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The Independent
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Grey's Anatomy season 22: what we know so far
Grey's Anatomy is set to return for its 22nd season this autumn, following a dramatic cliffhanger in the season 21 finale. The previous season concluded with an explosion at the hospital, leaving the fate of Dr. Atticus 'Link' Lincoln uncertain. Link's life is in jeopardy just hours after marrying Dr. Jo Wilson, who is expecting his twins. Showrunner Meg Marinis confirmed the cliffhanger was intentionally designed to create suspense, with Link's safety remaining ambiguous. Season 22 of Grey's Anatomy is scheduled to premiere on October 16, on ABC.
Scoop
17-07-2025
- General
- Scoop
Western Bay Teens Awarded 2025 Outward Bound Scholarships
Press Release – Acorn Foundation Funded by generous Acorn donors and community partners, the scholarships enable students who show leadership potential, service to others and financial need to experience Outward Bounds renowned outdoor challenges. Tauranga, 10 June 2025 The Acorn Foundation marked its ninth consecutive year of supporting local rangatahi with a celebration at The Kollective co-working space, honouring recipients of the 2025 Outward Bound scholarships. Twelve Year 12 students from seven Western Bay of Plenty secondary schools – Tauranga Boys' College, Tauranga Girls' College, Ōtūmoetai College, Pāpāmoa College, Te Puke High School, Katikati College and Whakatāne High School – travelled to Anakiwa in the Marlborough Sounds to complete the three-week Tangaroa Watch course. Funded by generous Acorn donors and community partners, the scholarships enable students who show leadership potential, service to others and financial need to experience Outward Bound's renowned outdoor challenges. The programme builds resilience, confidence and teamwork, skills students bring back to their schools, whānau and wider community. Acorn Foundation CEO Lori Luke thanked donors for investing in young people's futures and acknowledged the ongoing partnership with Outward Bound New Zealand, which selects candidates in consultation with local schools. Acorn Scholarship Specialist, Jo Wilson, says 'Receiving opportunities to build confidence is such a gift for young people. This course really puts them on a pathway to success, having the confidence to put themselves forward and seize future opportunities. We are so fortunate to be able to provide this opportunity to so many students via Roy and Mary's foresight and generosity' Congratulations to the following schools with scholarship winners: Katikati College – Jazmin Cameron, Dion Davis Ōtūmoetai College – Jackson Jane Papamoa College – Cyan John, Arwen Christian Tauranga Boys' College – Trace Taikato-Smith, Caleb Dix Tauranga Girls' College – Jade Lee-Kerkhof, Casey Ockwell Te Puke High School – Georgia Stapleton, Sebastian Rollinson Whakatāne High School – Jay McKane, Reagan Farmer About Acorn Foundation: The Acorn Foundation, the local community foundation in the Western Bay of Plenty, enables generous people to make a bigger impact in their communities, by investing the funds and distributing the returns to causes that matter – forever. The Acorn Foundation is the community foundation for the Western Bay of Plenty. Since 2003, our 700-plus donors have enabled us to distribute more than $20 million, including $3.2 million in 2024, to charities, scholarships and community initiatives that make our region stronger—today and forever.
