Podcasts about South Gloucestershire

The Prime Minister has re-set the trade relationship between the UK and the EU, with a new, and extremely wide-ranging deal. In this programme Anna Hill digs into the impact of changes around fishing and a new agreement around Sanitary and Phytosanitary rules that govern safety and hygiene.Bovine TB costs the tax payer at least a hundred million pounds a year - in compensation for culled cattle, and measures to control the spread. But it also costs farmers - financially as well as emotionally. We visit one farmer in South Gloucestershire how has just been declared TB-free.Presented by Anna Hill Produced by Heather Simons

Welcome to Season 4 of Let's Talk Ideas.In this episode we are joined by Mike Dawson, recently retired executive of Tewkesbury Borough council with around 50 years of local government experience and Toby Savage, previous leader of South Gloucestershire council and previous committee member of the mayoral authority for West of England combined authority.Today's episode will be the first part of our two part discussion around the recently published devolution white paper, 'power & partnership'. We will talk implications, wider impact and the significant changes to the wider organisational structure of councils across England.You can ⁠connect with Mike through his Bromford email, mike.dawson@bromford.co.uk, and Toby through his LinkedIn handlehere.You can also read more about the white paperhere.

Send us a textWelcome to Series 4 of The Visitor Elves Podcast!We're back, and I couldn't be more excited to kick off Series 4 of the Visitor Elves podcast.  Whether you're a long-time listener (you're a total rockstar!) or it's your first time tuning in, I'm thrilled to have you here. We're two years in, with 46 episodes and over 4,200 downloads—so what's next? This series is packed with insightful guests, actionable tips, and real stories from those on the frontlines of tourism, hospitality, and experiences. Expect new episodes around every two weeks, so be sure to subscribe if you haven't already! Starting Strong with a Visit West CollaborationI'm thrilled to launch this season with a special collaboration episode featuring Visit West—the Destination Management Organisation for Bristol, Bath, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. If you're short on time or can't attend industry events, this episode is perfect for catching up on what's happening. In today's episode, we've got speakers from the Food and Drink Forum that took place on 18th September, sharing ideas and opportunities that can benefit businesses across the board. Heloise Balme from Bristol Food Network, introducing their sustainability guide for hospitality as part of the Bristol Good Food 2030 programme.Louisa Jackley-Davis from Virgin Experience Days, showing how you can promote your business.Jon Chamberlain from Visit West, discussing group dining opportunities with the travel trade.Natalie Clayton from AA Media, presenting the new and free Visitor Ready assessment scheme.Dan Newman Managing Director of Hospitality Rewards, the first benefits platform for UK hospitality workers. Find out more, check out the transcript and speaker links here. Stay tuned, and as always—enjoy the episode!To share your views on this subject and ask questions about the episode, head over to:InstagramLinkedIn This episode is sponsored by Hello Starling. Hello Starling, is an award-winning Media Planning and Buying agency that specialises in delivering advertising campaigns with great results for visitor attractions and destinations. They've worked with brands such as Bristol Zoo Project, Visit Shropshire, Visit Conwy, Visit Herefordshire and the National Tourism Office for Poland. If you want to be the centre of attention, visit hellostarling.com today. FREE GUIDE - 6 Steps to finding your Ideal Customer Do you want to know who your ideal customer's are and how you can focus your time and money reaching them? Download my FREE guide now. If you have enjoyed this podcast episode, please take a moment to give me a few stars on Apple podcasts or Spotify, it helps to encourage more people to listen and learn from our stories.

Send us a textWelcome to Series 4 of The Visitor Elves Podcast!We're back, and I couldn't be more excited to kick off Series 4 of the Visitor Elves podcast.  Whether you're a long-time listener (you're a total rockstar!) or it's your first time tuning in, I'm thrilled to have you here. We're two years in, with 46 episodes and over 4,200 downloads—so what's next? This series is packed with insightful guests, actionable tips, and real stories from those on the frontlines of tourism, hospitality, and experiences. Expect new episodes around every two weeks, so be sure to subscribe if you haven't already! Starting Strong with a Visit West CollaborationI'm thrilled to launch this season with a special collaboration episode featuring Visit West—the Destination Management Organisation for Bristol, Bath, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. If you're short on time or can't attend industry events, this episode is perfect for catching up on what's happening. In today's episode, we've got speakers from the Food and Drink Forum that took place on 18th September, sharing ideas and opportunities that can benefit businesses across the board. Heloise Balme from Bristol Food Network, introducing their sustainability guide for hospitality as part of the Bristol Good Food 2030 programme.Louisa Jackley-Davis from Virgin Experience Days, showing how you can promote your business.Jon Chamberlain from Visit West, discussing group dining opportunities with the travel trade.Natalie Clayton from AA Media, presenting the new and free Visitor Ready assessment scheme.Dan Newman Managing Director of Hospitality Rewards, the first benefits platform for UK hospitality workers. Find out more, check out the transcript and speaker links here. Stay tuned, and as always—enjoy the episode!Find out more about host Kelly Ballard and the Visitor Elves here.Subscribe to the Visitor Elves newsletter, to receive the latest podcast releases and inspirational tips to help you with your visitor economy business. To share your views on this subject and ask questions about the episode, head over to: InstagramLinkedIn If you have enjoyed this podcast episode, please take a moment to give me a few stars on Apple podcasts or Spotify, it helps to encourage more people to listen and learn from our stories.

Speaker  Helen Tapson -South Gloucestershire Public Health Consultant. Lead for health inequalities in CYP. "We are all in the same storm but we are not all in the same boat".  What local and national projects are striving to tackle health inequalities in Children and Young People? What part do we play in Primary Care?  Play on to find out more as South Gloucestershire Public Health consultant Helen Tapson guides us through the challenging topic of CYP health inequalities: highlighting exciting current national and local projects  and using cases to explore practical tips and resources to empower us in Primary Care. Resources South Gloucestershire Director of Public Health Report: Giving Children the Best Start in Life One stop shop (South Gloucestershire) Virtual hub for financial support (North Somerset) Citizens advice (Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset) Cost of living advice (South Gloucestershire) Cost of living advice (North Somerset) Cost of living support (Bristol) Healthy start vouchers NHS stop smoking app The Haven (BNSSG)

In today's podcast we will be finding out just how much we still have to do as nation and as a planet to hit our net zero carbon emission targets and really start to reverse the clearly catastrophic impacts of a changing climate.My guest today is the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore, former MP for Kingswood in South Gloucestershire and the man who, as interim Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth in 2019, signed into law the UK's legally binding target of hitting net zero emissions by 2050. He has held a number of government roles in his parliamentary career – notably Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation and then for Health under Boris Johnson, but returned to the backbenches in 2020.It was from there that he authored the well-thumbed Mission Zero review of government's net-zero strategy – a hard hitting tome that it's fair to say wasn't entirely well received by those in charge of the strategy.Chris resigned as an MP earlier this year in protest at the government's stance on new offshore petroleum licensing. Nowadays he's very busy championing the net-zero cause and missing few opportunities to get that vital message across ResourcesMission Zero reportBetter Earth' initiative launched in EdieMission Zero CoalitionBuilding the Future, Lessons for a Buildings Breakthrough report

Happy Women's History Month! To kick Women's History Month off on Cultivating Place, we visit with the woman known as the Queen of Herbs, Jekka McVicar of Jekka's Herb Farm in the UK this week. Her long and notable career has brought the gardened world the best the herbs of the world have to offer to our gardens, to our environments, to our kitchens, and to our souls. In recognition of her herbal research, plant breeding, garden designing, and advocacy around the many merits of all manner of herbs to the garden world these past 40 years, Jekka has been awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour in Horticulture by the Royal Horticultural Society and the Gardeners Media Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as 62 RHS Gold Medals. At Jekka's Herb Farm and Herbetum in South Gloucestershire, she displays her life's collection of more than 600 culinary, medicinal, pollinator-supporting, and beautiful herbs. I was honored to profile Jekka in my 2020 book, The Earth In Her Hands, 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants, as one of the women leaders in our horticultural world who have expanded and elevated the way we think and talk about gardening. Jekka's newest book, 100 Herbs to Grow A Comprehensive Guide to the Best Culinary and Medicinal Herbs publishes from Quadrille Press in march of 2024. Savor! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years, and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Google Podcasts. To read more and for many more photos please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.

