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By Jill Dando News The 8th annual Smiley Charity Film Awards, dubbed the “Oscars of the charity world,” wrapped up in spectacular style last night at the Indigo O2, celebrating the power of film to inspire change. A host of celebrity guests from the world of film, fashion, TV, music
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By Zoe, Jill Dando News Correspondent After months of dedication, students at The King Alfred School Academy brought Grease to life in a spectacular four-night run during March. With a dazzling display of talent, energy, and passion, the young performers transported their audiences straight back to the rock ‘n’ roll
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By Oliver, 14 and Freddie, 14, Worle School’s Good News Room for Jill Dando News McLaren Does It Again! The first race of the Formula One season took place in Melbourne, Australia. During the opening practice session, it was clear the competition would be tight, with everything coming down
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By Jill Dando News Whipsnade Zoo has welcomed a second litter of rare northern African lion cubs, bringing the total number of cubs at the conservation zoo to seven. The four cubs, born as part of the conservation breeding programme for their threatened sub-species, were born to mum Waka and
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By Isabella, 12, at Priory School’s Good News Room for Jill Dando News Six members of Cambridge University visited Priory Community School in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset to talk about everything from different Colleges inside Cambridge University, to how their slogan “together we can change the world" inspires students worldwide.
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By Jill Dando News Wiltshire Police adopted three-year-old English Springer Spaniel Reggie in February 2024 from our Evesham centre. A former rescue dog adopted from Dogs Trust by Wiltshire Police has celebrated his first year of service as a police dog. Reggie excelled during training due to his enthusiastic nature
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By Jill Dando News Director of the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Professor Melanie Davies CBE, has been chosen to receive a 2025 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA). The awards honour academics, health care providers and educators who have contributed to
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By Jill Dando News Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm has become one of the first zoos in the UK to achieve accreditation by the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) and to be awarded the mark of excellence in animal care, conservation, and education. The rigorous accreditation
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By Jill Dando News NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 completed the agency’s ninth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday, splashing down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, in the Gulf of America. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and
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By Jill Dando News A heart-warming gesture from Weston College’s carpentry students has brought smiles to the residents of Dewdown House Care Home in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, which is run by The Salvation Army. As part of their ‘Benches and Biscuits Initiative’, the students crafted and donated a beautiful, custom-made
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By Education Correspondent A group of Year 10 students from Clevedon School in North Somerset, UK has won a prestigious £500 prize for their outstanding environmental research and community impact. The inspirational budding eco-physicists investigated Clevedon’s local environment, creating a powerful presentation that sparked meaningful discussions about sustainability. Their
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By Jill Dando News Royal Air Force base’s partnership with Cornish charity Prickles and Paws is helping the region’s hedgehog population to flourish Prickles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue is delighted to share that it has released over 100 hedgehogs back into the wild at RAF St Mawgan since
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By Education Correspondent The two universities in Bath are supporting Bath BID’s Bath Safe Bus initiative, which has run for the past two years. The University of Bath and Bath Spa University have given £20k in funding to support Bath BID's Bath Safe Bus, helping it to
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By Ellise Hollie-Hayward, Disabilities Correspondent 1Voice is a small UK charity dedicated to bringing social connection and positive role models to AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) users, their families, and those who support them. While most people use their voices to communicate, those who cannot or choose not to use
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By Jill Dando News LOVABLE Lottie the Cavapoochon has been walking all over Lancashire, along with pupils from the six schools she visits, in the Top Dog challenge for Derian House Children’s Hospice. The goal of the four-legged fundraiser is to rack up 100km throughout February – equivalent to two
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By Jill Dando News Work to plant 570,000 trees has begun as part of a Scottish university’s nature-based solution to tackle climate change. The extensive tree planting is taking place across the University of Edinburgh’s land in Stirlingshire and the Pentland Hills Regional Park. Over the course