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the university of sussex is trying l the university of sussex is trying to incentivise students to gety jabbed for £5,000. anyone who can prove that they have been fullyjabbed or exempt from can be entered into the draw for the money. the tiny bat like the one pictured here, was discovered in a small russian village by a resident to notice that it had a ring with london zoo on it. the bat had been ringed in 2016 near heathrow airport and its epicjourney is of huge interest to scientists that are studying the creatures in the united kingdom. tom hurd says there is a huge amount we can learn from bats. you are talking about an animal that really, chunky one may be five centimetres. it is a long way, cross the north sea as well. it is an incredible effort from such a small mammal. that's our pretty hardy creatures. here in uk we have 18 species of bats and apart from taking a break overwinter species of bats and apart from taking a break over winter they have got to get out there. they've got to get out there and feed so they can withstand a bit of wind. they can withstand a bit of wind.

students at the university of sussex are given the university of sussex are given the chance to win £5,000if they can chew it back prove they have had two doses of vaccine or are medically exempt. a very warm welcome, everyone, to tokyo, where the olympics is well and truly into day 15 now. it is tom daley who has won a second medal in the diving today, taking bronze in the diving today, taking bronze in the men's ten metre platform to add to his gold from earlier in the games. with four medals, the 27—year—old becomes britain's most successful diver. elsewhere the dream team have done it again. team usa winning theirfourth dream team have done it again. team usa winning their fourth us basketball medal, beating france in a tense final. team usa's nelly corder held her nerve in what has been an incredible six weeks for her an olympic gold, completing a us clean sweep at these games. as another gold for team gb, this time in the boxing ring, the day starting with this man winning gold in the flyweight division, britain's first in the category since 19... i got some reaction a little earlier

jackpot — students at the university of sussex are given the chance to win £5,000 if they can prove they'veo doses of a covid vaccine or they are medically exempt. a warm welcome to tokyo, where the olympics has entered day 15. tom daley has won a second medal in the diving taking bronze in the men's 10m platform to add to his gold from earlier in the games. with four medals, the 27—year—old becomes britain's most successful 0lympic diver. elsewhere, the �*dream team' have done it again. team usa have won their fourth straight men's basketball 0lympic gold, beating france in a tense final. team usa's nelly korda held her nerve during a storm delay on saturday to cap an incredible six weeks with olympic gold, completing a us golf clean sweep at the tokyo games. it's another gold for team gb, this time in the boxing ring. galal yafai won gold in the flyweight division, britain's first in the weight class since 1956. he beat carlo paalam of the philippines to win the 19th gold of the games for team gb. his brother kaljoins us now, former wba super—flyweight and representative of team gb at bei

a huge public science project has been devised by experts at the university of sussex to explore our ich has seen very little research — what kindness is, where and when it is experienced and what impact it has. the psychologists also want to know how kindness might relate to health and well—being. 0ur reporter piers hopkirk has been speaking to those behind the project. what we are seeing here at the university of sussex is the world's first major study into kindness and very kindly, the man who is leading that study — professor robin banerjee from the school of psychology — joins us now. professor, what is it that you hope to achieve through this study? the main thing we want to achieve through this study is to learn about kindness. this is an area of research which has really been neglected. people haven't really focused on a very marked and we want to learn from people about their thought regarding kindness, their experiences of kindness and how it relates to everything else going on in their lives. and ultimately, through that research, what do you hope to achieve at the end of i

that was the pro—vice chancellor for student at the university of sussex talking to us a little earlierble for a uk armed forces pension and are calling for change. the uk government says it's committed to ensuring the gurkha pension scheme is sustainable and fair alongside other uk the hunger strike is now underway, and joining me allen, who is the ceo of uk nepal friendship society. thank you for joining us. maybe you can start by giving us the background to all this. . ~ ., , , giving us the background to all this. ., , , ., this. the background begins about 207 ears this. the background begins about 207 years ago. — this. the background begins about 207 years ago, the _ this. the background begins about 207 years ago, the relationship i this. the background begins about i 207 years ago, the relationship with the british army really condensed from then. the gurkhas are a core part of the british army, the brigade of the british gurkhas, of course, and they have contributed to key wars throughout british history and without them it as history would have been... given independence, a c

the university of sussex is trying to incentivise students to get vaccinated against covid—19.anyone who can prove they've been fullyjabbed or are exempt from a shot can be entered into a draw for the money. professor kelly coate, pro—vice—chancellor for education and students at the university of sussex, said the idea came from the united states. we thought it was a great idea. we'd like to welcome back students safely in september and so this was a way of incentivising and saying thank you to those who did get a vaccination. and do you think it will work? we hope so. we have talked to a few students, they are telling us that they think it is a good idea. really, the main thing is that we do want to return as far as possible to normal in september and open up our lecture theatres and classrooms, and we know students watched that as well. so to do it safely we are offering these cash prizes. how safe is your university, other university campuses without the vaccine? well, i mean, we have worked so hard over the past 16, 18 months to keep our campus safe, taking all precautions

