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By Jill Dando News It’s good news as the UK’s fastest supercomputer Isambard-AI will play a major role in advancing the nation’s AI capabilities. The UK Government announced that Artificial intelligence will be unleashed across the UK to deliver national renewal. With a rich history of pioneering
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By Jill Dando News A new initiative designed to offer young people a safe, non-judgmental space to talk about their mental health challenges is now up and running in North Somerset. The Listening Pathway, launched by Wellspring, provides 11-16 year olds with the opportunity to offload their worries and anxieties
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By Jill Dando News Brits are going bananas for exotic fruit with papaya now the fastest growing fruit in the UK. Demand for the orange-coloured fruit, which is mainly grown in tropical climates within South America, has rocketed by nearly 160 per cent in the last year. Not only is
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By Jill Dando News At just 18 years old, Archie Matthews, a former Head Boy of Worle Community School Academy (WCSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, is proving himself a true force in gardening and environmental advocacy. This rising star has just added a prestigious silver medal from the World Skills competition
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By Jill Dando News During a cold Winter's eve, Sunderland coastguards rushed to help a person stuck on cliffs while attempting to rescue their dog. "Being local, I knew the area well so when the call came in for a person stuck on cliffs at Marsden Grotto,
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By Jill Dando News Ashton Park School will mark Black History Month in a truly transformative way this December with an ambitious art competition, created in collaboration with the school’s Student Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Group. The highly anticipated event, taking place on Thursday, 5th December, will see
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By Joel,16, Jill Dando News Correspondent A new Centre focused on delivering research on climate change and its impacts on health that will address climate-environment-health inequalities across each life stage is being created by the University of Exeter. Together with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the National Trust,
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By Jill Dando News Researchers in China have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by “touching” their leaves with an electrode. The robot can measure properties such as surface texture and water content that cannot be determined using existing visual approaches, according to
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By Education Correspondent The Meadows Primary School in Bristol, part of the Futura Learning Partnership and rated 'Good' by Ofsted in May 2022, has launched a new initiative supporting families of children with special educational needs(SEN). The program introduces regular coffee mornings designed to create a welcoming
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By Jill Dando News Statement between the UK and US will bring countries closer on joint priority of creating a safer online world. * First joint statement on online safety between the UK and US governments calls for platforms to go “further and faster” to protect children * Closer co-operation will include
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By Jill Dando News * M&S Food is the UK’s first retailer to move single and twin garlic baguettes into paper packaging * The change is expected to remove 5.5M units of plastic from M&S’ Food business every year * As part of Plan A, M&
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By Jill Dando News New student accommodation at UWE Bristol which is the largest low carbon development of its kind in the UK has been completed. Purdown View, a 900-bedroom student village at Frenchay campus, will be fully occupied for the next academic year starting in September. With sustainability at
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By Jill Dando News Kind-hearted Bristol has been crowned the most caring place in the UK, according to the country’s leading charitable giving initiative, the Movement for Good Awards. Bristol residents have shown more love than anywhere else, submitting nearly 40,000 nominations to the annual awards over the
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By Jill Dando News There were lots of smiles and happy faces at TKASA this Thursday as students collected their A Level results. Staff, parents and students gathered at the Sixth Form Centre at the school to receive their envelopes and discuss the exciting adventures ahead of them as they
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By Jill Dando News Thousands of pieces of soft plastics, such as bread bags and crisp packets, dropped off by customers at Tesco stores are to get a new lease of life as outdoor furniture and garden equipment in a series of community gardens being designed for NHS Property Services.
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By Jill Dando News The country’s leading children’s charity has launched a new service to help care-experienced young people manage their own home and to live independently. This new service – ‘South Lanarkshire Futures’ – is funded by, and will operate in partnership with, colleagues from South Lanarkshire Council Housing