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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 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 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
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By Jill Dando News NASA will provide live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with Dragon spacecraft hatch closure preparations at 10:45 p.m. EDT Monday, March 17. NASA and SpaceX met on Sunday to assess weather and splashdown
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By Jill Dando News Health and wellbeing experts at Swansea University are sharing the importance of physical activity for everyone, regardless of age, race, or gender. As part of Welsh Institute of Physical Activity, Health and Sport (WIPAHS), researchers at Swansea University not only consider a wide range of issues
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By Health Correspondent In a new study, an international team of neuroscientists led by the University of Vienna has shown that experiencing nature can alleviate acute physical pain. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, the researchers found that acute pain was rated as less intense and unpleasant when watching nature videos
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By Jill Dando News A new £5.7million short breaks service providing much-needed respite for families caring for adults with additional needs is to be opened by Surrey County Council. Emily Lodge, located in Woking, will enable family carers to rest and recharge while their loved ones benefit from meaningful
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By Ellise Hollie-Hayward, Disabilities Correspondent Clothing can be a real struggle for people with disabilities or delayed fine motor skills, making it difficult to put on or take off certain garments. This limitation often restricts their clothing choices. However, society is becoming more inclusive, and adaptive clothing is now making
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By Education Editor Chilton Trinity School in Bridgwater, Somerset (part of the Futura Learning Partnership), has secured a £10,000 grant from the National Education Nature Park to transform a grey, underutilised area of the school grounds into a thriving green space. The project, inspired by the stunning Oudolf Field
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By Health Correspondent Patients with bipolar disorder could be improved with a high fat, low carb diet suggests a new study. Researchers found that maintaining a ketogenic diet over six weeks or more was linked with improvements in mood, energy and anxiety. Experts say the findings point to an important
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By Jill Dando News UBC researchers fed mealworms ground-up face masks mixed with bran and found that the bugs excreted a small fraction of the microplastics consumed. Plastic pollution occurs in every ecosystem on the planet and lingers for decades. Could insects be part of the solution? Previous research found
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By Jill Dando News Avon Fire & Rescue Service, Children and Young People Team has partnered Weston College and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Job Centre, to deliver the Ignite Programme, a three-week initiative to support young people aged 18-24 who are out of employment and education. The
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By Jill Dando News Sainsbury’s is set to revolutionise its logistics by transforming food waste into fuel for a number of its HGV trucks. From next month, the pioneering initiative will see biofuel produced directly from Sainsbury's food waste power 30 trucks at its Emerald Park distribution
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By Jill Dando News In a powerful collaboration aimed at raising awareness of skin cancer prevention, Glasgow-based SPF skincare brand dussl has partnered with Melanoma UK to spotlight the importance of daily SPF application. With a focus on educating younger, more diverse audiences—particularly younger males—the partnership seeks to
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By Jill Dando News A North East charity has received £200,000 from the NHS Charities Together Innovation Challenge Fund to expand its SPACE Pilot project. This initiative, in partnership with Ways to Wellness and the Great North Children’s Hospital, supports young people with chronic conditions by pairing social