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Scotsman
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
Team GB athlete Jennifer Dodds visits Trinity Primary School for special workshop
Team GB athlete, Jennifer Dodds Team GB athlete Jennifer Dodds made a special appearance at Trinity Primary School last week to help deliver an exciting workshop on the importance of energy saving in partnership with British Gas. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The visit formed part of British Gas' Get Set for Positive Energy Roadshow which aims to educate pupils across the UK on energy saving behaviours and habits. Through an engaging session led by Jennifer and British Gas representatives, 77 pupils at Trinity Primary School participated in a range of activities including designing posters to encourage energy saving at home and school, spotting ways to prevent energy misuse, and suggesting improvements to make their school a greener place. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad During the summer, the Get Set for Positive Energy regional Roadshow will see British Gas and a group of Olympic and Paralympic athletes visit a selection of other schools across the UK, leading workshops and inspiring the minds of the future to get involved in energy saving from a young age. Aimi McIntosh, Deputy Headteacher at Trinity Primary School, said: 'It was lovely to see the children enjoying themselves so much during the workshop hosted by Jennifer Dodds and British Gas – they particularly loved suggesting creative ways to make our school a greener environment and hearing all about Jennifer's journey as a Team GB athlete. 'It was a really inspiring and educational session and a fantastic opportunity for our school, so we'd like to thank all involved!' Hannah Lawrance, Strategic Brand Partnerships Lead at British Gas, said: 'We really enjoyed visiting Trinity Primary School last week alongside Jennifer Dodds for our Get Set for Positive Energy workshop. We met some brilliant pupils who threw their all into the energy saving activities we had planned which was great to see. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'The programme aims to educate children on building a more sustainable future, which helps us to create a more sustainable community for all. We're using our partnership with Team GB and ParalympicsGB to inspire schools to get more active and consider different ways to create a positive impact.' The Get Set for Positive Energy Roadshow makes up part of British Gas' wider Get Set for Positive Energy initiative, a free cross-curricular programme that aims to educate young people aged five to 11 on the importance of saving energy to drive change, getting active and building healthy everyday habits. Through Get Set for Positive Energy, British Gas aims to reach up to 8,500 schools and 1.5 million young people and families across the UK by 2028, taking inspiration from the Olympic and Paralympic values to motivate young people to be active in creating a greener future for themselves and their community. The partnership between Team GB, ParalympicsGB and British Gas launched in 2023. The five-year collaboration will last up until the Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028. For more information on the Get Set for Positive Energy programme, visit: Get Set | Get Set for Positive Energy
Scotsman
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
Team GB athlete Jennifer Dodds visits Trinity Primary School for special workshop
Team GB athlete, Jennifer Dodds Team GB athlete Jennifer Dodds made a special appearance at Trinity Primary School last week to help deliver an exciting workshop on the importance of energy saving in partnership with British Gas. Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The visit formed part of British Gas' Get Set for Positive Energy Roadshow which aims to educate pupils across the UK on energy saving behaviours and habits. Through an engaging session led by Jennifer and British Gas representatives, 77 pupils at Trinity Primary School participated in a range of activities including designing posters to encourage energy saving at home and school, spotting ways to prevent energy misuse, and suggesting improvements to make their school a greener place. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad During the summer, the Get Set for Positive Energy regional Roadshow will see British Gas and a group of Olympic and Paralympic athletes visit a selection of other schools across the UK, leading workshops and inspiring the minds of the future to get involved in energy saving from a young age. Aimi McIntosh, Deputy Headteacher at Trinity Primary School, said: 'It was lovely to see the children enjoying themselves so much during the workshop hosted by Jennifer Dodds and British Gas – they particularly loved suggesting creative ways to make our school a greener environment and hearing all about Jennifer's journey as a Team GB athlete. 'It was a really inspiring and educational session and a fantastic opportunity for our school, so we'd like to thank all involved!' Hannah Lawrance, Strategic Brand Partnerships Lead at British Gas, said: 'We really enjoyed visiting Trinity Primary School last week alongside Jennifer Dodds for our Get Set for Positive Energy workshop. We met some brilliant pupils who threw their all into the energy saving activities we had planned which was great to see. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'The programme aims to educate children on building a more sustainable future, which helps us to create a more sustainable community for all. We're using our partnership with Team GB and ParalympicsGB to inspire schools to get more active and consider different ways to create a positive impact.' The Get Set for Positive Energy Roadshow makes up part of British Gas' wider Get Set for Positive Energy initiative, a free cross-curricular programme that aims to educate young people aged five to 11 on the importance of saving energy to drive change, getting active and building healthy everyday habits. Through Get Set for Positive Energy, British Gas aims to reach up to 8,500 schools and 1.5 million young people and families across the UK by 2028, taking inspiration from the Olympic and Paralympic values to motivate young people to be active in creating a greener future for themselves and their community. The partnership between Team GB, ParalympicsGB and British Gas launched in 2023. The five-year collaboration will last up until the Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028.
