Science
By Science Correspondent UK scientists and companies, including a team from University of Leicester, are playing a key role in a major international mission launched to improve understanding of how Earth is protected from the Sun. The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission launched aboard a Vega-C rocket
Health
By Health Correspondent Two of Bristol’s biggest festivals are introducing new food safety and accessibility measures after research highlighted the challenges faced by people with dietary requirements. University of the West of England academics Clare MacKay and Dr Ed Little worked with production company Team Love to improve the
Business
By Business Correspondent Sixteen students from Weston College, in Weston-super Mare, North Somerset, have secured jobs at Bristol Airport after completing their Travel and Tourism studies. The students, who studied the Level 3 Travel and Tourism course at the college, have gone on to roles with airlines and airport services
Charities
By Josh Bell, Charities Correspondent Young people from the Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge Air Cadets have been praised after taking part in an inspiring CPR and defibrillator awareness session. The training session, held on Tuesday evening, gave cadets the opportunity to learn vital lifesaving skills including how to perform CPR and
People
By The Editor Today is the last chance to vote for an inspirational speaker from Somerset living with cerebral palsy who has been nominated for a prestigious national honour. Ellise Hollie Hayward, Disability Editor for Good News Post and Jill Dando News, has been nominated for the Positive Role Model
Charities
By Charities Correspondent A national walking football partnership supporting people living with Parkinson’s has helped more than 230 participants get active in its first year. The initiative, run by Parkinson’s UK in partnership with The Football Association, English Football League and the Football Association of Wales, launched in
Charities
By Charities Correspondent For the past year, volunteers from The Salvation Army have been spending Friday afternoons inside a Liskeard Wetherspoon offering something simple — a chance for people to talk. The group’s “Listening Post” runs each week at The King Doniert, where volunteers provide free coffee, biscuits and conversation
Animals
By Animals Correspondent A dog was rescued after falling more than 20ft underground in the North York Moors during a six-hour operation involving mountain rescue teams and emergency services. Twelve-year-old Maisy became trapped in a narrow underground hole, prompting a large-scale rescue effort in difficult and muddy conditions. Teams from
Animals
By Conservation Correspondent Two rare frog species found only in Ghana’s Atewa Hills Forest Reserve have been brought to London Zoo as part of an international conservation effort to prevent their extinction. The Atewa slippery frog and Afia Birago’s puddle frog are both threatened by habitat destruction linked
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By Schools Correspondent Pupils at Mary Elton Primary School welcomed their local North Somerset MP, Sadik Al‑Hassan of the Labour Party for an inspiring visit. Mr Al‑Hassan toured the school with Headteacher Tom Newell and, Futura Education Director, Tamara Dexter, meeting pupils and staff and seeing learning in
By Charities Correspondent A 10-year-old boy from Cumbria is aiming to become the youngest person to complete a challenge climbing 32 of Europe’s highest peaks to raise money for a heart charity. Frankie McMillan took on the challenge after learning his school friend, Xander Morris, has Long QT Syndrome
By Charities Correspondent A West Yorkshire woman has donated more than 100 handmade baby blankets to Bradford Royal Infirmary as a way of thanking staff who helped save her sight. Eliz Sandalls began crocheting blankets for newborn babies after undergoing successful eye surgery at the hospital. Speaking to BBC, she
By Animals Correspondent A rare dwarf forest buffalo calf has been born at Woburn Safari Park for the first time in more than a decade. The female calf arrived early May and was an unexpected addition for the park’s keeper team after first-time mother Cadbury arrived from another wildlife
By Mental Health Correspondent A Derbyshire man who once struggled with confidence says gardening and baking have helped transform his mental health — and now he’s encouraging others to get involved too. Leo Webberley, 20, from Heanor, has been living with Derby-founded Derventio Housing Trust since 2024. Over the past
By Community Correspondent A group of knitters in Leeds has spent the past 15 years quietly bringing comfort to people facing illness, loneliness and loss through handmade prayer shawls. Volunteers at The Salvation Army’s Leeds Central church have now created and distributed more than 1,500 shawls, scarves and
By Ethan Cooke, Good News Post Correspondent Playing with the grandkids is a sweet affair until, suddenly, you find yourself plunged into the grass, sore legs following. Has one of the adolescent rascals pushed you over, or is it something more unfortunate? The latter, it seems. The deterioration of knee
By Animals Correspondent Two teenage African elephants have arrived at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm in North Somerset as part of a major conservation and breeding programme aimed at supporting the species across Europe. Fifteen-year-old bulls Impi and Mchumba made the move from Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent on
By Rosie, 13, Good News Room at Priory Community School Academy 1) Gorillas in Rwanda (Life on Earth, 1979) Perhaps his most famous scene was when he sat quietly with mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Sir David Attenborough described it as an unforgettable moment of mutual trust. 2) Swimming with a
By Schools Correspondent Pupils at Mead Vale Community Primary School in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, are celebrating after finishing first in North Somerset in the UK’s biggest inter-school active travel challenge, the Big Walk and Wheel 2026. Organised by Walk Wheel Cycle Trust (formerly Sustrans), the national event ran from
By Health Correspondent Scientists at the University of Bristol say they have discovered a new way to detect the earliest signs of heart and kidney disease using a simple blood test. The research, published in Nature Communications, focuses on damage to tiny blood vessels that can occur long before serious
By Mental Health Correspondent Hundreds of young people from across England and Wales gathered at Hill Dickinson Stadium this week to showcase projects aimed at improving young people’s mental health. The event marked the national celebration of the Premier League Inspires Challenge, which brings together participants from more than
