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Meet the beagles!

Meet the beagles!

This episode of Dogs with Jobs features a lively pack of working beagles.

Kennel huntsman Danny Allen describes the daily working lives of his characterful charges to Kate Fairweather. Recorded at the Alresford Show 2022.

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Meet E.T. the military assistance dog

Meet E.T. the military assistance dog

This month, Kate Fairweather stays very local, visiting Ramsdean to meet E.T., a talented young labrador retriever with big paw prints to fill. He’s the third in a line of exceptional assistance dogs owned by Allen Parton, disabled ex-Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer and the founder of Hounds for Heroes, the assistance dog charity. 

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Sky Watch – the night skies above Petersfield in December

Sky Watch – the night skies above Petersfield in December

Find out what the furthest thing you can see in space with the eye is in this month’s Sky Watch – but you’ll need the help of a winged horse and a princess too.

It’s also the month when there are more shooting stars about with meteor showers increasing towards the middle of the month. Definitely worth a look if you get the opportunity.

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Growing Together – Early December: At The Petersfield Tree Festival

Growing Together – Early December: At The Petersfield Tree Festival

It’s the first Petersfield Tree Festival at the Community Garden.  Claire and Steve talk all things trees to members of The Tree Council, charity Fitzroy, PeCAN (Petersfield Climate Action Network) and visitors to the festival.  

An extension to PeCAN’s Fruit Tree in Every Garden initiative, the Petersfield Tree Festival provided bare root fruit trees as well as tree-care workshops.  Anyone fancy a crumble?

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the P pod – 27 November 2023: Christmas Lights switch on

the P pod – 27 November 2023: Christmas Lights switch on

We’ve got a special edition of the P pod for you this week as Claire and Joff are live in the Square for the Petersfield Christmas Lights Switch On.

As well as hosting the event they’ll be joined by Shine Radio volunteers who speak to some of the performers in the show and local organisations in the Square.

It also marks, incredibly, our 200th P pod show.

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