The Irish Sun
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘Stop it' cry excited fans as RTE's Jennifer Zamparelli confirms return to radio & says it's ‘going to be a lot of fun'
RTE star Jennifer Zamparelli has made her fans very happy today as she confirmed her return to radio with a major twist. The Dublin beauty Advertisement 3 Jennifer is making a return to radio Credit: Instagram 3 Jennifer will be replacing Dave Moore on Today FM while he's on holidays Credit: VMTV 3 Jennifer has sent her fans into a frenzy with the announcement Credit: Instagram In her shock departure statement, Jen explained: "Within this time I have gotten married and had two kids and now I feel it's their time. "Florence and Enzo are growing up so fast it's scary and I really feel now is the time to give them a little more of me, so I won't be returning to my daily radio show." And after over a year off air, the 45-year-old is making her radio comeback but with a completely new station. Advertisement read more jennifer zamparelli Jennifer shared a video of herself looking very excited while sitting in the Today FM studio over on Instagram this morning. She captioned her post: "News!!! So DELIGHTED to get back on air and give @davetodayfm a lil break!!" Jennifer and Brian Dowling, who recently left 98FM, will be taking turns hosting Dave Moore's Today FM show from 9am until 12pm on weekdays. Jennifer explained: "He's off on his holidays (I know the cheek) and myself and @bprdowling will take a week each and hopefully take care of Dave's lovely listeners while he has a much deserved break!! Advertisement MOST READ ON THE IRISH SUN Exclusive Exclusive "Really hope you tune in... it's gonna be a lot of fun." The Dancing With The Stars host's friends and fans were all sent into a frenzy with the exciting news. Jennifer Zamparelli reveals 'brilliant' way her daughter hit back at doing chores One follower said: "Ahhh Jen, delighted to hear your voice back - even if it is temporary, ya rockstar." Pam commented: " STOP IT!! This better not be fake news, I'm so excited!! Welcome back to the airwaves we missed you... p.s you'd make a great co - anchor with Dave.. just saying @todayfm DO IT ." Advertisement Sarah wrote: "Fantastic news Jen. Great to have you back on radio. Will be tuning in!!" Niall added: "Miss you on the radio Jen." NO-LINE Jennifer recently confirmed she has "no interest" taking over for Joe Duffy who is hosting his last Liveline show this afternoon. When the mum-of-two was asked what she thinks about being a contender for the slot, she told Advertisement "There's a new head of audio and they might just... RTE are great for shaking things up and doing something different, aren't they? They're mad for that. But we'll see. "I haven't got any calls. I've been getting many calls, but not from that department as of yet. But who knows. "Would I consider it? I think you'd be mad not to consider it. You'd be so scared to take on that role. "And you'd need to be appointed by Joe. You'd need full approval. Otherwise you'd have no chance in hell." Advertisement The 45-year-old has also said she's "devastated" that Joe is retiring and has praised him on his "kindness".
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump's attacks on CNN, Fox underscore effort to stifle questions, put media on back foot
The Trump administration is calling out reporters by name as it seeks to push its narrative about U.S. strikes on Iran, seeking to put the media on defense while stifling any talk about intelligence reports that fall short of saying Tehran's nuclear capabilities were obliterated. The attacks are targeting a broad swath of the press that includes specific reporters at cable news outlets as different as CNN and Fox News. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality himself, from a Pentagon podium Thursday morning said 'Jennifer, you've been about the worst' as part of a broad attack on the media. He was singling out Jennifer Griffin, a respected defense reporter who asked if the department was certain that all of Iran's highly enriched uranium was at the Fordow nuclear facility. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt from her own podium later Thursday singled out CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand, saying she had written 'a lie from the intelligence community to seek a narrative she wanted to prove.' The personal attacks are unusual and underscore the administration's determination to put the media on defense and win a public relations air war over success of the attacks on Iran. The administration is confident of its success because it has worked before — and because of general distrust of the media. 'These people are never going to lose any polling points attacking the media, we know that for sure,' one national political reporter told The Hill on Thursday. 'But this is getting pretty personal and feels like it's getting more intense each day.' Trump also called out Bertrand by name Wednesday, demanding that the network fire her for her reporting on the intelligence and referencing her previous reporting relating to Hunter Biden, Russian influence in the 2016 election, and the coronavirus pandemic. CNN issued a forceful statement hours later defending Bertrand. 'CNN's reporting made clear that this was an initial finding that could change with additional intelligence,' a spokesperson for the network said. 'We have extensively covered President Trump's own deep skepticism about it. However, we do not believe it is reasonable to criticize CNN reporters for accurately reporting the existence of the assessment and accurately characterizing its findings, which are in the public interest.' The network's top political anchor, Jake Tapper, called Trump's attack 'preposterous' and said the president was 'going after, shooting the messengers in an increasingly ugly way.' The New York Times, another target of the administration's ire, also issued a statement Wednesday defending its reporting on the leaked memo and vowing to 'continue to report fully on the administration's decision making, including his dispute with the Defense Intelligence Agency.' Hegseth, a former colleague of Griffin, suggested a personal beef during his press conference Thursday. 