and, jackpot — students at the university of sussex are given the chance to win £5,000. can prove they've had two doses of a covid vaccine or they'e medically exempt now on bbc news, another chance to enjoy the first part of rajan datar�*s epicjourney across india in the travel show. india. a vast country, home to over a billion people, birthplace of illustrious ancient civilisations, and today, a fast—emerging global power. and 70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever—evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. heading off the well—worn tourist path, we're on a journey that spans this vast subcontinent from east to west, travelling from one of the driest places on earth... it is quite incredible, the sand. i mean, it'sjust crystal, hard crystals. white salt. you can probably taste it. ..to one of the wettest. these are areas, really, for the adventurous traveller. this isn't india on tap. i'm on a quest to find out how history, religion and politics have shaped india, and also meet the people who call this intriguing and sometime

and, jackpot — students at the university of sussex are given the chance to win £5000 if they can provee had two doses of a covid vaccine or they're medically exempt. now on bbc news, it's dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme that brings together bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week: one virus, three countries — the contrasting covid fortunes of china, the united states and the uk. afghanistan's president says it'll take six months to rout the taliban — but does he have six weeks? joining me this week are henry chu, uk bureau chief of the american paper, the la times, ned temko, who is with the christian science monitor, and bbc uk political correspondent, damian grammaticas, is with me in the studio. welcome, lovely to have you with us this week. and at home, thank you for watching. it's been a week of contrating fortunes in the global pandemic. here in the uk, wales is lifting its covid restrictions over the weekend, and scotland will lift most covid restrictions at the en

the university of sussex is trying to incentivise students to get vaccinated against covid—19.for £5,000. anyone who can prove they've been fullyjabbed or are exempt from a shot can be entered into a draw for the money. a tiny bat has been nicknamed the �*0lympic bat�* by scientists after she beat all known british records by flying more than 1200 miles across europe. the tiny female nathusius' pipistrelle bat, like the one pictured here, was discovered in a small russian village by a resident who noticed it had a ring with london zoo written on. remarkably, the bat had been ringed in 2016 near heathrow airport. unfortunately, the bat later died after an attack — but its epicjourney is of huge interest to scientists studying the creatures in the uk. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello. not much change for today and tomorrow. a lot of cloud, gusty winds in places. scattered downpours across the uk, particularly northern parts of the country, they are likely to continue into the evening hours, through to sunday and into monday as well. quite a cool picture

the university of sussex in southern england is trying to incentivise students to get vaccinated against can prove they've been fullyjabbed or are exempt from a shot can be entered into a draw for the money. in the uk, one of the largest muslim conventions has returned for the first time since the pandemic began. the three—day meeting called jalsa salana is the annual gathering of the ahmadiyya muslim community and takes place in alton in southern england. the bbc�*s atif rashid reports on the first day of the event. this on the first day of the event. is not your ordinary i’( gathering. this is not your ordinary religious gathering. it is taking place on 200 acres of hampshire farmland turned into a makeshift village and hundreds of volunteers have been working all week to get it ready. i working all week to get it ready. i work as an investment banker, i work in canary wharf, puppetry these three days i will be spending my time getting my hands dirty, picking up time getting my hands dirty, picking up litter, packing up ends, taking up up litter, packing up ends, taking up mass, trying

the university of sussex is trying to incentivise students to get a bat the size of a human thumb hase nathusius pipistrelle bat, like the one pictured here, was discovered in a small russian village by a resident who noticed it had a ring with 'london zoo' written on. the bat had been ringed in 2016 near heathrow airport. its epicjourney is of huge interest to scientists studying the creatures in the uk. broadcaster and wildlife expert tom hird says there's a huge amount we can learn from bats. you're talking about an animal that really, a chunky one might be five centimetres. it's a long way, and across the north sea as well. it's an incredible effort from such a small mammal. bats are pretty hardy creatures. here in the uk we have 18 species of bats, and apart from taking a bit of a break overwinter, they've got to get out there, they've got to get out there and feed. so they can withstand a bit of wind. they can withstand a bit of rain, because they're just, they're so tough. they really are olympians. if you watch bats in the wild, they are just going, going, going, fighting for

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it's been devised by psychologists at the university of sussex. h of you. what do you want to find out? we welcome, both of you. what do you want to find out?— want to find out? we want to know what many — want to find out? we want to know what many thousands _ want to find out? we want to know what many thousands of _ want to find out? we want to know what many thousands of people i want to find out? we want to know. what many thousands of people think about the topic of kind, sometimes people think it's something that is really soft and but in fact it can be more complex than that and an important skill so we want people to know what people think it is, where kindness takes place, what are the kindness takes place, what are the kind acts they have done themselves recently, and what has been done to them? and to things like well—being, personality to try to understand much more about where kindness comes from and what enables people to be kind even though we all know it is a good thing, really.— good thing, really. professor, are ou good thing, re

it's been devised by psychologists at the university of sussex. sity's head of the school of psychology. sometimes people think it's something really soft and easy but it can be more complex than that, it's a really important skill. you want to know what people think it is, where kindness takes place, what are the kind that they have done themselves recently or what is being done to them and to look at things like their well—being and the personality to try to understand much more about where kindness comes from and what enables people to be kind but what makes it hard to be kind but what makes it hard to be kind because even though we all know it's a good thing, really. professor, are you thinking potentially that somebody�*s background, health or something else might be impactful on their ability to be kind? that is right, that's really what we want to find out from this questionnaire and getting a large group of people to share the thoughts and experiences we will learn if there are differences between groups of people in different parts of the