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This 12-year-old schoolgirl designed a solar-powered heated blanket for homeless people after seeing them struggle through winter

Rebecca Young was 12 when she designed a solar-powered heated blanket to help people experiencing homelessness stay warm without access to mains electricity. Her school idea later became a working prototype through Thales and Primary Engineer, with 150 blankets being supplied to six homelessness charities across Glasgow.

The Economic Times

Scottish pupil named a Time magazine girl of the year for solar-powered blanket design

Rebecca Young, 13, named one of 10 girls of the year for her invention intended to help rough sleepers in winter

The Guardian - UK

Scot, 12, named on Time’s first Girls of the Year list after homelessness design

Rebecca Young, from Glasgow, designed a solar-powered backpack with an electric blanket inside to help homeless people.

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Scots schoolgirl named on Time’s first Girls of the Year list for solar panel blanket

A Scottish schoolgirl has been named on the first-ever Time magazine Girls of the Year list for designing a solar-powered blanket to help the…

The National (Scotland)

Scottish schoolgirl scoops national award for solar panel blanket for homeless people

A SCOTTISH schoolgirl has beaten 70,000 other entrants to win a highly coveted national competition for designing a solar-powered blanket to help…

The National (Scotland)

Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend wants city trial

A man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend wants his trial to be held in Melbourne, away from the regional city of Ballarat where the alleged murder occurred.

AAP

Eight years ago Australia had a wake-up call on family violence. So how did we end up here again?

There was hope for change after Victoria’s royal commission. Now the experts agree that it’s past time for ‘an abundance of words’ to be met by action

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Grieving community urges end to cycle of male violence

A community grieving the lives of three women allegedly ended at the hands of men have been urged to make positive changes to ensure gendered violence ends.

AAP

‘Reclaiming the narrative’: Ballarat women call for end to violence as search for Samantha Murphy continues

Victorian city holds rally after Murphy, Hannah McGuire and Rebecca Young were allegedly killed in recent months

The Guardian - AU

LNP names candidates 18 months out from Queensland poll

The Queensland state election is due to take place in October 2024 but the Liberal National Party has already named some of its candidates.

AAP

Caitlan Johnston's story: Koori kid to feared leader of Knights pack

"Playing with your cousins and mob out there, it is a different game. I think that is where a lot of my skills come from."

Newcastle Herald

Heartbreaking photo of girl, 11, opening birthday gift alone on day Boris Johnson partied

Rebecca Young slammed Boris Johnson following allegations of a surprise birthday - saying a generation of children have had their childhoods "snatched away" for following lockdown rules throughout pandemic

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