Education
By Education Correspondent Young people looking to build a career in retail will be given the chance to earn, learn and develop new skills through a new apprenticeship programme from Morrisons. The supermarket is launching its Proper Jobs: Fresh Start Programme, a two-year scheme combining paid, hands-on experience
Mental Health
By Mental Health Correspondent Highland school pupils are helping shape a pioneering project exploring how spending time in nature can support young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Students from Farr and Kinlochleven High Schools took part in the Healthy Young Minds programme, visiting Trees for Life’s Dundreggan Rewilding
Animals
By Animals Correspondent There’s some seriously slithery good news from Chester Zoo, where a 15-foot python named Jodie Foster has made an incredible recovery after beating cancer. The 50kg reticulated python was facing a worrying future after a cancerous tumour returned in her jaw following surgery. But thanks
News
By Community Correspondent Ethel Caterham, the world’s oldest living person, is celebrating her 117th birthday in Surrey after a remarkable year that has included meeting King Charles and experiencing a number of memorable firsts. Born on 21 August 1909, Mrs Caterham has now lived through six British monarchs and
Schools
By Schools Correspondent Clevedon School Yr 11 students, their families and Staff were celebrating yesterday having received a bumper crop of GCSE exam outcomes – with overall achievement showing a continued upward trend enabling them to access Level 3 courses of their choice. With the Yr11 results improving once again and
Schools
By Schools Correspondent Students at Worle Community School Academy are celebrating after achieving a great set of GCSE results. Key performance indicators at the school continue to improve, with an increase in the number of students securing strong passes in both English and Maths. Among the academy’s top-performing
Jill Dando News
By Matthew, James and Noah, Year 7, Good News Room at Clevedon School We began the Organon project back in September when we joined the Student Leadership Team. We researched weather stations and found one that could take measurements relating to weather forecasting, temperature and humidity, rainfall, wind and moon
News
By Community Correspondent New technology will help specialist paramedics find people beneath the surface faster, while keeping rescuers safer London Ambulance Service is bringing cutting-edge underwater technology to the capital in a major boost to water rescue, becoming the first ambulance service in the UK to deploy underwater drones
Jill Dando News
By Jill Dando News Correspondents, Mnjiri Good News Room, Malawi Defying all the odds, Malawi, the country ranked 153rd in the world for football, reached the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final. Malawi were debutants at this year’s Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) and have
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By Community Correspondent A new boxing and wellbeing centre designed to support people experiencing homelessness, mental health and substance use issues is preparing to open in York later this year. The New Ways Wellbeing Centre in New Earswick is being developed by The Salvation Army and will combine boxing and
By Mental Health Correspondent The Baton of Hope is to return to Birmingham in 2027, giving communities across the city another chance to come together around suicide prevention. The UK-wide initiative first visited Birmingham in 2023, when people from across the city and the wider West Midlands carried the
By Community Correspondent Atlantic bluefin tuna have returned to waters off northeast England for the first time in around 60 years – and University of Exeter researchers have tagged the iconic fish there for the first time. Five tuna have so far been tagged off the coast of Whitby, with researchers
By Community Correspondent A High Wycombe war veteran who believes a last-minute decision to stop for a pint of Guinness saved his life has celebrated his 100th birthday. Ken Pusey marked the milestone with family, friends and staff at Royal Star & Garter in High Wycombe, where he has
By Charities Correspondent There’s good news from Cornwall’s hedgehog heroes, with a dedicated rescue team helping record numbers of vulnerable hedgehogs get back into the wild. Prickles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue has been busier than ever this summer, caring for hundreds of hedgehogs in need while also celebrating
By Health Correspondent The way we sit could have more of an effect on how we feel and behave than we realise, according to new research from McGill University. In a recent study, participants who sat upright reported more positive feelings and performed differently on a risk-taking task compared
By Charities Correspondent There could be a very unusual sight on the streets of Llandudno this month – hundreds of people wearing knotted handkerchiefs on their heads. Holy Trinity Church is hoping to turn one of Britain's most nostalgic seaside traditions into a world record when it launches a
By Community Correspondent Deaf pupils from Derby are helping change the way young people learn about money after becoming the first in the UK to take part in a pioneering financial education programme designed specifically for British Sign Language (BSL) users. Year nine pupils at The Royal School for the
By Flo, Year 7 and Ben, Year 12, Good News Room at Clevedon School Earlier in the year, we were invited to the Midsomerset Creative Writing Festival in Bath to have our creative writing critiqued and reviewed. The judge was local author Alex Cotter, who has written lots of children’
By Caitlin and Ava, Good News Room at Clevedon School Towards the end of last term, we visited Walton Castle in Clevedon, where we were greeted by Carly and Margarita. Margarita kindly opened up the castle for us so that we could present our work. We were especially lucky because
By Animals Correspondent One of Australia Zoo’s most familiar faces is celebrating a big birthday. Sapphire, the zoo’s oldest eastern grey kangaroo, has turned 20, making her one of its longest-standing animal residents. Born at Australia Zoo in 2006, Sapphire has spent her life at the Queensland
By Charities Correspondent A six-year-old Bristol boy has helped raise more than £30,000 for Bristol Children’s Hospital, where his three-year-old sister is being treated for a rare brain tumour. Teddy Brimble started the fundraising in May by taking part in the Great Bristol Mini
