Mental Health
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
Mental Health
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
News
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
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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
Charities
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
Health
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
Charities
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
Education
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
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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’
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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
By Schools Correspondent Clevedon School students are celebrating outstanding Post 16 results, with the Yr13 students making significantly more progress than their peers nationally across their choice of courses. The progress made by the cohort, who have studied traditional A-Levels and vocational qualifications, means students have secured places at
By Ava, Year 10, Caleb, Year 9 and Nuala, Year 7, Good News Room at Clevedon School In June, Clevedon School Student Leaders took part in the Clevedon Literary Festival alongside students from our eTwinning partner school in Ettlingen. We met at the seafront, where we presented our poetry in
By Charities Correspondent Six friends with a shared Army background have conquered Mont Blanc, reaching the 4,810-metre summit in a gruelling challenge to raise money for Wooden Spoon, the children’s charity of rugby. Craig, Alex, Ant, James B, James S and Danny spent months training and preparing
By Conservation Correspondent Some of England’s rarest wildlife is set to get a major boost after Bristol Zoological Society secured £298,780 to protect threatened species in the Avon Gorge. The two-and-a-half-year project will restore habitats and support nine priority species, including plants and invertebrates
By Science Correspondent Urban canals can cut nearby temperatures by more than 2°C during heatwaves, potentially offering millions of people a natural way to escape the worst of summer heat, new research has found. A study by researchers at The University of Manchester found that canals reduce daytime temperatures
By Sofia, Year 7 and Meg, Year 8, Good News Room at Clevedon School The Clevedon School garden has been on a journey this year. It was beautiful in September, with so much fruit on the trees. We picked lots of apples and pears, brought in brown paper bags and
By Animals Correspondent A young lion at London Zoo has been getting his paws into the celebrations for World Lion Day – with a little help from some of his favourite spices. Two-year-old Asiatic lion Syanii and his mum, Arya, were treated to a giant lion-proof ball at
By Education Correspondent Nabeela Hazim thought she knew where her future was heading. The 21-year-old from Qatar had planned to study medicine in Bulgaria. Then, almost by chance, she spotted an advert for Medical Physiology at the University of Leicester during Clearing. She had never heard of the
By Bethany Garty, Community Correspondent A solar eclipse will take place on Wednesday, 12 August, with around 90-96% of the Sun covered across the UK, depending on location. It will be the closest to a total solar eclipse that the UK has seen since 1999. A solar eclipse happens
