Catriona Aitken

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Image source, James Pardon/Bad Wolf/BBC StudiosImage caption, In June 2024 the show had a "landmark moment" in an episode which saw the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Rogue (Jonathan Groff) kissFor Scott Handcock, Doctor Who was his childhood "safe haven" as he struggled with his sexuality and felt like he didn't "fit in". The sci-fi series changed his life, he said, from binging early episodes on VHS tape in the 1990s to ending up working behind the scenes many years later.

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Sunniest spring on record for Wales, says Met OfficeBBCPeople enjoyed sunbathing on the beach, like here in Tenby, throughout springWales has had its sunniest spring on record, the Met Office has said. Some 648 hours of sunshine were clocked between 1 March and 28 May - higher than the UK average. Kathryn Chalk, a Met Office meteorologist, said the provisional figure beat the previous peak of 647 hours in 2020.

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Catriona Aitken

Erin, a sixth form student at Bedwas High School in Caerphilly county, said following renovations to the school toilets, facilities were now designated to different year groups but were not equal in terms of access to sanitary products and bins. The 17-year-old said toilets were locked during lessons and permission was mostly denied apart from a "handful" of times, "if you say it's an emergency". "When I've needed to go to change my period products, I've been refused.

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Students say school toilet rules create anxietyHollyHolly, 15, says one of the main reasons she left school was because of a lack of access to toiletsStudents say they have been left feeling embarrassed and anxious due to "baffling" school toilet restrictions. Holly, from Pentyrch, Cardiff, said she would frequently be denied permission to go to the toilet during class, or struggle to find one that was not "locked off", which contributed to her decision to be home-schooled.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Catriona Aitken

Image source, HelpuImage caption, Jake Devlyn-Reed, 29, says his life has changed since he started talking openly about mental health strugglesA reality TV star has opened up about how figuring out his sexuality made him feel "like a burden in the world". "I used to hold everything to my chest and show a fake face and a smile [while] inside I was crumbling," said Jake Devlyn-Reed, 29, from Swansea, who was a contestant on BBC Three's I Kissed a Boy in 2023.