Today's guest launched his own business in September 2021 in partnership with The Agency UK with over a decade of experience in the property industry, covering all aspects from local planning, conveyancing, sales & lettings, property development and land and new homes across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Somerset.

In this festive episode just before Christmas, we have a returning guest, the lovely Kathryn Davis, Managing Director of VisitWest, shedding light on the key aspects of the recently launched Destination Management Plan (DMP). The VisitWest regional area, including Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset, brings in a staggering £2 billion to the local economy each year from tourism. Proving once again the importance of our industry.   In our conversation Kathryn shares:  How business has been in 2023 up until September for the region.Headlines of the Destination Management Plan, unveiling key growth markets, distinctive themes, and the necessary elements for infrastructure, product development, and skills.How towns, villages, and businesses in the wider areas can leverage visitors by aligning with VisitWest's plans outlined in the DMP, launched in November 2023.The significance of VisitWest being one of the first Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (LVEP) and how can lead to future opportunities for lobbying and collaboration.  Her insights into why a tourism tax is not a straight-forward solution to solving the funding gap for destination management. A look into what's on the horizon for the region, including upcoming projects and initiatives that will significantly shape the visitor landscape.I recorded the podcast on 2nd November 2023 a few weeks before the podcast was released so there are future references to openings such as the Bristol Beacon which have come and gone - nothing stands still in this industry!Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous 2024!Further links https://www.visitwest.co.uk/ https://www.visitwest.co.uk/about-us/destination-management-planHuge thanks to podcast sponsor Noble Performs. Noble provide Unstoppable digital marketing to maximise your performance. From SEO to Paid Social and more, we have the tools you need.Find out more about host Kelly Ballard and the Visitor Elves here.Subscribe to the Visitor Elves newsletter, to receive the latest podcast releases and inspirational tips to help you with your visitor economy business. To comment and ask questions about the episode, head over to: InstagramLinkedIn If you have enjoyed this podcast episode, please take a moment to give me a few stars on Apple podcasts or Spotify, it helps to encourage more people to listen and learn from our stories.

Send us a textIn this festive episode just before Christmas, we have a returning guest, the lovely Kathryn Davis, Managing Director of VisitWest, shedding light on the key aspects of the recently launched Destination Management Plan (DMP). The VisitWest regional area, including Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset, brings in a staggering £2 billion to the local economy each year from tourism. Proving once again the importance of our industry.   In our conversation Kathryn shares:  How business has been in 2023 up until September for the region.Headlines of the Destination Management Plan, unveiling key growth markets, distinctive themes, and the necessary elements for infrastructure, product development, and skills.How towns, villages, and businesses in the wider areas can leverage visitors by aligning with VisitWest's plans outlined in the DMP, launched in November 2023.The significance of VisitWest being one of the first Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (LVEP) and how can lead to future opportunities for lobbying and collaboration.  Her insights into why a tourism tax is not a straight-forward solution to solving the funding gap for destination management. A look into what's on the horizon for the region, including upcoming projects and initiatives that will significantly shape the visitor landscape.I recorded the podcast on 2nd November 2023 a few weeks before the podcast was released so there are future references to openings such as the Bristol Beacon which have come and gone - nothing stands still in this industry!Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous 2024!Further links https://www.visitwest.co.uk/ https://www.visitwest.co.uk/about-us/destination-management-planTo share your views on this subject and ask questions about the episode, head over to:InstagramLinkedIn This episode is sponsored by Hello Starling. Hello Starling, is an award-winning Media Planning and Buying agency that specialises in delivering advertising campaigns with great results for visitor attractions and destinations. They've worked with brands such as Bristol Zoo Project, Visit Shropshire, Visit Conwy, Visit Herefordshire and the National Tourism Office for Poland. If you want to be the centre of attention, visit hellostarling.com today. FREE GUIDE - 6 Steps to finding your Ideal Customer Do you want to know who your ideal customer's are and how you can focus your time and money reaching them? Download my FREE guide now. If you have enjoyed this podcast episode, please take a moment to give me a few stars on Apple podcasts or Spotify, it helps to encourage more people to listen and learn from our stories.

This is not a good time of year for hedgehogs in Britain so please take a couple of minutes to listen to this public service announcement from one. And please pass it on as far and wide as possible. Thank you.  With many thanks to Yvonne Cox, Founder of Hedgehog Rescue, South Gloucestershire www.hedgehogrescue.info Feedback to: annabel@messagesfromthewild.com

This is an update episode in which we present some more details and information provided by Ann's son David. On the 25th of June 1997, 45 year old Ann Myring left her job at Hewlett Packard close to her home in Stoke Gifford, South Gloucestershire. She returned home but the next day her two sons heard that she had gone to visit a health farm for the weekend. On Monday they then heard that she had left their Dad and that she was missing. Ann never returned and she hasn't been seen since. Despite an arrest and a trial, no one knows what happened to Ann Myring.If you already remember the episode well then please skip to around the 30 minute mark.Music by: dl-sounds.comFollow the Unseen Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-unseen-podcast/id1318473466?uo=4Follow the Unseen Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xWK7Mu3bTP6oziZvxrwSK?si=QxvyPkZ2TdCDscnfxyeRawJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/unseenpodFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theunseenpodFollow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theunseenpod/Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theunseenpod?fan_landing=trueSubscribe to 10 Minute True Crime: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10-minute-true-crime/id1591474862This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4312296/advertisement

The cure for toxic wildfire smoke? Plant more trees! South Gloucestershire Action on Climate and Nature Emergency webinar, The UK 100

This episode is out of our usual fortnightly schedule however as you will hear in the episode, I am moving to 3 episodes per month with a week break so I can try and include more missing person cases. This is the first of these missing person episodes!On the 25th of June 1997, 45 year old Ann Myring left her job at Hewlett Packard close to her home in Stoke Gifford, South Gloucestershire. She returned home but the next day her two sons heard that she had gone to visit a health farm for the weekend. On Monday they then heard that she had left their Dad and that she was missing. Ann never returned and she hasn't been seen since. Despite an arrest and a trial, no one knows what happened to Ann Myring.Important information provided by:https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/unsolved-murder-bristol-ann-myring-9884https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/i-m-always-going-to-believe-that-she-s-alive-622116.htmlAll contemporary reports: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/Ann's missing person profile: https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/help-us-find/ann-myring-97-000714Music by: dl-sounds.comFollow the Unseen Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-unseen-podcast/id1318473466?uo=4Follow the Unseen Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xWK7Mu3bTP6oziZvxrwSK?si=QxvyPkZ2TdCDscnfxyeRawFollow the Unseen Podcast on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-unseen-podcastJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/unseenpodFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theunseenpodFollow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theunseenpod/Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theunseenpod?fan_landing=trueSubscribe to 10 Minute True Crime: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10-minute-true-crime/id1591474862

Dr Chris Bagley is a man with a dazzling variety of hats. He is psychologist, writer and musician with an interest in youth justice, educational transformation and systems change. He is Director of Research at the social enterprise States of Mind, and a lecturer and doctorate supervisor at the UCL Institute of Education. He also works part-time for South Gloucestershire psychology service, primarily in a Secure Children's Unit and Pupil Referral Unit. Chris describes his purpose as being to co-develop psychologically healthy education systems alongside young people, families, professionals and creative thinkers. He started in education as a secondary school teacher and later trained as an Educational Psychologist. Chris developed a specialism in relation to Youth Justice, school exclusion and managed moves and practised as a specialist in a youth offending team for a number of years. He's also an accomplished folk musician who has some really lovely music on his website - there are links in the show notes. As Director of Research at States of Mind and in collaboration with UCL, Chris conducts participatory action research to gather young peoples' insights and place their voices at the centre of education reform. States of Mind have recently launched the ‘Education Futures in Action' movement which aims to bring together innovators who are actioning education environments that genuinely respond to the diverse needs of young people. Chris is currently writing his first book - 'Shadow Cultures and the tyranny of school and state' - which is the topic of today's conversation. It explores the history of UK education, and exposes some of the deeply entrenched, often invisible narratives that underpin the education system we see today. LINKS: Chris's website: https://www.chrisbagley.co.uk/ States of Mind: https://www.statesofmind.org/ Chris's talk on Shadow Cultures (and many other great speakers) https://www.educationfuturesinaction.com/ James's TEDs talk ‘How to change the world': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvm9TYosmXo Making Change Stick: https://www.makingchangestick.co/ Rethinking Ed Mighty Network: https://rethinking-education.mn.co The Rethinking Ed online conference (88 amazing talks): https://www.rethinking-ed.org/reconf22 James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RethinkingJames Rethinking Ed Insta: https://www.instagram.com/rethinking.education/ James on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-mannion/ The Rethinking Education podcast is hosted and produced by Dr James Mannion. You can contact him at www.rethinking-ed.org/contact, or via @RethinkingJames on Twitter. SUPPORT THE RETHINKING ED PODCAST: Become a patron: www.patreon.com/repod Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/repod

We're beside the River Severn in South Gloucestershire on a cold, quiet, crisp, sunny winter afternoon. The air is fresh and still and your breath steams in front of you. A gentle breeze moves through the last remaining leaves on the hedgerows and few birds sing. The occasional dog walker potters past.BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewherebeautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Annie Sanderson. Presented by Hannah Tribe Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: editor@countryfile.com Visit the Countryfile Magazine website: countryfile.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to season 7 of The Sober Experiment Podcast by Bee Sober where Alex and Lisa chat with Lea Watson, founder of Glow Sober. Originally an Instagram page to review alcohol-free drinks and literature, it has now evolved into working with organisations to support their employees by raising awareness of the impact of alcohol. Lea has always had a complicated relationship with alcohol which escalated after the death of her only son, in 2018. She finally became alcohol free on 12 July 2020 and is committed to making profound and lasting change by promoting the positive benefits of sobriety and supporting those that wish to take a more mindful approach to their own alcohol consumption. By working with employers, Lea's aim is to remove the stigma from having conversations about drinking and encourage a non-judgemental, objective approach to the benefits of reducing one's alcohol intake. Lea's son was killed in a road traffic collision when he got into a car with his friend who drunk. He crashed and Jack was left with catastrophic and fatal injuries. Lea works with a charity called Safe Drive Stay Alive and talks to teenagers of driving age about the dangers of driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Lea has a first-class degree in English, and is also PCET (DTLLS) trained. She also holds an MA in Lifelong Learning. Much of Lea's working life had been in business development, and product management. She has written and developed many training courses on a variety of subjects and delivered presentations to corporate audiences on a regular basis. She is also a designated Recovery Coach Professional. Lea relocated to Bournemouth from South Gloucestershire in 2021 where she and her partner have bought an old house with a sizeable garden to renovate. She says she can already feel the benefit of coastal living. Lea is a a keen runner and has completed several marathons, including New York. Find Lea here: https://www.facebook.com/glowsober https://www.glowsober.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/glowsober/ Please also check out our website www.beesoberofficial.com. You can also check out the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join as a member, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/beesober Have a go at The Sober Experiment® (our free gift to you here: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/join-bee-sober/join-the-sober-experiment/) Additional links: Donate to Bee Sober: https://www.beesoberofficial.com/support-us/

Phil joins the podcast from South Gloucestershire in the UK to talk about his fantastic recovery and how he has taken that knowledge and has turned it into a wonderful SIRPA and IFS-based coaching program to help clients throughout the world. Today's podcast is brought to you by Jeannie Kulwin Coaching AND Rebecca Tolin Mind Body Coaching! Follow Jeannie on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/jeanniekulwincoaching/ Sign up for Rebecca's Be Your Own Medicine Course, coming in September: https://www.rebeccatolin.com/course Get your free mini-Breathwork session and learn more about 1:1 coaching here: www.jeanniekulwin.com  Become a Patron of the Show!  You can support the show with as little as a few dollars per month - show your support and get a shoutout every single week to thousands of people across the world: https://www.patreon.com/themindandfitnesspodcast Join the Facebook Group to participate in show topics: The Deleters of Pain Give us a Like on Facebook: The Mind and Fitness Podcast If you are interested in advertising your online service or business, email me at eddy@themindandfitnesspodcast.com 

Our Special Guest this week is Toby Savage, Leader of South Gloucestershire Council. Decisions of the Week: Decision of Court of Appeal in Barton Park Estates ltd v Secretary of State & Anor [2022] EWCA Civ 833 dated 21st June 2022 dismissing an appeal against the decision of His Hon Judge Jarman dismissing a section 288 appeal against an inspector's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development for the stationing of up to 80 caravans “for the purposes of human habitation” at Magpie Leisure Park, Bedford Bridge, raising issues about the scope of a 1987 planning permission & I'm Your Man. Decision of an inspector dated 30th June 2022 allowing an appeal by Yelland Quay Ltd against the refusal by North Devon District Council for a hybrid application for detailed demolition, flood defence works & bat building & vehicle parking for Tarka Trail & outline permission for mixed use including 250 dwellings, Class E employment & retail floorspace on land formerly occupied by a coal-fired station, allocated for development & located in an SSSI, near a SAC/SSSI & within the setting of an AONB. Decision of an inspector dated 24 June 2022 allowing an appeal by Churchill Retirement Living against the failure of Wychavon District Council to give notice of a decision for retirement living accommodation, with a single issue based on viability, and a consequential affordable housing contribution. Decision of an inspector dated 30th June 2022 dismissing appeals for planning permission & listed building consent, against the decision of City of London Corporation, for the refurbishment extension and conversion of the Custom House, a grade 1 LB for hotel led scheme based on the application of NPPF 202.

GB2RS News Sunday the 3rd of July 2022 The news headlines: RSGB Regional vacancies Tribute to Zorro, JH1AJT Tonight@8 on Radio waves and antennas The RSGB has vacancies for someone to be co-opted as the Regional Representative for Region 11 until the AGM in 2023. Region 11 covers Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire and the Channel Islands. There are 13 RSGB Regional Representatives covering the whole of the UK and they must reside in the region they represent. There are also vacances for District Representatives for Dorset, North-East England and Lancashire. Details of the Regional Team can be found on the RSGB website rsgb.org.uk. If you are interested in becoming part of the Regional Team please contact David, M0MBD on 01234 481 412 or rr12@rsgb.org.uk. 3D2AJT is the special callsign that Dom, 3D2USU will be using for one month from Nadi in the Fiji Islands in memory of the late Yasuo ‘Zorro' Miyazawa, JH1AJT. Activity will end on 27 July, which would have marked Zorro's 73rd birthday. Zorro was also known for his DXpeditions and charitable work on behalf of children in Cambodia, Bangladesh, Japan and elsewhere. The special event operators will be on the air using CW, SSB, FT4 and FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. You can read more on qrz.com. Tonight @8 will take place on Monday, the 4th of July. This is the final lecture before the summer break. Peter Duffett-Smith, G3XJE will be looking at Radio waves and antennas…and all that. His presentation covers a range of antenna-related information so there should be something for everyone. Tonight@8 webinars are live-streamed on the RSGB's YouTube channel, YouTube.com/thersgb. During the recent HamRadio show in Germany, the IARU Region 1 Spectrum Regulation and Liaison Committee chair took part in a joint session with the R1 Political Relations Committee. The session highlighted the connections the SRLC maintains with Region 1 regulatory bodies and the work carried out since early 2021. This included engagement in the WRC23 preparatory activities in a number of regional bodies and the detailed study work both with the ITU and CEPT. Topics affecting amateur spectrum bands were summarised with particular attention being paid to the 23cm band topic on the agenda of WRC23. The SRLC slide set can be found at iaru-r1.org. The TX5N DXpedition that took place in April from the Austral Islands, OC-114, has updated the information on QSL cards. All TX5N QSL cards were taken to the post office on the 30th of June so please allow sufficient time for the card to reach you. Bureau cards will be shipped to the individual IARU bureaux in the next bureau mailing that is scheduled for Summer 2022. QSL via M0URX. Dennis, G7AGZ has been fundraising for Cornwall Hospice Care since 1991. This year, he will be attempting a six peak Summits On The Air challenge. He will be climbing some of the most popular summits in the UK and hopes to activate an amateur radio station at the top of each summit, subject to the weather. The six peaks will be Snowdon, Scafell Pike, Old Man of Coniston, Helvellyn, Skiddaw and Ben Nevis. Keep an eye on qrz.com under the special event callsign GB0CHC. The DXCC Most Wanted 2022 list has been updated on the 28th of June. The DXCC most wanted countries are North Korea in 1st place, Bouvet Island in second place and Crozet Island in 3rd place. See clublog.org for more information. And now for details of rallies and events Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk. We'll publicise your event in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. Today, the 3rd, the Cornish RAC Rally will take place at Penair School, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall TR1 1TN. Doors open at 10am with a £2 admission. There will be a Bring & Buy, traders and local club stands. Refreshments are available on site. Find out more at gx4crc.com. Sunday the 3rd of July is also the date for the traditional Barford Norfolk Radio Rally at Barford Village Hall. Doors open at 9am. Most of the stands are outside but inside the village hall there is a Bring & Buy, RSGB bookstand, Morse display and refreshments. A Norfolk ARC club stand is outside the hall with a radio raffle in aid of the clubs 2022 nominated charity, Cancer Research UK. Admission is £2 per person with under 16s free. Outside selling pitches are £8 and there is no need to prebook. On Saturday, the 9th of July, the Houghton Radio Club Free Radio Rally will be held in the Dubmire Royal British Legion Club, Britannia Terrace, Fencehouses DH4 6LJ. The doors will be open between 10am and 3pm. The rally is open to trade, clubs and private sellers and exhibitors. Table space is limited. There is no charge for tables and entry is free. Donations are welcome to the Royal British Legion Club. Tea and coffees will be available and a licenced bar from 11am. Anyone wishing to book tables please contact Amanda, M6LXK at westona84@gmail.com. Now the DX news Henri, OH3JR and Pertti, OG2M will be operating as OJ0JR and OJ0MR respectively from Market Reef until the 6th of July. They are there on work assignment. Activity will be in their spare time on the HF bands using CW, some SSB, and FT8. QSL OJ0MR direct to OG2M and OJ0JR via OH3JR. Bo, OZ1DJJ will be active as OX3LX from Upernarvik Island, Greenland, NA-134, until the 11th of July. Activity will be on the HF bands with a focus on 6 metres and 4 metres. QSL via OZ0J. Paul, F6EXV and Florian, PB8DX will be active from Monaco between the 6th and 14th of July. They will be using 3A6M on 6 metres, as well as 3A/F6EXV and 3A/PB8DX on the HF bands. QSLs for all callsigns via Club Log's OQRS both direct and via the bureau, and Logbook of The World after six months. Franco, IZ5IUY will be active as IL7/IZ5IUY from San Domino Island, EU-050, until the 21st of July. He will operate SSB, FT8 and FT4 on the HF bands. QSL via his home callsign, the bureau is preferred. Rafael, NN3RP will be active holiday style as YN2RP from Nicaragua between the 5th of July and the 2nd of August. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on various bands, and will also be active on FM satellites. QSL via Logbook of The World, eQSL or direct to NN3RP. Now the Special Event news Durham and District ARS is participating as one of the bonus stations in the 13 Colonies Special Event. GB13COL has been issued for this event and will run from the club station until 0400UTC on Friday, the 8th of July. The primary focus of the event will be the HF bands, including VHF, UHF & Satellite for QSOs using SSB, CW, FM, and various digital modes. More information at 13colonies.us. On Saturday and Sunday the 9th and 10th of July, Bishop Auckland RAC and Wearside Electronics and Amateur Radio Society are activating GB4BM from Beamish Museum at Beamish, Chester-le Street, Durham. Operations start at 10am. If you wish to attend and assist in the event contact Ian, G7MFN at g7mfn@hotmail.co.uk. All are welcome. Now the contest news This weekend is the RSGB VHF National Field Day ending its 24-hour run at 1400UTC today, the 3rd. The contest uses the 50, 70, 144 and 432MHz bands as well as 1.3GHz. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Today, Sunday the 3rd of July, the third 144MHz Backpackers contest runs from 1000 to 1500UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Monday the 4th, the CW leg of the 80m Club Contest runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number. Tuesday sees the 144MHz FM Activity Contest run between 1800 and 1855UTC. It is followed by the all-mode 144MHz UK Activity Contest from 1900 to 2130UTC. The exchange is the same, signal report, serial number and locator. The 144MHz FT8 Activity Contest takes place on Wednesday the 6th between 1900 and 2100UTC. The exchange is report and your 4-character locator. Next weekend, the 9th and 10th of July, is the IARU HF Championship. It runs for 24 hours from 1200UTC on the 9th and uses the 1.8 to 28MHz bands where contests are permitted. The exchange is signal report and your ITU Zone. For the UK this is 27. Next Sunday, the 10th of July, the UK Microwave Group 24, 47 and 76GHz contest takes place between 0900 and 1700. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The UK Six Metre Group's Summer Marathon is still taking place, ending on the 2nd of August. Using all modes, stations exchange their 4-character locator. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA, and G4BAO on Friday the 1st of July 2022. Last week was not a good one for HF propagation in general. There were many complaints from amateurs about poor conditions that can be explained by a combination of low solar flux levels and unsettled geomagnetic conditions. The SFI started the week last Sunday at 102 but then dropped to 98 the following day. It subsequently continued to drop, reaching 92 by Thursday. At the same time, the Kp index reached five and it continued to be unsettled into Monday. The effects on the ionosphere were not good, with maximum usable frequencies over a 3,000km path struggling to reach 18MHz. Conditions improved as the week went on with F2-layer MUFs back into the 21MHz region by Thursday. This is fairly typical of Summer ionospheric conditions, leaving Sporadic-E as the likely main propagation mode on 10 metres until the Autumn. Next week NOAA predicts that the solar flux index will start to climb again, perhaps peaking at 140 by the 11th of July. Geomagnetic conditions are predicted to be stable with an average Kp index of two, until the 10th when it could reach four. As long as we don't have any coronal mass ejections during this time this could mean slightly better F2-layer conditions next week. As always, Sporadic-E may provide loud short-skip signals on the upper bands. Watch out for multi-hop Es paths which are harder to predict. And now the VHF and up propagation news. With VHF National Field Day, this weekend we would all like conditions at their best, and with the Sporadic-E season still in full swing, that's a possibility. The position of the jet stream is often instrumental in defining the directions that perform for Es and this weekend it looks to be a close-by jet stream over the near continent. This means paths towards central and southeast Europe plus the Baltic and Scandinavia. You might be able to get some notion of how it's developing by Googling and looking at the ionosonde from Dourbes in Belgium for spikes in the foEs trace. With low pressure close to Scotland over the weekend, it's only southern UK under a weak ridge that will see any Tropo. This will typically be better overnight and around the coasts for paths into the continent across the North Sea or the English Channel. So unless you are on the coast, your tropo options will diminish early this Sunday morning once the solar heating starts to break down the overnight temperature inversion. The UKAC 144MHz contest on Tuesday evening looks a better prospect with high pressure nudging towards western Britain and a chance that conditions may be slightly up, even for more northern stations. With some showery episodes likely, rain scatter is always a possibility, but decaying as the high moves in later. The clusters should tell you if aurora or random meteor scatter are viable options. Just one meteor shower this week, the July Pegasids active from the 4th of July to the 14th, but its Zenithal Hourly Rate is low at around five. Meteor showers in July are at their best around the end of the month, particularly the Southern delta-Aquariids, peaking on the 30th of July. The maximum ZHR of this shower is around 25 over two days. The radiant of this shower is above the horizon in the UK during the night and early morning. Moon declination goes negative this coming Wednesday so expect lower peak elevation and shortening Moon visibility windows for EME. Path losses are dropping as we head towards perigee a week on Wednesday. 144MHz sky noise is low all week. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

Bristol has found itself at the centre of national and even international conversations about policing, protest, and criminal justice. At the top of the police chain of command is the Chief Constable for Avon and Somerset (ASP). The force covers approximately 1.7 million people across Bristol, Bath, and North East Somerset, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. And now there is a new sheriff in town. After a selection process led by Mark Shelford, the elected Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner, Sarah Crew was appointed Chief Constable in November 2021. So who is Crew and how will she handle this powerful and influential role, and deal with the diversity of policing issues in the region? In an interview on Bristol Unpacked, the Cable's podcast, Crew chatted with Neil Maggs about challenges, priorities, and controversies for the force - from protests to sexual violence and the war on drugs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I am an avid follower of photographers. I simply love how they can show us the world, in particular Nature in all its beauty, in ways we've never seen it before.I especially like photographers who don't photoshop their images so much, you can't help but think the end result looks nothing like what they actually photographed.Today's guest is such a photographer.Claire Victoria Bishop, founder of ‘Rewild the Frame', is a natural light photographer who is passionate about all things nature - you, me, others, our planet and the simple beauty of the natural world all around us. Claire works with purpose-driven, nature-centric business owners and sustainability professionals to help them create imagery that connects with their audience and showcase their stories with ease and beauty. Her aim is to empower others to create a positive impact for our world and inspire a healthier, happier and more sustainable way of being, living and working for us all to flourish in harmony with nature. The focus is on real-life imagery, natural connections and creative seasonal photography. Away from running a business, Claire lives in South Gloucestershire with her husband, four gorgeous boys and dog, Bruce. As a family, they absolutely love to be outdoors and one of their favourite things to do outdoors is to be is by the sea. Most weekends Claire can be found walking through the fields, on the side of the rugby pitch watching her boys or walking with her camera.She particularly enjoys lying under a tree taking in the leaves swishing above her head contemplating life.Follow Claire on her website, Linkedin profile and Instagram.

Inspired by Shakira's wild boar bag robber, Remfry and Steve put forward their audition for The Really Wild Show, CBBC's flagship wildlife television show … unfortunately, no one told them that the show ended over 15 years ago, but the deviation into the natural world does lead Remfry to confess to a spate of cow tippings in the South Gloucestershire area around 25 years ago whilst Steve confesses the equally heinous crime of never having seen The Lion King. In more musically related matters, a study released by the UK Intellectual Property Office which analysed streaming services data between 2014-2020 has concluded that approximately 720 British musicians make a living solely from streaming royalties. We won't spoil how many musicians are registered in the UK, but let's put it this way … it's a lot more than 720! Reviews this week are of Illusory Walls by The World is a Beautiful Place and I am no Longer Afraid to Die (25:13) Oxidized by Frontierer (57:42) Flux by Poppy (1:29:35) and Garden of Burning Apparitions by Full of Hell (1:45:06) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

This week, the Student Leadership Team talk about staying safe over the summer in terms of Covid19, while still enjoying the holidays. This follows health protection training we received from South Gloucestershire council. Information correct at time of recording. Please refer to gov.uk and nhs.uk for the most up-to-date advice.

Series 2 Episode 5Sponsored by Bethan Elisa Proofreading (@bethanelisa) and Handmade Home by Ruby (https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/HandmadeHomeByRuby)In this episode, I talk to Dr. Chris Bagley,  an Educational Psychologist who works in South Gloucestershire and with the charity State of Mind. Chris and I discuss his journey in psychology from coaching young cricketers to supply teaching and finally to training to be an Educational Psychologist. Chris discusses the restrictive nature of the English Education System and the effects he has found it has had on young people. We talk about the Participatory Action Research that he has carried out with the London Based Charity, State of Mind, who recently featured as keynote speakers at the 2021 DECP conference. We then discuss what it means to challenge the status quo and what that means for the role of the EP.  We discuss educational systems in Italy, Portugal, and Finland that are able to take different approaches to the English system to address the needs, wants, and consent of the young people that they serve.  We conclude by discussing what EPs, TEPs, and Educational Professionals can do to challenge the status quo and work with communities to transformative ends. Ainscow, M. (2020) “Promoting inclusion and equity in education: lessons from international experiences”https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20020317.2020.1729587Bagley, C. (2015) “Managed moves: school and local authority staff perceptions of processes, success and challenges” https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281753786_Managed_moves_school_and_local_authority_staff_perceptions_of_processes_success_and_challengesBagley, C. (2021) “Alternative Education Provision: An Exclusive English Myth”https://bylinetimes.com/2021/02/17/alternative-education-provision-an-exclusive-english-myth/Bagley, C. (2020) “Stop discarding troubled students who don't perform - it's destroying children's lives”https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/voices/schools-academies-students-children-ofsted-education-a9340741.htmlFinland: Sabel et al (2011) “Individualized Service Provision in the New Welfare State Lessons from Special Education in Finland”https://pasisahlberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Special-Education-in-Finland-2011.pdfItaly: Demo, H. (2020) “Inclusive education in Italy: Historical steps, positive developments, and challenges”https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11125-020-09509-7Portugal: Alves, I. (2019) “International inspiration and national aspirations: inclusive education in Portugal”https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13603116.2019.1624846States of Mind:Breaking the Silence phase 1 - “‘We're not learning, we're memorising': Read London students' powerful open letter to Ofsted”https://www.statesofmind.org/journal/2020/09/16/students-ofsted-open-letter.htmlBreaking the Silence phase 2 - Student-led research written by Jaspar Khawaja (Trainee EP - Institute of Education, UCL), co-analysed with young peopleQuantitative data analysis - “The impact of school on young people's mental health: a UCL doctoral student shares his findings”https://www.statesofmind.org/journal/2020/11/04/the-impact-of-school-on-students-mental-health.htmlQualitative data analysis - “Schools are prioritising academic achievement over wellbeing and growth. Young people want to know why”https://www.statesofmind.org/journal/2020/11/04/academic-over-wellbeing-young-people.htmlBreaking the silence phase 3 - “What would an education inspection look like if students did the inspecting? We're finding out”https://www.statesofmind.org/journal/2020/11/18/education-inspection-students.html Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/agentsofhope)

Do you struggle to get out of bed? Down the stairs easily? Tie up your shoes? Carry the shopping? Are you in pain? Have you got a work or sports injury or an irritating, distracting niggle? Are you living with something that is impacting your life in a big way? Are you aware of your body feeling a bit grumbly but you don't necessarily know why or what to do about it? Meet our Structural Team! Lauren and Sian are the amazing duo who run 'Frome Valley Osteopaths' here in South Gloucestershire, treating everyone from the youngest of babies to incredible octogenarians and beyond! In this interview the ladies discuss the multi-layered approach to treating people living with pain, from not only a mechanical point of view, but by building a relationship with their patients to create the right kind of safe space to support their recovery journey in terms of body, mind and spirit. Blaise Penny-Kirkwood is a Bristol-based Rolfing Practitioner - working in a completely different field of structural integration - combining this hands-on therapy with his intuitive energy work, supporting his clients to realign and have a "better relationship with gravity". These guys are incredible - they have an obvious fascination with the way the human body works (and doesn't) and awe-inspiring skills in allowing our bodies to 'show' them what is going on under the surface, their messages are truly powerful stuff! Introducing : Lauren Manning and Sian Cook - Frome Valley Osteopaths www.fromevalleyosteopaths.co.uk Blaise Penny-Kirkwood - Rolfing Practitioner at Aim2Be www.aim2beglobal.com

