Business
By Business Editor Bristol-based Blinds By Mark is helping homeowners transform their windows with beautifully made plantation shutters, combining premium quality, fast delivery and exceptional customer service — all from a trusted local business. Led by Mark and his experienced team, Blinds By Mark has built a reputation for supplying
Charities
By Charities Correspondent Hundreds of children in Gateshead have been given a helping hand ahead of the new school term, thanks to a community project providing free uniforms, coats and shoes. The Salvation Army’s annual Every Child Warm project supported 245 children from 122 families over two days in
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By Science Correspondent Four astronauts who travelled farther from Earth than any humans before them have been honoured with one of the highest awards in space exploration. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor from
Charities
By Charities Correspondent From repairing old furniture and creating wildlife areas to supporting veterans and bringing people together, Men’s Sheds across the UK are quietly making a big difference. Now, the people behind those projects are being given the chance to have their work recognised, with entries opening for
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By Travel Correspondent Bristol Airport will have a new direct link to Frankfurt from next May, giving travellers across the South West another route into Germany and onward to destinations around the world. Discover Airlines, part of the Lufthansa Group, will operate twice-weekly flights between Bristol and Frankfurt from
Animals
By Conservation Correspondent A tiny new arrival has given conservationists a huge reason to celebrate after the first Przewalski’s horse foal was born in Kazakhstan. The male foal was born on August 22 at the Alibi Reintroduction Centre in the Altyn Dala State Nature Reserve in Central Kazakhstan. His
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By Community Correspondent Nature could provide some of the answers to increasingly extreme weather, with wetlands being restored across Staffordshire to help the landscape hold on to water. Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is carrying out restoration work at Doxey Marshes Nature Reserve in Stafford and at two sites in Stoke-on-
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By Charities Correspondent For an hour and a half each month, illness takes a back seat at City Hospice. Instead, the conversation is about sport. The Cardiff hospice's Sports Bar brings patients, carers and sporting guests together to watch clips, swap stories and debate the games they love
Charities
By Community Correspondent Exeter is getting ready to put its best foot forward, with the city's first ever Walking Festival taking place from 12 to 20 September. Organised by Wellbeing Exeter, the nine-day festival will invite people to discover the city on foot, with everything from gentle
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By Animals Correspondent There was a rather unusual guest at the latest recording of BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time — a grey cat who clearly felt he belonged on stage. The programme was recorded last week at The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth, with around 150 garden enthusiasts from across
By Community Correspondent As cities face hotter summers, a team of researchers in British Columbia is finding a smarter way to decide where new trees should go. Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a tool called CanopyFit, which helps cities identify places where trees could provide the
By Community Correspondent A team of volunteers has been getting stuck into some serious gardening to help keep an Ilkeston project supporting people who have experienced homelessness flourishing. Staff from PfP Thrive, a housing and construction training centre run by Places for People, spent a day at Derventio Housing Trust’
By Health Correspondent Getting older can bring changes to the brain, with some abilities such as working memory, attention and problem-solving becoming more difficult. But language appears to be different. A new study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston University has found that the
By Animals Correspondent London Zoo’s annual weigh-in has once again shown just how varied life can be at the conservation zoo – with a 50.5kg capybara sharing the scales with a giant land snail weighing just 102.5g. Animals across the Zoo took part in the yearly health
By Animals Correspondent Two French dog breeds with long and rather interesting histories are set to become the latest additions to Britain’s recognised pedigree dog community. The Braque du Bourbonnais and Epagneul Français will be officially recognised by the Royal Kennel Club from 1 October, taking the total number
By Animals Correspondent There is some very welcome news for one of Britain’s rarest birds of prey, with six young Montagu’s Harriers successfully raised at a secret location in England this summer. It is the second year in a row that the birds have bred at the farmland
By Community Correspondent Sports day isn't just for children – as residents, families and staff at a Derby nursing home proved with a day of races, games and plenty of laughter. People aged from five to 95 took part in the fun at Brookfields Private Nursing Home on Burton
By Charities Correspondent A majestic bird that disappeared from Exmoor more than 200 years ago is soaring over the National Park once again – and six young eagles are helping to lead the comeback. Six white-tailed eagle chicks have been brought from the Scottish Highlands to Exmoor as part of
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
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
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