Scoop
17-07-2025
- General
- Scoop
Western Bay Teens Awarded 2025 Outward Bound Scholarships
Tauranga, 10 June 2025 The Acorn Foundation marked its ninth consecutive year of supporting local rangatahi with a celebration at The Kollective co-working space, honouring recipients of the 2025 Outward Bound scholarships. Twelve Year 12 students from seven Western Bay of Plenty secondary schools – Tauranga Boys' College, Tauranga Girls' College, Ōtūmoetai College, Pāpāmoa College, Te Puke High School, Katikati College and Whakatāne High School – travelled to Anakiwa in the Marlborough Sounds to complete the three-week Tangaroa Watch course. Funded by generous Acorn donors and community partners, the scholarships enable students who show leadership potential, service to others and financial need to experience Outward Bound's renowned outdoor challenges. The programme builds resilience, confidence and teamwork, skills students bring back to their schools, whānau and wider community. Acorn Foundation CEO Lori Luke thanked donors for investing in young people's futures and acknowledged the ongoing partnership with Outward Bound New Zealand, which selects candidates in consultation with local schools. Acorn Scholarship Specialist, Jo Wilson, says 'Receiving opportunities to build confidence is such a gift for young people. This course really puts them on a pathway to success, having the confidence to put themselves forward and seize future opportunities. We are so fortunate to be able to provide this opportunity to so many students via Roy and Mary's foresight and generosity' Congratulations to the following schools with scholarship winners: Katikati College - Jazmin Cameron, Dion Davis Ōtūmoetai College - Jackson Jane Papamoa College - Cyan John, Arwen Christian Tauranga Boys' College - Trace Taikato-Smith, Caleb Dix Tauranga Girls' College - Jade Lee-Kerkhof, Casey Ockwell Te Puke High School - Georgia Stapleton, Sebastian Rollinson Whakatāne High School - Jay McKane, Reagan Farmer About Acorn Foundation: The Acorn Foundation, the local community foundation in the Western Bay of Plenty, enables generous people to make a bigger impact in their communities, by investing the funds and distributing the returns to causes that matter – forever. The Acorn Foundation is the community foundation for the Western Bay of Plenty. Since 2003, our 700-plus donors have enabled us to distribute more than $20 million, including $3.2 million in 2024, to charities, scholarships and community initiatives that make our region stronger—today and forever.
Glasgow Times
17-05-2025
- Health
- Glasgow Times
Broadcaster Jo Wilson celebrates two years cancer-free with Race for Life
Sky Sports presenter Jo Wilson, 40, was diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer in 2022. She underwent treatment after the diagnosis and was declared cancer free in May 2023. This year, she is taking part in a Race for Life event in her home country of Scotland. She said she is 'super-excited' to join the race, which takes place in Glasgow on Sunday. In a video message posted on Instagram, Wilson said she was about to set off for one of her last training sessions before the race. Jo Wilson underwent lifesaving treatment for stage three cervical cancer (Ian West/PA) She said: 'I am super-excited to be doing the Race for Life up in Scotland this year with ScottishPower, their partnership's in its 13th year now, and that partnership has raised over £40 million, which is just incredible. 'I am so pleased to get involved again, particularly because I'm now celebrating being two years cancer free. 'I got that news earlier this month, and it just feels like such a massive milestone to reach. 'I did the Race For Life last year in Regent's Park, London, and it was incredible. It was such a great event. 'I live in London but Scotland is my home, so it's brilliant to go back up to Scotland to take part in the Glasgow Race For Life. It's the biggest of all the events.' Wilson, who has been a presenter for Sky Sports News since 2015, previously told how she had been for a smear test in June 2022, with further tests confirming the following month that she had cervical cancer, which had spread to two of her lymph nodes. She said: 'I don't think you ever expect to be diagnosed with cancer, as much as we hear the stats that it affects one in two people, but you just don't think you're going to be one out of the two. 'It was a massive shock, I was terrified. 'I'd just had a little girl, which made it so much worse. The first thing I asked was 'am I going to die?', because I didn't want her to be without a mother.' Now she has hit the two-year mark, Wilson is grateful to be back at full health, but said recovery was no easy feat. 'A lot of people talk about treatment and how ill it makes you, but the recovery took me about a year to feel fit again and less tired,' she said. 'I would say now I feel much more like my old self. There are side-effects that I'll be dealing with for life however, such as early menopause. 'I'm a 40-year-old woman, so I'm feeling that much sooner than I should have done, but I'm getting back into fitness, I'm back at the gym and I'm playing a lot of padel.' She says she will undergo an annual check-up each year, and while she is glad to have recovered, she worries the cancer may eventually return. She said: 'I think as the years go on, something I'm living with is this fear of it coming back, and I think that anxiety will always be there, and for my family as well. 'I'll sometimes get a little niggle and immediately start thinking the worst, so that anxiety is there as the years go on, but each milestone I reach being cancer free I feel that anxiety will continue to get a little less.' The presenter encouraged others to get involved with the Race for Life event in Glasgow. She said: 'If you haven't done one before, if you haven't watched one before, they really are just an event like no other. 'Everyone comes together, whether you're celebrating your own milestone, your own cancer journey, whether you're supporting a loved one going through cancer, whether you're remembering a loved one that we've lost to cancer, or just simply supporting and raising awareness for what is a great cause. 'It's honestly one of the most joyful and uplifting experiences, such a sense of community, everyone coming together for the same reason, and I'm really excited to experience it all in Glasgow on Sunday.' Anyone interested in signing up for the event can do so on Cancer Research UK's website.
