· Educational specialists will revamp prisoners’ learning experience to boost rehabilitation · Prisoners with neurodivergent needs such as dyslexia and autism to be better identified and supported · Goal to cut crime and reduce reoffending that costs taxpayers £18 bn per annum Prisoners at HMP Bristol with learning needs such as dyslexia and ADHD willContinue Reading
Public health bosses have said they are “concerned” about the impact the Delta variant may have in the coming weeks. It comes after UK prime minister Boris Johnson was forced to delay reopening plans by four weeks until July 19th, as a result of the rapid growth of the variantContinue Reading
Plymouth MP and equality campaigner, Luke Pollard, has today called for gay and bisexual men in the South West to donate blood, as the rules around blood donations are changed today. From today, gay men in sexually active, monogamous relationships can donate blood for the first time. People will now be assessed on theirContinue Reading
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is urging businesses across the South West of England and South Wales to join a major project which aims to help them develop goods and services for the emergent tidal energy sector. Tidal stream energy farms, which use turbines similar in concept to thoseContinue Reading
Exmouth RNLI have been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Budleigh Salterton Lions Club. Exmouth RNLI volunteers were awarded a certificate of appreciation by the Budleigh Salterton Lions Club this week with a citation that reads ‘With thanks for your help and support of the local community during theContinue Reading
After 10 more years of underwater exploration, a new edition of Great British Marine Animals – published this week, 9th June. Great British Marine Animals lifts the lid on the wonderful diversity of creatures that live in our seas and the colourful and fascinating ways they go about their lives. Continue Reading
Tinkerstar ticks enough boxes to justify each-way selection for an eleven-runner Novice Stakes over six furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Carlisle today; hopefully Peter Makin’s charge will ‘kick off’ Royal Ascot week in the best possible style. Nothing inspires confidence more than a good-priced winner and this twice-raced Fast CompanyContinue Reading
HERE COME THE TEAMS Both sets of players are making their way out onto the pitch ahead of kick-off! New PSG player Wijnaldum leads out the Netherlands in the absence of Liverpool’s Van Dijk. And West Ham’s Yarmolenko captains Ukraine tonight. As mentioned previously, Ukraine in fact finished higher thanContinue Reading
A WOMAN has been jailed for nine years after she filed $500,000 in fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims for prisoners, friends and family. Leelynn Danielle Chytka, 31 from Lebanon, Virginia, helped file false applications and sometimes put the money into accounts of inmates but was also accused of keeping a partContinue Reading
A Cornish couple have been awarded a Points of Light award by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in recognition of their dedication to keeping Cornwall’s coastline pristine. Through their organisation ‘Clean Ocean Sailing’, Steve Green and Monika Hertlová host eco-sailing expeditions around Cornwall and beyond, raising awareness of pollution in our oceans andContinue Reading
