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In today’s edition: more than 15 million juvenile oysters are to be released into the North Sea in one of the biggest rewilding projects in UK waters, a Stockholm bar makes therapy more accessible, and a golden eagle reintroduction project gets the backing of the UK government.
The scheme, which will use a unique rearing process, hopes to re-establish a huge oyster bed around Orkney that experts say will create a “trophic cascade” of climate and ecological benefits. Experts say the release will help to repair damaged marine ecosystems while sequestering large amounts of carbon.
Source: The Guardian
A woman who lived with three life-threatening autoimmune diseases for more than a decade has returned to a near-normal life after CAR T-cell therapy reset her wayward immune system. Within weeks of having the cell therapy, doctors noticed that all three diseases had responded, marking a world first and a striking improvement in the woman’s condition.
Source: The Guardian
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has vowed to stop women being “gaslit” by doctors and an NHS that is “failing women” as he relaunches the women’s health strategy for England. The government said this would include a new standard of care to ensure women were offered pain relief for invasive procedures, such as fitting a contraceptive coil and hysteroscopies.
Source: BBC News
The new standards will focus on limiting access to food high in saturated fat, sugar and salt while increasing the amount of vegetables, fruit and whole grains on children’s plates. The scheme will also launch over 500 new free breakfast clubs, creating places for up to 142,000 children.
Source: Nutrition Insight
Critics of the green energy movement often claim that wind turbines pose a substantial risk to birds, but two new studies disprove this. Thanks to the help of radar and AI-based cameras, new research indicates that over 99.8% of migratory birds avoid wind turbines.
Source: Euronews
After over 150 years of absence, golden eagles are set to return to England after new government backing for a recovery programme that mixes conservation science with community-led action. The first phase explores the practicalities of the release of juvenile birds, aged six to eight weeks, as early as next year.
Source: Positive News
Across Doñana, Galicia and Catalonia, several projects employ donkeys to clear forests and reduce plant fuel, making the areas less susceptible to wildfires. The animals, rescued from abandonment, have become, according to Doñana National Park’s president, Luis Manuel Bejarano, “herbivorous firefighters”.
Source: Euronews
The pilot project in Södermalm allows anyone interested to simply take a seat without an appointment and have an initial conversation. The goal of the initiative is to lower the barrier to talking about worries, as well as to make access to professional mental health services easier.
Source: Falstaff
In Tokyo, older Japanese people are taking advantage of courses on how to navigate mobile devices that can often be confusing and frustrating to use. The “smartphones for beginners” classes are run by retired IT employees, and help participants get to grips with password management, security hurdles and even language-learning apps.
Source: The Guardian
Since Sudan’s third civil war erupted in April 2023, many children have lost parents and other family members as a result of the conflict. A school and children’s home in the Nuba Mountains, Our Father’s Cleft, provides these orphans with refuge and education in hopes they will become change-makers who bring peace to the country.
Source: CS Monitor