My curiosity (yes I have a cat) over the last few years being around the legendary Esse Baharmast here in Denver has led me to investigate the culture of the referee. Lee and I connected last year and have been talking the game inside out ever since and am super stoked to get him to have a chat…….. Join us for some terrific banter and more referee culture. Hopefully it’s not an early exit for me. Richie.SOCIAL MEDIA LINK…INSTAGRAM… par4sportsTWITTER… @SportsPar4WEBSITE…www.par4sports.comLee William Probert (born 13 August 1972) is a former English professional football referee who officiated primarily in the Premier League. He was born in South Gloucestershire but is now based in Wiltshire and is associated with the Wiltshire Football AssociationHe refereed in the Premier League, the top level in the English football league pyramid, since his promotion to the panel of Select Group Referees in 2007. In 2010, he officiated the FA Trophy final at Wembley Stadium and in 2014 he took charge of the FA Cup final, the highest refereeing honor in England.Probert began refereeing in 1986, in leagues local to Bristol and later in the Football Conference South. He was promoted to the assistant referees' list for the Football League in 1998, and made the step up to full referee five years later. He refereed his first FA Cup match on 17 November 2001, taking charge of a first-round tie between Dagenham & Redbridge and Southport, which was settled for the home side by a first-half penalty kick.His first match after elevation to the Football League national list of referees was a League Two encounter in August 2003 between Northampton Town and Torquay United.In May 2007, Probert refereed a League One play-off semi-final second-leg which saw Blackpool defeat Oldham Athletic 3–1.In July 2007 a press release from the Professional Game Match Officials Board, which employs Premier League referees full-time, stated that Probert had been included in the Select Group of 19 referees for the 2007–08 season. Prior to this, he had been trialled in the top-tier during the previous season, being appointed a fixture between Sheffield United and Portsmouth in January 2007 which ended in a 1–1 draw.In May 2010 Probert was the referee for the FA Trophy final at Wembley Stadium between Barrow and Stevenage Borough.He was appointed fourth official for the 2011 FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Stoke City.In May 2014, Probert refereed the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium between Arsenal and Hull City. Arsenal came back from 2–0 down to win the match 3–2 in extra-time.Probert missed the whole of the 2015/16 season due to injury. He returned to refereeing in August 2016 but despite remaining a member of the Select Group of Referees he did not take charge of a Premier League fixture until 1 April, 2017, when Watford v Sunderland became his first top-flight appointment in almost two years.In September 2019, Probert announced his retirement from refereeing due to a persistent back injury.Lee now works with upcoming referees in all age groups as a consultant and mentor and as Managing Director of Par4Sports providing training facilities to organizations in Spain, Portugal and U.A.E.

Thanks to an incredible scientific effort, vaccines for COVID-19 have arrived in the UK and GPs, and other primary care health professionals, are now being faced with the monumental challenge of vaccinating high volumes of patients in a matter of days, whilst maintaining a COVID-safe environment, and fielding the myriad questions and concerns patients may have around the vaccine. In this week's episode, we talk about the practical difficulties in preparing and administering the vaccine. We discuss the rationale behind extending the interval between the first and second doses, and the controversy it has caused. How do we assuage these worries, and how do we temper patients' expectations regarding immunity, and the speed at which life may go back to normal? Finally, we talk about some lessons we can learn from HIV prevention to ensure equitable covid vaccination. Our guests: Mark Porter MBE is a GP in South Gloucestershire, and an award-winning journalist. He anchors the series ‘Inside Health' on BBC Radio 4, he is the medical correspondent for The Times, and a columnist for Saga Magazine. Andrew Pollard is a professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity at the University of Oxford, an honorary consultant paediatrician at Oxford Children's Hospital, and the director of the Oxford Vaccine Group. Julia Marcus is an infectious disease epidemiologist and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School's Department of Population Medicine . She is also an HIV researcher.

My guest today is Romy Gill MBE   Romy is an award winning self-taught British-Indian chef and food writer and broadcaster.   She has written for publications including the guardian, the telegraph and the evening standard. She’s a regular on TV with her appearances as guest judge on Celebrity Masterchef. She is a judge on the BBC’s food and farming awards and in 2016 she was awarded an MBE in the Queens 90th birthday honours list. Romy’s style of Indian cooking combines Indian and British cuisine; she combines spices and flavours that she grew up with in India, with ingredients that she was only introduced to when she moved to the UK. She started her cooking career with supperclubs, spices, sauces and chutneys and then she went on to open her own restaurant - Romy’s Kitchen in South Gloucestershire. She released her first cookbook last year and  is now amongst many other things a chef on the new adaptation of Ready Steady Cook. Thank you so much for listening. So so many delicious dishes talked about!   Don’t forget to go to the website www.desertislanddishes.co for the full list of episodes plus lots of recipes and you can sign up to the newsletter.  Come and say on Instagram @desertislanddishes.  

The publication of the enhanced service landed at the beginning of December and with it comes further, additional challenges for general practice and places us firmly in the spotlight of the current healthcare agenda. Our ever-popular Practice Index panel return and as well as providing an update following their last episode, they are this week joined by podcast favourite Dr Hussain Gandhi (Dr Gandalf) to consider the implications of and considerations required for the delivery of the Covid vaccination programme locally and nationally. How do we engage with a partially sceptical public? How will we fare balancing immunisations alongside business as usual? How delivery will be managed in practice? Whilst also not forgetting the management of finances and workforce planning…   Introductions (35 secs) An update on the establishment of a nationally recognised organisation for Practice Managers (46 secs) The Institute of General Practice Management contact points (2 mins 22 secs) The panel's reaction to the Enhanced Service publication (2 mins 53 secs) Moving from practice to network wide delivery (3 mins 56 secs) Robyn's perspective (5 mins 23 secs) Identification of a designated site for Nicola's network area (6 mins 31 secs) The plans for Nottingham City East (7 mins 6 secs) What differences are there between the Enhanced Service and the original, local plan in Gandhi's area? (7 mins 55 secs) The challenges in summary (8 mins 59 secs) Workforce organisation (10 mins 28 secs) Nicola's thoughts on staffing the enhanced service (11 mins 59 secs) Managing a vaccination programme alongside business as usual (13 mins 8 secs) Financial reimbursement in South Gloucestershire (13 mins 46 secs) How Gandhi is handling the financial flow in his network (14 mins 41 secs) Comms / engagement with the public – and managing concerns (15 mins 47 secs) Recording appointments and immunisation numbers (18 mins 10 secs) The process for vaccination clinics in practice (20 mins 27 secs) eGP Learning and Practice Index resources (21 mins 57 secs)   For more information on The Institute of General Practice Management: Twitter   Facebook   Email Practice Index YouTube channel for Dr Gandalf's eGP Learning podblast   

On today's programme, Sybil Ruscoe asks whether we're heading for constitutional problems over agricultural trade within the UK after Brexit. She talks to a professor of politics from Aberdeen University. Continuing a week-long look at the poultry sector, we visit a large-scale broiler unit in South Gloucestershire, and find out how the relationship between animal welfare standards and retail pricing works. Could unwanted fleece from shearing sheep find a new use for gardeners? We find out. Presenter by Sybil Ruscoe and produced by Emma Campbell for BBC Audio in Bristol.

On this day in Tudor history, 23rd August 1548, Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, arrived at the Siege of Haddington, in East Lothian, Scotland, with a large army. This siege was part of the Anglo-Scottish war known as the War of the Rough Wooing between England and Scotland., regarding Henry VIII's desire to marry his son, Edward, off to Mary, Queen of Scots. What happened at this siege and to Haddington after it? Find out in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History". You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/WWifTM78x2c Also on this day in Tudor history, 23rd August 1535, royal favourite and keen reformer Sir Nicholas Poyntz welcomed King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, to his home Acton Court in Iron Acton, South Gloucestershire, as part of the couple’s royal progress. It was important for courtiers to impress the king and his consort, and Poyntz built a new wing on his property just for the royal couple! Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/M_3i_9ARR9c

Coming up in this week's episode of the GDPR Weekly Show: PHE reduces data retention time for data collected through NHS Covid-19 track and trace programme, GDPR and pubs reopening following Covid-19, Employee temperature checks and GDPR implications, Exam script exemption remains after Covid-19, Billon Group Covid19 Certification System wins grant award, Capital One loses appeal after data breach, Apple introduces new privacy option, New Zealand data act updated in line with GDPR Isle of Man fine for data subject access request failures, Twitter suffers another data breach,  Staff leave South Gloucestershire council after data breaches, Why your DPO must be able to think independently.

