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By Community Correspondent Five incredible M&S Douglas colleagues are celebrating a jaw-dropping 150+ years of combined service — and they’ve got the stories, laughs, and memories to prove it! Carole Caley, Mandy Powell, Mary Leaver, Cherry Bradley, and Wendy Ross have seen it all: the move to the
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By Education Correspondent Karolina Pakenaite, a postgraduate researcher aiming to become the first deafblind person to summit Mount Everest, has completed her PhD at the University of Bath. Diagnosed with Usher syndrome at 19, Karolina is gradually losing her sight and hearing. Her research focused on translating photographs into tactile
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By Community Correspondent A pioneering midwife who transformed care for mothers of stillborn babies has been honoured by the University of Leicester. In 1973, Agnes Nisbett suffered the heartbreak of a stillbirth at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI), an experience made even more distressing by the way her baby was taken
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By Josh Bell, Charities Correspondent A new publicly accessible defibrillator has been installed on Marine Parade in Weston-super-Mare as part of the Defib Legacy Programme, under the Donate for Defib Weston-super-Mare Project. The life-saving device has been placed on the public toilet block opposite the Royal Sands Apartments. It was