'Jennifer, you've been about the worst. The one who misrepresents the most intentionally,' the Defense secretary told Griffin after she asked if he was completely confident all the highly enriched uranium was inside the Fordow mountain where the strikes had taken place. Griffin was quick to defend herself. 'In fact, I was the first to describe the B-2 bombers, the refueling, the entire mission with great accuracy,' she shot back at the secretary. 'So I take issue with that.' Minutes later, Brit Hume, one of Fox's longest serving political analysts, chastised Hegseth on the network's air over the outburst. 'Her professionalism, her knowledge, her experience at the Pentagon is unmatched,' Hume said. 'I have had and still have the greatest regard for her. The attack on her was unfair.' Trump and his allies have repeatedly sought to discredit the leaked intelligence, saying the Iranian nuclear program has been totally 'obliterated' and vowing to investigate the intelligence that was leaked to media outlets. Leavitt suggested that whoever leaked the intelligence to media outlets 'should be in jail' while going after Bertrand. 'This is a reporter who has been used by people who dislike Donald Trump in this government to push fake and false narratives,' she said. The intensifying rhetoric is raising concerns among press freedom groups, and it's calling to mind other moves the administration has taken to crack down on media coverage it views as unsupportive of its agenda. 'This is a familiar pattern by now: journalists report something Trump doesn't like, and he lashes out. He wants the press to parrot his talking points, and when they don't, he tries to bully them into submission,' said Clayton Weimers, executive director of Reporters without Borders. 'That's why he's suing CBS, the Des Moines Register, and the Pulitzer Board. It's why he banned the AP from the White House and wants to pad the White House briefing room and press pool with friendly right-wing voices.' Tim Richardson, program manager for journalism and disinformation at PEN America, told The Hill on Thursday the administration is trying to vilify journalists 'who accurately characterized that intelligence, rather than addressing the substance of his own administration's intelligence report.' 'These attacks erode public trust in fact-based reporting and embolden harassment against journalists who ask hard questions, especially in times of international conflict,' Richardson added. In a statement to The Hill late Thursday, the White House pushed back on assertions it was trying to stifle an independent press. 'Public trust in the media is at an all-time low because of biased 'reporters' who push fake news for political purposes,' a White House spokesperson said. 'Concerned journalists should look inward and encourage their colleagues to report objectively rather than publish top-secret documents leaked illegally by bad actors to undermine the President.' Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Hegseth appears to disdain the media. 'There's no question that the way he has approached this reflects a lot of personal judgment and paranoia, very frankly, about the role of the press,' Panetta said. 'Rather than trying to paint the press as coming from one direction or the other, that's a trap. It's a trap because, frankly, we have press on all sides, on the left and the right, in the middle, all basically speaking to the truth.' Seth Stern, director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation, added that White House officials' response to the leaked intelligence reporting 'shows that their crackdowns on journalists and whistleblowers have nothing to do with national security and everything to do with saving themselves from embarrassment.' Some argue that while Trump might be winning political points attacking the press over the intel leak episode, he could also be taking a risk if the Iranian nuclear facilities are proven to not be completely 'obliterated.' 'The irony is that Trump would get MORE credit if he weren't so relentlessly craven about claiming–and overclaiming–it,' David Axelrod, a longtime Democratic political operative and Trump critic, wrote on the social platform X. 'It was cynical even by Trump's standards for him to suggest that to question the instant, conclusive analysis he offered Americans in the hours after the B-2 mission, was in any way an attack on the brave men and woman who carried it out. It was more than cynical. It was cowardly.' Updated at 7 p.m. EDT Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
a day ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Trump attacks on CNN, Fox underscore effort to stifle questions, put media on backfoot
The Trump administration is calling out reporters by name as it seeks to push its narrative about U.S. strikes on Iran, seeking to put the media on defense while stifling any talk about intelligence reports that fall short of saying Tehran's nuclear capabilities were obliterated. The attacks are targeting a broad swathe of the press that includes specific reporters cable news outlets as different as CNN and Fox News. Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality himself, from a Pentagon podium on Thursday morning said 'Jennifer, you've been about the worst' as part of a broad attack on the media. He was singling out Jennifer Griffin, a respected defense reporter who asked if the department was certain that all of Iran's highly enriched uranium was at the Fordow nuclear facility. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt from her own podium later on Thursday singled out CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand, saying she had written 'a lie from the intelligence community to seek a narrative she wanted to prove.' The personal attacks are unusual and underscore the administration's determination to put the media on defense and win a public relations air war over success of the attacks on Iran. The administration is confident of its success because it has worked before, and because of general distrust of the media. 'These people are never going to lose any polling points attacking the media, we know that for sure,' one national political reporter told The Hill on Thursday. 'But this is getting pretty personal and feels like it's getting more intense each day.' Trump also called out Bertrand by name on Wednesday, demanding that the network fire her for her reporting on the intelligence and referencing her previous reporting relating to Hunter Biden, Russian influence in the 2016 election and the coronavirus pandemic. CNN issued a forceful statement hours later defending Bertrand. 'CNN's reporting made clear that this was an initial finding that could change with additional intelligence,' a spokesperson for the network said. 'We have extensively covered President Trump's own deep skepticism about it. However, we do not believe it is reasonable to criticize CNN reporters for accurately reporting the existence of the assessment and accurately characterizing its findings, which are in the public interest.' The network's top political anchor, Jake Tapper, called Trump's attack 'preposterous,' and said the president was 'going after, shooting the messengers in an increasingly ugly way.' The New York Times, another target of the administration's ire, also issued a statement on Wednesday defending its reporting on the leaked memo and vowing to 'continue to report fully on the administration's decision making, including his dispute with the Defense Intelligence Agency.' Hegseth, a former colleague of Griffin, suggested a personal beef during his press conference on Thursday. 'Jennifer, you've been about the worst. The one who misrepresents the most intentionally,' the Defense secretary told Griffin after she asked if he was completely confident all the highly enriched uranium was inside the Fordow mountain where the strikes had taken place. Griffing was quick to defend herself. 'In fact, I was the first to describe the B-2 bombers, the refueling, the entire mission with great accuracy,' she shot back at the secretary. 'So I take issue with that.' Minutes later, Brit Hume, one of Fox's longest serving political analyst, chastised Hegseth on the network's air over the outburst. 'Her professionalism, her knowledge, her experience at the Pentagon is unmatched,' Hume said. 'I have had and still have the greatest regard for her. The attack on her was unfair.' Trump and his allies have repeatedly sought to discredit the leaked intelligence, saying the Iranian nuclear program has been totally 'obliterated,' and vowing to investigate the intelligence that was leaked to media outlets. Leavitt suggested that whoever leaked the intelligence to media outlets 'should be in jail' while going after Bertrand. 'This is a reporter who has been used by people who dislike Donald Trump in this government to push fake and false narratives,' she said. The intensifying rhetoric is raising concerns among press freedom groups, and calling to mind other moves the administration has taken to crack down on media coverage it views as unsupportive of its agenda. 'This is a familiar pattern by now: journalists report something Trump doesn't like, and he lashes out. He wants the press to parrot his talking points, and when they don't, he tries to bully them into submission,' said Clayton Weimers, executive director of Reporters with Borders. 'That's why he's suing CBS, the Des Moines Register, and the Pulitzer Board. It's why he banned the AP from the White House and wants to pad the White House briefing room and press pool with friendly right-wing voices.' Tim Richardson, program manager for journalism and disinformation at PEN America, told The Hill on Thursday the administration is trying to vilify journalists 'who accurately characterized that intelligence, rather than addressing the substance of his own administration's intelligence report.' 'These attacks erode public trust in fact-based reporting and embolden harassment against journalists who ask hard questions, especially in times of international conflict,' Richardson added. Former Defense Sec. Leon Panetta said Hegseth appears to disdain the media. 'There's no question that the way he has approached this reflects a lot of personal judgment and paranoia, very frankly, about the role of the press,' Panetta said. 'Rather than trying to paint the press as coming from one direction or the other, that's a trap. It's a trap because, frankly, we have press on all sides, on the left and the right, in the middle, all basically speaking to the truth.' Seth Stern, director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation, added The White House's response to the leaked intelligence reporting 'shows that their crackdowns on journalists and whistleblowers have nothing to do with national security and everything to do with saving themselves from embarrassment.' Some argue that while Trump might be winning political points attacking the press over the intel leak episode, he could also be taking a risk if the Iranian nuclear facilities are proven to not be completely 'obliterated.' 'The irony is that Trump would get MORE credit if he weren't so relentlessly craven about claiming–and overclaiming–it,' David Axelrod, a longtime Democratic political operative and Trump critic wrote on the social platform X. 'It was cynical even by Trump's standards for him to suggest that to question the instant, conclusive analysis he offered Americans in the hours after the B-2 mission, was in any way an attack on the brave men and woman who carried it out. It was more than cynical. It was cowardly.'