A new process to remove sea-lice from farmed salmon using Neonicotinoids has been trialled in Norway and could come to Scottish fish farms in the future. Neonics have been banned for use in arable farming because they are damaging to bees. Anna Hill asks Gareth Moore, Editor of fishfarmingexpert.com to explain the details. It's flower week on Farming Today, and for many growers this time of year would see them supplying weddings with blooms and bouquets. With coronavirus putting those on-hold, Rebecca Rooney has spoken to one grower in South Gloucestershire who has switched to selling online. Travel restrictions mean farmers are worried of a shortage of sheep shearers. But it’s not just sheep that need shearing, there are now more than 40 thousand Alpacas in the UK and Kim McAllister has been to a farm in Edinburgh to hear how one shearer made it over from New Zealand after had to self-isolate in his camper van. Producer: Toby Field

Alexandra speaks with Romy Gill! Chef Romy Hardeep Gill MBE is a British/Indian chef, food and travel writer, based in South Gloucestershire. She is one of the few female Indian chefs on the UK restaurant scene, and was appointed an MBE in the Queen’s 90th birthday honours list in 2016. Gill’s style of Indian cooking combines Indian and British cuisine; she combines spices and flavours that she grew up with in India, with ingredients that she was only introduced to when she moved to the UK.Come for Supper sees host Alexandra Dudley sit down with artists, actors, authors and chefs to discuss how they like to serve supper. In the show we learn about the guest’s culinary tips, tales and disasters whilst learning a little about their life along the way. From their dream dinner party guests, to their kitchen essentials, we dive deep into the world of food and the joy of having people come for supper.This is a Studio71 production. Producer - Jack Claramunt Exec Producer - Tom Payne & Jody SmithProduction Support - Phie McKenzieCreated by Alexandra DudleyStudio71 is a Red Arrow Studios Company. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this day in Tudor history, 23rd August 1535, royal favourite and keen reformer Sir Nicholas Poyntz welcomed King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, to his home Acton Court in Iron Acton, South Gloucestershire, as part of the couple’s royal progress. It was important for courtiers to impress the king and his consort, and Poyntz built a new wing on his property just for the royal couple! Claire Ridgway, the founder of the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society, tells us all about it in today's talk. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/M_3i_9ARR9c You can find Claire at:https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com https://www.tudorsociety.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/ https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/ 

A joint spatial plan from the West of England Combined Authority aims to provide the development framework to guide the delivery of housing, employment and infrastructure up to 2036 across Bristol, Bath and Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Listen to panelists at EG’s Bristol Question Time discuss the challenges of creating more affordable housing, improving the city's digital and transport connectivity, and incorporating environmental considerations such as air quality. 

How do benzodiazepines work? What do they do in the body? Why do they initially calm us, but then stop working? And why are they so incredibly hard to stop? When we take a look at the neurotransmitters GABA and glutamate, we find a few answers. In today's episode, we examine two key chemicals in the brain and discover a few insights into why withdrawal is so difficult for so many. We also answer a couple questions about support groups, spotlight two regional organizations, and hear a story from Nova Scotia, Canada. https://www.easinganxiety.com/post/the-science-of-benzos-gaba-and-glutamate-bfp018Video ID: BFP018 Chapters 00:00 Introduction07:50 Mailbag12:35 Benzo News15:24 Benzo Spotlight19:32 Benzo Story25:52 The Science of Benzos42:22 Moment of Peace  Resources The following resource links are provided as a courtesy to our listeners. They do not constitute an endorsement by Easing Anxiety of the resource or any recommendations or advice provided therein. MAILBAG BENZO FREE: Resources / Regional OrganizationsBenzo BuddiesBenzodiazepine Recovery Facebook Page BENZO NEWS INVERSE.COM: “Who's Avoiding Sex? Psychiatrist Cites 3 Reasons” by Shervin AssariBIC: Thank You, Patrick!MENAFN: “Bisnar Chase Secures $11-Million Jury Verdict for Wife and Children of Man Who Died by Suicide While in Rehab”BENZO FREE PODCAST: Episode #17 — Benzo Brain: Cognitive Dysfunction and Memory Loss in WithdrawalMPR: “Fluoroquinolone Use Linked to Increased Peripheral Neuropathy Risk” by Cassandra Pardini, PharmDBIG ISSUE NORTH: “Why don't we just… stop pretending that pills are the answer to young people's problems?” by Mike Shooter SPOTLIGHT Bristol & District Tranquilliser Project (BTP)Bristol and District Tranquilliser Project AGM — Prof. Ashton's LectureBattle Against Tranquillisers (BAT) FEATURE: The Science of Benzos – GABA and Glutamate Ashton, C. Heather. Benzodiazepines: How They Work and How to Withdraw (aka The Ashton Manual). 2002. Accessed April 13, 2016. http://www.benzo.org.uk/manual.Bachhuber, Marcus A., Sean Hennessy, Chinazo O. Cunningham, and Joanna L. Starrels. “Increasing Benzodiazepine Prescriptions and Overdose Mortality in the United States, 1996-2013.” American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) (April 2016). Accessed April 7, 2018. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303061.Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Prescribing Guidelines for Pennsylvania: Safe Prescribing Benzodiazepines for Acute Treatment of Anxiety & Insomnia. Updated May 15, 2017. Accessed April 7, 2018.https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Opioids/PA%20Guidelines%20on%20Benzo%20Prescribing.pdf.Edwards, Elaine, “Bad Side-Effects of Drugs Such as Valium A ‘Medical Disaster',” Irish Times, October 10, 2016, Accessed October 10, 2016, https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/bad-side-effects-of-drugs-such-as-valium-a-medical-disaster-1.2824495.Foster, D E. Benzo Free: The World of Anti-Anxiety Drugs and the Reality of Withdrawal. Erie, Colorado: Denim Mountain Press, 2018. https://easinganxiety.com/book. Goddard AW. “Cortical and subcortical gamma amino acid butyric acid deficits in anxiety and stress disorders: clinical implications.” World J Psychiatry 6(1)(2016):43-53. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v6.i1.43.IMS Health. Vector One: National (VONA) and Total Patient Tracker (TPT) Database (2013). Extracted April 2014. Quoted in CCHR International. “Total Number of People Taking Psychiatric Drugs in the United States.” Accessed April 3, 2018. https://www.cchrint.org/psychiatric-drugs/people-taking-psychiatric-drugs/.Leigh, Jennifer, “Five (5) Facts About Benzodiazepine Withdrawal (You Need to Know),” Additionblog.org, August 16, 2015, accessed March 6, 2017, http://prescription-drug.addictionblog.org/five-5-facts-about-benzodiazepine-withdrawal-you-need-to-know/.National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). “Well-Known Mechanism Underlies Benzodiazepines' Addictive Properties.” NIDA Notes, April 19, 2012. Accessed August 10, 2017. https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/nida-notes/2012/04/well-known-mechanism-underlies-benzodiazepines-addictive-properties.Vertosick Jr., Frank. When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. https://www.amazon.com/When-Air-Hits-Your-Brain/dp/0393330494.Wikipedia, “Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Syndrome,” last modified February 21, 2018, accessed April 7, 2018, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazepine_withdrawal_syndrome.  Introduction In today's intro, I decided it was time to focus on the positive. I even added some ukulele music to lighten the mood. The message was simple, why wait until your back to normal to feel happy. Grab every happy moment you can when you can. You need it those joyful moments now more than ever.  Mailbag This is where we share questions and comments which were discussed: QUESTION: Are there any emotional support groups or organizations specifically for families and other caregivers of those recovering from benzo use?This comment was from an anonymous listener. Unfortunately, I didn't have a good answer and didn't know of any off-hand. I did ask for input from our listeners to see if anyone could provide one that I could share with this listener or anyone else.QUESTION: Starting a withdrawal support group in NYC, can I help spread the word?This comment was from Naomi, in NYC. She first asked if I knew of any support groups in NYC, which I didn't. But then said that she was going to start up a Meet-Up and could I help spread the word. I said I would and would add a new category to our resources just for regional support groups.  Benzo Spotlight Today's spotlight shined on two regional support groups in the U.K. They are Bristol and District Tranquilliser Project (BTP) and Battle Against Tranquillisers (BAT). Both groups provide one-on-one and group services to people living in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire areas. Even though these services are not available outside of this area, their websites are still useful resources.  Benzo Story Today's story was from Jane in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Feature Today's featured topic: The Science of Benzos: GABA and Glutamate In the feature, we examined the science of how benzodiazepines work inside of the body. In particular, we explored the neurotransmitter mechanisms of GABA and glutamate. Glutamate excites, and GABA inhibits, kind of like the gas pedal and the brakes on a car. Benzodiazepines enhance the actions of GABA and increase their inhibitory effect. Listen to the podcast for more detail.  The PodcastThe Benzo Free Podcast provides information, support, and community to those who struggle with the long-term effects of anxiety medications such as benzodiazepines (Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, Valium) and Z-drugs (Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata). WEBSITE: https://www.easinganxiety.comMAILING LIST: https://www.easinganxiety.com/subscribe YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@easinganx DISCLAIMERAll content provided by Easing Anxiety is for general informational purposes only and should never be considered medical advice. Any health-related information provided is not a substitute for medical advice and should not be used to diagnose or treat health problems, or to prescribe any medical devices or other remedies. Never disregard medical advice or delay in seeking it. Please visit our website for our complete disclaimer at https://www.easinganxiety.com/disclaimer. CREDITSMusic provided / licensed by Storyblocks Audio — https://www.storyblocks.com Benzo Free Theme — Title: “Walk in the Park” — Artist: Neil Cross PRODUCTIONEasing Anxiety is produced by…Denim Mountain Presshttps://www.denimmountainpress.com ©2022 Denim Mountain Press – All Rights Reserved