South Wales Guardian
16-05-2025
- Health
- South Wales Guardian
Broadcaster Jo Wilson celebrates two years cancer-free with Race for Life
Sky Sports presenter Jo Wilson, 40, was diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer in 2022. She underwent treatment after the diagnosis and was declared cancer free in May 2023. This year, she is taking part in a Race for Life event in her home country of Scotland. She said she is 'super-excited' to join the race, which takes place in Glasgow on Sunday. In a video message posted on Instagram, Wilson said she was about to set off for one of her last training sessions before the race. She said: 'I am super-excited to be doing the Race for Life up in Scotland this year with ScottishPower, their partnership's in its 13th year now, and that partnership has raised over £40 million, which is just incredible. 'I am so pleased to get involved again, particularly because I'm now celebrating being two years cancer free. 'I got that news earlier this month, and it just feels like such a massive milestone to reach. 'I did the Race For Life last year in Regent's Park, London, and it was incredible. It was such a great event. 'I live in London but Scotland is my home, so it's brilliant to go back up to Scotland to take part in the Glasgow Race For Life. It's the biggest of all the events.' Wilson, who has been a presenter for Sky Sports News since 2015, previously told how she had been for a smear test in June 2022, with further tests confirming the following month that she had cervical cancer, which had spread to two of her lymph nodes. She said: 'I don't think you ever expect to be diagnosed with cancer, as much as we hear the stats that it affects one in two people, but you just don't think you're going to be one out of the two. 'It was a massive shock, I was terrified. 'I'd just had a little girl, which made it so much worse. The first thing I asked was 'am I going to die?', because I didn't want her to be without a mother.' Now she has hit the two-year mark, Wilson is grateful to be back at full health, but said recovery was no easy feat. 'A lot of people talk about treatment and how ill it makes you, but the recovery took me about a year to feel fit again and less tired,' she said. 'I would say now I feel much more like my old self. There are side-effects that I'll be dealing with for life however, such as early menopause. 'I'm a 40-year-old woman, so I'm feeling that much sooner than I should have done, but I'm getting back into fitness, I'm back at the gym and I'm playing a lot of padel.' She says she will undergo an annual check-up each year, and while she is glad to have recovered, she worries the cancer may eventually return. She said: 'I think as the years go on, something I'm living with is this fear of it coming back, and I think that anxiety will always be there, and for my family as well. 'I'll sometimes get a little niggle and immediately start thinking the worst, so that anxiety is there as the years go on, but each milestone I reach being cancer free I feel that anxiety will continue to get a little less.' The presenter encouraged others to get involved with the Race for Life event in Glasgow. She said: 'If you haven't done one before, if you haven't watched one before, they really are just an event like no other. 'Everyone comes together, whether you're celebrating your own milestone, your own cancer journey, whether you're supporting a loved one going through cancer, whether you're remembering a loved one that we've lost to cancer, or just simply supporting and raising awareness for what is a great cause. 'It's honestly one of the most joyful and uplifting experiences, such a sense of community, everyone coming together for the same reason, and I'm really excited to experience it all in Glasgow on Sunday.' Anyone interested in signing up for the event can do so on Cancer Research UK's website.
