent, Jill Dando News Children are benefiting from incredible powered wheelchairs called Wizzybugs. Designability, a leading disability charity, are providing the powered wheelchairs to families with very young children aged from 14 months onwards who have a disability - even if it is currently
Animals
By Jill Dando News A pint-sized penguin has been rescued after it was spotted on a runway in New Zealand's capital. The bird, native to New Zealand and the smallest species of penguin in the world, was transported to a rehabilitation centre at Wellington Zoo. A pilot was
Climate
By Oliver, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent It’s eco good news with the approval of a new solar farm. Though numerous locals objected to the application due to the land being fertile, the Council approved the project, as more electricity was needed because of local housing growth. Once connected
Charity
By Jill Dando News Vinted has become a massive ‘go to’ online shop used by millions. Now Weston Hospicecare in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset are set to launch a Vinted store to help raise funds to support patient care. The platform is the world’s largest pre-loved fashion website with more than
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By Jill Dando News A massive fundraiser will take place this Friday 2nd Feb, as family and friends of Evie Ruck seek to raise £20,000 to help set up a cafe in her memory A whopping £12,780 has already been raised towards the plan by Evie’s family
Animals
By Jill Dando News In a joyful early celebration of spring, the popular North Somerset zoo, Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, is delighted to announce the birth of newborn Dorset lambs, signalling the onset of lambing season. Dorset lambs, renowned for their distinctive appearance with a white woolly coat and
america
By Jill Dando News As stories go, this doggy one takes the biscuit. King the dog miraculously escaped his kennel in Arizona, America before attempting to free his fellow pooches. Then after finding a snack he left a local police offer to clean up the mess. The strange series of
achievement
By Grace, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent Jake, 13, was one of a raft of young heroes awarded for acts of kindness and courage across The Priory Learning Trust schools. Jake, pictured with others Hero students at The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset, has been celebrated as a
News
By Ellise Hollie Hayward, 21, Disabilities Correspondent, Jill Dando News Ellise Hayward, 21, is a motivational speaker and journalist with the Good News Post. Ellise speaks a message of hope and optimism from her walking frame, using the late Queen’s same voice. Despite having cerebral palsy from birth, using
News
By Animal Correspondent, Jill Dando News Dogs wag their tails when happy but the good news is now now science might know why. Groundbreaking scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics believe humans enjoying seeing the rhythm of the movement of their tails. They say early humans may have
Animals
By Animal Correspondent, Jill Dando News - FULL STORY SEE: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/03/elephant-calf-separated-from-herd-in-india-is-reunited-with-mother A baby elephant who was separated from his mother and the rest of his herd in a wildlife park in Tamil Nadu, south India, has been reunited with them by park
Culture
By Oscar Evans, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent (one of our our team out of Jill’s former school at Worle) Lots of people recently have been hoping for a derelict church to transform into a hitlist of the local ravers and fans across the area of Bristol! The Seamen’
Animals
By Animal Correspondent, Jill Dando News It was good news as Beni and Tuichi tucked into a tasty treat as their keepers surprised them with a special bear-friendly cake to celebrate their 2nd birthday. Amid the playful antics and festivities, their presence is also a testament to the ongoing commitment
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By Evie, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondent Priory Community School Academy's adventurous social action squad set off to Tamar Wellness Centre - Alliance Homes Dementia Service - to meet the folks who are currently living with the mental illness that affects their memories. The student volunteers had a