{"id":9997,"date":"2026-04-12T06:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/placedesnations.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/doctors-strikes-and-paw-prints-in-space\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T06:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:12:09","slug":"doctors-strikes-and-paw-prints-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/placedesnations.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/doctors-strikes-and-paw-prints-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"&lsquo;Doctors strikes&rsquo; and &lsquo;paw prints in space&rsquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is our weekly round-up of stories from across local websites in the West of England.<\/p>\n<p>Resident doctors in the west are coming to the end of a six-day strike as part of a dispute over pay. Doctors will remain on strike until 07:00 BST on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Police are warning people to be aware of health risks posed by vapes after an 11-year-old boy fell ill in Weston-super-Mare, says Somerset Live. The BBC has also covered this incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Forest of Dean could soon get its first drive through KFC, but Gloucestershire Live reported some residents were concerned it could \u00ab\u00a0blight the area&rsquo;s beauty\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Some disgruntled drivers in Wiltshire are protesting about the state of the roads with expletive-signs about potholes, says the Gazette and Herald.<\/p>\n<p>And a former lion from Longleat is being immortalised by an inventor who has recreated her paw print in tyre form, which could help improve the grip of Nasa&rsquo;s rover vehicles that work on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>The first wave of youth clubs aimed at giving young people support with jobs and wellbeing are set to open across England.<\/p>\n<p>Eight young futures hubs will open in areas with high anti-social behaviour, including Bristol, Nottingham and Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>ITV West spoke to some young people at the launch of Bristol&rsquo;s new East Central Bristol Young Futures Hub, which opened on 1 April.<\/p>\n<p>The centres will aim to help young people aged up to 18 with employment advice, health and wellbeing and prevent them from falling into a life of crime.<\/p>\n<p>Follow BBC West social channels in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is our weekly round-up of stories from across local websites in the West of England. Resident doctors in the west are coming to the end of a six-day strike as part of a dispute over pay. Doctors will remain on strike until 07:00 BST on Monday. Police are warning people to be aware of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/placedesnations.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/placedesnations.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/placedesnations.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placedesnations.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/placedesnations.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/placedesnations.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placedesnations.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placedesnations.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}