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Wildlife photographer of the year 2019 winners
The Guardian
The images will go on display at the Natural History Museum in London from 18 October, before touring internationally
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first all-female spacewalk
Newsround
Nasa Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will (hopefully!) go on the first all-female spacewalk this week.
The astronauts are set to explore outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday or Friday to replace a battery.
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Nottingham Young Writers Groups
Writing East Midlands
This year we will be running a Young Writers Group at Nottingham Central Library led by Jim Hall.
Sessions take place on Saturdays 1pm – 3pm and are aimed at 11–15 year olds. Each session costs £6, but bursary places are available.
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Part Time Sales Assistant
Up and Running
The role is for mainly weekend work...shifts are days that will require Saturday and Sunday work. Shifts in the week may also be available.
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Muslim soldiers'shared history' of the Second World War
Nottinghmshire Live
The service of Muslim soldiers connected to Nottingham has been commemorated with a new exhibition highlighting their contributions in the Second World War to bring about a "shared history" of the conflict.
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Aurora Prize for Writing 2019
Writing East Midlands
The Aurora Writing Prize is an international competition run by Writing East Midlands. The prize was first awarded in 2016, and this year we worked in partnership with The Society of Authors and Lincoln Book Festival.
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Full time maintenance person
Nottingham Castle Marina
Castle Marinas is looking for a full-time maintenance person, to work at Nottingham Castle Marina in the Midlands.
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C-Card scheme
C-Card Nottinghamshire
FREE CONDOMS!! Call into one of our clinics and pick some up...we also do condom cards for 13-25 year olds
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MyVoice Writing Competition
Nottingham City of Literature
MyVoice is a new city-wide Creative Writing Competition for young people between 10-25. We’re asking you to write about what is important to you. Tell us how you’d change the world by inspiring us with your own short story, poem, article, scene, podcast or film, so we can imagine it with you.
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30 Under 30 awards
Nottingham Post
Nottingham has been graced by an abundance of inspirational young talent in recent years - from a feisty Game Of Thrones star to a DJ who collaborated with Example and a future F1 star - and they have all be deservedly honoured in the Nottingham Post's first ever 30 under 30 awards.
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MPs moved to tears by Rosie Duffield's domestic abuse story
Guardian
The Labour MP Rosie Duffield’s account of her own experience of domestic abuse left colleagues in tears in the Commons. The speech has been described as one of the most moving contributions ever given in parliament.
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins World Athletics Championships heptathlon gold
Her mum looks close to tears. After so many near-misses, KJT has earned the right to soak this all in. It's lovely to see.
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Dina Asher-Smith wins 200m gold at World Athletics Championships
Dina Asher-Smith became the first British woman to win a major global sprint title as she stormed to victory in 200m at the World Championships.
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Volunteer for Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
Volunteering can offer a fantastic opportunity for you to meet new friends, gain skills and experiences, improve your health and wellbeing and importantly make a difference for wildlife across our diverse and wonderful county.
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parkrun celebrated it’s 15th anniversary at the end of September!
If you don’t know what parkrun is ... well ... get with the programme ....
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Brierley Forest ... at Christmas ... I can't be bothered to edit it!!!
parkrun volunteer
parkrun website