Bristol Live's very own podcast is back with the inside track on what has been a very busy week in the newsroom.Two reporters join host Alex Wood on this week’s episode to discuss the viral sensation that is Bradley Stokes - the local league footballer who plays for namesake Bradley Stoke Town FC - and a hard-hitting new BBC documentary about life inside schools in the Bristol area.Reporter Neil Maggs is first up, talking to us about what it’s like to see a story ‘go viral’.Neil is the reporter who first learned of Bradley Stoke Town FC’s namesake player, and the reporter who broke the story via Bristol Live.Within hours of being published, however, the story started to attract national - and even international - media attention, with news websites and papers in France, Italy, India and the US picking up on the story.It even went on to make BBC Sport’s very own ‘gossip’ column - with Bradley Stoke Town FC’s new signing named alongside the latest rumoured moves for stars of the game such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and Alexis Sanchez.And Bradley Stokes, the young man at the centre of the story, has since been interviewed by Greg James on the Radio 1 breakfast show - the most-listened to radio show in the UK.Neil talks us through how he found the story, what it was like seeing it shared around the world and what follow-ups he’s now working on.And then, to complete the line-up on this week’s episode, senior news and education reporter Michael Yong joins Alex in the studio to talk about a brand new documentary on BBC Two, called School.The six-part series was filmed over an entire year at South Gloucestershire academies.Exploring the difficult decisions heads and teachers are making daily on the back of cuts to education funding, the series brings home the harsh realities schools in the Castle School Education Trust (CSET) are facing.Michael, who has written extensively on the issue of school funding cuts, dissects the first two episodes of the series and highlights why more people need to take stock of what is happening - before it is too late.If you have ever wished you could take a look inside your local newsroom and meet the team behind the headlines, Bristol Live have launched the perfect podcast for you.Every Friday, Bristol Live will give you an insight into the things happening in your area and give you exclusive access to the team.To listen to the podcast you can click here or alternatively download from wherever you get your podcasts. Just search ‘Inside Bristol Live’.You can also rate, review and subscribe to the podcast to make sure you don’t miss out.For anyone who wants to get in touch you can follow us on Twitter @ILBpodcast.You can rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever else you get your podcasts.Links to this episode's stories:Bradley Stoke Town FC has a new player called Bradley StokesBBC Two documentary School should make you worried about the future of our education systemIf you'd like to follow us or any of the reporters featured in today's episode, here are the links:Inside Bristol Live: @IBLpodcastHost Alex Wood: @MrAlexWoodNeil Maggs: @NeilMaggs2Michael Yong: @Michael_YongProducer Chris Nicholls:@TheVideoChris For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week's episode of the Bristol Live podcast takes you deeper into an investigation of animal cruelty at a South Gloucestershire farm. Reporter Tristan Cork has been exploring how a farmowner spent years inflicting cruel practices on animals she owned and why the authorities were unable to act.  Tristan has been covering a recent court case focusing on neglect at Ingst Manor Farm, so he discusses his coverage of this shocking story.  Also on this week's episode of Inside Bristol Live, what's on reporter Grace Earl talks about what it's like being a female cyclist on the roads.Grace has taken the brave step of writing about her own experiences and the hostility she has dealt with while riding her bike. And finally, reporter Alex Wood has put together a mammoth article looking at all the reasons why Channel 4 should choose Bristol as the location for its new headquarters. Alex has collected views from a huge variety of Bristol people about why we would make the perfect new home for the TV channel's regional base. If you'd like to follow us or any of the reporters featured in today's episode, here are the links:Inside Bristol Live: @IBLpodcastHost Alex Ballinger: @ambhackGrace Earl: @GracejtearlAlex Wood: @MrAlexWoodTristan Cork - @TristanCorkPostLinks to this episode's stories:Abuse, catcalls and near misses: what being a female cyclist in Bristol is really like'We're all for Bristol': A message to Channel 4Bristol's farm of hell - claims abuse has continued for ANOTHER two years For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Deidre speaks to Aly Vernon, Chlidren’s Specialist at Survive in South Gloucestershire, about the combined effects of homelessness and domestic abuse on children. Aly and Deidre discuss what we can do as professionals to create a whole family approach to homelessness and domestic abuse for children, parents and perpetrators. Visit our Spotlight homepage for more content around domestic abuse and homelessness: http://safelives.org.uk/spotlight-5-homelessness-and-domestic-abuse Download a transcript: http://tinyurl.com/y7wsd49z

“William is a bit of a dreamer.” That’s what Will’s teachers often wrote on his reports. He knew from a young age that he wanted to be an animator. He describes his own story so well, that I’ll let him speak for himself here: “After a degree in animation at Edinburgh College of Art, Will joined Aardman Animations as a trainee assistant animator on Wallace & Gromit's Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Since then he has worked on features, commercials and TV shows including The Pirates, Creature Comforts and Shaun the Sheep. He has written and directed three independent short films and is currently Animation Director on Nick Park’s latest feature film Early Man in Bristol. Will lives in South Gloucestershire, England with his talented wife and two children.” Links: Will Becher: will_becher, willbecher.co.uk Eve Coy: @evescoy, http://evecoy.blogspot.co.uk/ Aardman Animation: http://www.aardman.com/ Early Man Movie: @EarlyManmovie If you're curious about Will's work, here's a list...it's not exhaustive, though! :) Early Man (animation director) (filming) 2015Wolves and Dogs: Howls for Full Moon (animator) 2009-2014Shaun the Sheep (TV Series short) (animator - 45 episodes) - Fruit and Nuts (2014) ... (animator) - The Stare (2014) ... (animator) - Duck! (2014) ... (animator) - Save the Dump (2014) ... (animator) - Picture Perfect (2014) ... (animator) Show all 45 episodes 2012So You Want to Be a Pirate! (Video short) (animator) 2012ParaNorman (animator) 2012The Pirates! Band of Misfits (character lead animator) 2008A Matter of Loaf and Death (Short) (character animator) 2007Creature Comforts America (TV Series) (animator - 7 episodes) - Great Outdoors/Pet Peeves/Talent Show (2007) ... (animator) - Growing Up/Fears & Phobias/Something's Afoot (2007) ... (animator) - Communication/Feeding Time/Parrot Tongue Twister (2007) ... (animator) - Working/For the Birds/Love, Animal Style (2007) ... (animator) - Winter/The Zoo (2007) ... (animator) Show all 7 episodes 2006Off Beat (Short) (animator) 2005The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (animator)