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Vote for your Favourite Sweet!
Do we all have the same tastes in sweets? That’s the question being asked by new online confectionery website The Sweetie Jar which has launched a poll.

The poll is designed to discover each country’s favourite sweet and determine whether there is a difference of opinion in the top choices selected by English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish people.

Anyone from the four nations can vote for their best-loved sweets through the online poll and one lucky voter will also win a year’s supply of their preferred confectionery.

The voting is set to run for three months, ensuring everyone gets their chance to put forward their top sugary treat.

Each country’s favourite sweet will be announced on 30th June 2010 along with the winner of the year’s worth of sweets.

To vote please click here.

Sweet Facts
• Dubai is now home to the world’s largest sweet shop.

• Sweet rationing during WWII ended in 1953. Parents and children queued up to buy their favourite sweets, with toffee apples being the most popular choice.

• People in the UK now spend over £5.5bn on confectionery each year.

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VMD invites students to apply for EMS placement

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 The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is inviting applications from veterinary students to attend a one-week extramural studies (EMS) placement in July 2026.

Students in their clinical years of study have until 28 February to apply for the placement, which takes place at the VMD's offices in Addlestone, Surrey, from 6-10 July 2026.

Through a mixture of lectures and workshops, the placement will explore how veterinary medicines are authorised, non-clinical career opportunities, and other important aspects of the VMD's work.  

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Survey seeks ruminant sector views on antimicrobial stewardship

A new survey is seeking views of people working in the UK ruminant sector on how to tackle the challenge of demonstrating responsible antibiotic stewardship.

Forming part of a wider, collaborative initiative, the results will help identify the types of data available so that challenges with data collection can be better understood and addressed.

Anyone working in the UK farming sector, including vets and farmers,is encouraged to complete the survey, which is available at app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk