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Ordnance Survey seeks new charity partner with a focus on education and digital inclusion

Stuart Mitchell

OS is inviting charities to apply to become its next charity partner for two-year period from 2026 to 2028. Britain’s national mapping service is looking for a charity it can join forces with to tackle issues around digital exclusion in education. It wants to partner with a charity that works towards empowering individuals and communities across the UK that need digital education the most. OS will bring its location intelligence and expertise to the table. In return, it would love to work with a charity that supports one or more…

The Hague becomes first Dutch city to ban steel slag

Stuart Mitchell

The Hague has become the first city in the Netherlands to ban the use of steel slag in public space. The material, a by-product of steel production, has long been sold under the name Duomix and widely used in roadbuilding and other construction projects across the country. From now on, The Hague no longer allows these products to be applied in any top layer, and the city will phase them out entirely, even in deeper ground layers where there is no direct contact. Like many municipalities, The Hague used Duomix…

58 cities join UNESCO Creative Cities Network

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has designated 58 Creative Cities, which now join the Organization’s dedicated Network. With these designations, the Network now includes 408 cities in more than 100 countries, recognized for their commitment to creative industries and cultural life.   UNESCO Creative Cities demonstrate that culture and creative industries can be concrete drivers of development. By welcoming 58 new cities, we are strengthening a Network where creativity supports local initiatives, attracts investment and promotes social cohesion,Audrey AzoulayUNESCO Director-General This year, a new theme, Architecture, has been added to the…

New King’s Trust Report Finds Ai Set To Transform Over Half Of Jobs Held By Young People In UK

Stuart Mitchell

The King’s Trust has launched the findings of new research commissioned with Public First on the impact of AI on young people’s employment. The new economic modelling and large-scale polling has produced a detailed analysis of how AI is likely to affect young people’s place in the labour market.    The report’s economic modelling finds the impact that AI could have in making the roles young people hold more productive would be worth up to £16 billion to the UK economy. However, the roles held by young people that are at…

National Trust launches ‘Wild Senses’ campaign to reignite nature connection this autumn

Stuart Mitchell

As the days grow shorter and colder, the National Trust is calling on the public to resist the seasonal retreat indoors and instead embrace the sensory richness of autumn through its new nationwide campaign, ‘Wild Senses’. Launching after last night’s first episode of Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles – the BBC’s new nature series co-produced by the National Trust and The Open University – the campaign urges people to step outside and reconnect with the natural world on their doorstep. The series presented and narrated by wildlife expert and cameraman Hamza…