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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Felicity Kvesic |Tanya Gupta
Virtual reality used to keep older drivers safeFelicity KvesicTanya GuptaBBCTen mature driver sessions have been organised by police and the fire service, with more dates to be announcedDrivers aged 65 and over have been invited to watch a virtual reality film to learn about how ageing can affect driving.
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1 month ago | 
au.lifestyle.yahoo.com | Felicity Kvesic |Gavin Kermack
Felicity Kvesic - BBC Hereford & Worcester and Gavin Kermack - BBC News, West Midlands30 April 2025 at 9:56 am·2-min readEven at 103 years old and living in a care home, Joan Partridge still makes sure to apply her make-up every day. But she never expected a video of her putting on her rouge to be viewed by nearly 200,000 people - leading to a new role as an influencer with a cosmetics company.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Felicity Kvesic |Gavin Kermack
Even at 103 years old and living in a care home, Joan Partridge still makes sure to apply her make-up every day. But she never expected a video of her putting on her rouge to be viewed by nearly 200,000 people - leading to a new role as an influencer with a cosmetics company. That is exactly what happened after Millcroft Care Home in Redditch, Worcestershire, shared a clip of Joan's routine on social media. "I didn't think I would have gained so much attention," she said.
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Mar 13, 2025 | 
bbc.com | Mike Henson |Felicity Kvesic
The RFU has tabled a rival motion for March's SGM, encouraging clubs to back its own plans to devolve power to the local level instead.
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Mar 11, 2025 | 
bbc.com | Mike Henson |Felicity Kvesic
Bumper executive pay coinciding with the demise of historic clubs and financial pressure on the grassroots game should prompt an independent review into the Rugby Football Union, according to a group of MPs.Tiverton and Minehead MP Rachel Gilmour, whose father David Wrench played for England, Northampton and Harlequins in the 1960s, said the situation was a "travesty" and "financially unsustainable".
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Gavin Kermack |Felicity Kvesic
A new set of critically endangered tiger cub triplets have been born at a wildlife park. The three Sumatran tiger cubs arrived at West Midlands Safari Park (WMSP) in Bewdley, Worcestershire, on 17 January. They will spend their first few weeks alone with their mother, 13-year-old Dourga, before keepers enter the den to carry out health checks. It is likely to be this summer at the earliest before visitors will be able to see the cubs.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Felicity Kvesic
A man who started out serving tea to jockeys is getting ready to enter his own horse in a million-dollar race. After he finished riding himself, Ryan Tongue set up the Deva Racing management company, backed by owners from the UK and overseas. He now manages more than 25 horses, including Imperial Emperor, which is due to run in the G1 Maktoum Challenge in Dubai later this month.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Felicity Kvesic
Image source, BBSAImage caption, Experienced pilot Brad Hall (front) has been part of GB's four-man team at the past two Winter Olympic GamesGreat Britain want to start their world bobsleigh season on a high to build momentum for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, says crew member Arran Gulliver. The season starts on Saturday, 7 December, with Team GB's first race in Altenberg, Germany.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Aida Fofana |Felicity Kvesic
A former rugby player from Bromsgrove who is living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) has praised Kevin Sinfield for his work raising awareness and funds for charities associated with the disease. Ex Rugby League legend and England Union coach Sinfield ran 37 miles (60km) on Monday between Gloucester and Bristol. Joining him on the second leg of his 230-mile (370km) Running Home for Christmas challenge was Scott Morris.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Felicity Kvesic |Mike Henson
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Wasps' final game in their 2022-23 Premiership season was a 40-36 defeat by Northampton on 9 OctoberBBC Sport rugby union news reporterWasps could be resurrected in the second tier of English rugby after they applied for a place in next season's expanded Championship. However the Rugby Football Union has invited bids to join a new second tier, expanded from 12 to 14 teams, from next season.
