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Tesco gives staff paid time to seek safety from domestic abuse
Tesco staff experiencing domestic abuse can now take paid time away from work to arrange practical help. The supermarket has introduced guaranteed Safe Leave for its 300,000 UK…
Steel Queens bring elite ice hockey closer to Scottish players
For 15 years, ice hockey player Beth Dias-Scoon made a 480-mile round trip from Scotland to train and compete in Hull. Now she is coaching an elite women’s team much closer to…
Dart volunteers put sewage spills and repair plans in one place
People living beside the River Dart can now check sewage spills and planned improvements without piecing together scattered records themselves. Friends of the Dart has launched…
Porthmadog’s waterside path opens to more people
An uneven stretch beside the water in Porthmadog has become a more accessible route for a daily walk or a trip into town. The Cob Crwn path extension is now open , with…
Bath’s repair hub keeps household essentials in use
In Bath, a shared repair hub is keeping useful household things in circulation. Its first year on Lower Bristol Road brought more than 1,300 repair jobs, with volunteers fixing…
Northern Ireland gives learner drivers more time to build road skills
Northern Ireland’s new drivers are being given more time to build experience before driving alone. The region introduced graduated licensing on 1 October, combining structured…
How Anthropic helped artificial intelligence connect to the world
An artificial intelligence (AI) assistant becomes more useful when it can work with your files and favourite apps. Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) , released on 25…
Plymouth volunteers clear nearly 75kg of coastal litter
Nearly 75kg of rubbish has been cleared from Plymouth’s beaches, waterfronts and green spaces in a month, with one volunteer session at Kinterbury Creek accounting for 53kg…
A shared map helps neighbours care for Berlin’s trees
Neighbours in Berlin can check which street trees need water before taking a watering can outside. The Gieß den Kiez map combines council tree records, rainfall data and…
A football club keeps a bereaved family close
April Hitchcock still takes her young son Freddie to watch Barton Town, where his father James played in goal. After James was killed in December 2024, the club kept inviting the…
A mother’s donated milk helps other babies through hospital care
When Emma’s son Bert spent his first weeks in intensive care, he could not drink the milk she was expressing. She began donating the surplus. Ten months on, the Shropshire mother…
Restored glasshouses give Edinburgh’s rare plants a safer home
Rare plants have a restored home in Edinburgh, where the Royal Botanic Garden’s Palm Houses are reopening after five years of work. The challenge is practical: storms have killed…
Remembering Esther Rantzen and the lifelines she built
Dame Esther Rantzen, who died on 30 September aged 86, leaves behind something wonderfully practical: someone to call when life feels frightening or lonely. She founded Childline…
Medical support helps families enjoy a Disneyland break
Seven-year-old Bella spent last year having intensive chemotherapy. Last weekend, her mother watched her playing at Disneyland Paris with friends she had met in hospital. The…
Volunteer paramedics bring a Brentford fan back to friends
Paul Simpson thought heart failure had ended his days watching Brentford in person. On 18 September, volunteer paramedics helped the lifelong supporter return to the stadium with…
Local seeds help volunteers grow Welsh woodland
In Monmouthshire, the next generation of woodland is starting with seed gathered from local trees. Volunteers with Stump Up For Trees are collecting again this autumn, following a…
Pooling broadband vouchers helps communities get connected
Neighbours who pool broadband vouchers can help bring faster connections to places commercial networks might otherwise miss. A government evaluation published on 1 October…
AI forecasts help berry growers plan the harvest
Strawberry growers have only a short window to pick ripe fruit. Book too few people and berries can spoil; bring in too many and costs mount. UK company FruitCast uses images from…
Grants and loans help charities keep practical support going
At Framework, people who have experienced homelessness learn to use donated phones and laptops to apply for housing, manage bills and contact a GP. The devices come with support…
Teachers share AI experiments that ease everyday workloads
Finding time to test new technology is difficult when lessons still need planning. A South West school partnership is giving teachers a way to try artificial intelligence together…
A football club gives families a place to reconnect
For Gean, 82, getting out had become difficult after bereavement, illness and the pandemic. A weekly visit to Cardiff City’s 1927 Club has given her and her son Howard somewhere…
Twice-monthly benefit payments ease the strain of budgeting
Receiving Universal Credit twice a month helps some Northern Ireland parents stretch a tight budget, according to newly published research. Participants said the shorter gap made…
Football mentors give pupils a reason to return to school
For pupils drifting away from school, a trusted adult and something to look forward to can matter. Across 14 secondary schools in north-east England, football foundation mentors…
Whorlton’s restored bridge ends a seven-mile detour
For seven years, getting from one side of the River Tees to the other meant a seven-mile diversion for residents around Whorlton. Now their village bridge is open again. More than…