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To celebrate Guide Dogs Puppy Appeal month, ITV’s ‘Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh’ is welcoming a new member to the ‘Love Your Weekend’ family – a guide dog puppy!

As many beaches across the country reopen to dogs this October, pet owners are eagerly preparing for coastal adventures with their four-legged friends. The return of dog-friendly beaches is an ideal opportunity for dogs to explore new environments, run in the sand, and splash in the waves.

Now that generative AI has come onto the scene, more technology is being integrated with AI features, and this includes virtual assistants. The latest upgrade is to the Google Assistant with the introduction of Google Gemini, it’s AI large language model (formerly known as Bard).

As dog owners, we've all noticed those moments when our canine companions seem to sense our mood. Whether we're excited, sad, or anxious, they always seem to know. But how deeply does our emotional state affect them? Guide Dogs’ Tim Stafford takes a look at a fascinating new study by the University of Bristol.

Meet our Eras pups – James, Betty, August, Inez, Red, Marjorie, Clara, Tim, Archer, London and Peter. As Taylor Swift wraps up the European leg of her world tour in London this week, we wanted to celebrate her story-telling with some of our own, so we’ve named a litter of pups from her songs titles, characters and lyrics.

We’re encouraging children to read to dogs this summer to boost their reading confidence after research found 65% of children reported they felt shy reading in front of their peers.

The Guide Dogs Gaming Team caught up with Aiden, also known as LockeHearted on Twitch, to find out more about his experiences of the gaming world and how he adapts gameplay to work for him and his vision impairment.

Matter is a type of 'language' which allows different smart home products to talk to each other. Even if all your devices come from different brands, if they're compliant with Matter you can seamlessly connect and use them together. Find out how it will make it easier for people with a vision impairment to choose accessible smart home products that can all be connected via one system.