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Person with sight loss stands with guide dog next to a designated taxi area 

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Shut out due to sight loss: Three in four guide dog owners illegally refused service 

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Volunteer puppy raiser Ali sits on a sofa in a bright conservatory and mixes paints with her brushes. A black Labrador guide dog puppy lies on the floor besides Ali and looks up at her. 

Guide dogs puppy raiser Ali

A volunteer puppy raiser kneels in a beautifully kept garden as he pots a yellow flowered plant. A black Labrador puppy sits next to him and watches him curiously. 

Guide dogs puppy raiser 

Try something new in 2026 — look after a puppy with a purpose

I Use Assistive Technology Like Google Gemini to Level the Playing Field

Peter, an assistive tech user, uses Google Gemini Live to identify the scene in front of him, where a guide dog lies patiently on the floor next to a Guide Dog Mobility Specialist. Peter wears bone conducting headphones to hear the visual description from Gemini. 

Tech user Peter using Google Gemini

Google Gemini features for users with a vision impairment

An eight-week-old yellow guide dog pup carries a soft toy donut on the grass

Guide dog puppy carrying soft toy donut

Eight of the yellow pups peek out from the top of a fabric basket lined with green and white blankets

Eight guide dog puppies peek out from basket

One puppy lays down on grass with a small toy gingerbread man in her mouth. A squeaky toy donut lays in front of her. One of her siblings in wandering in the background.

Puppy holding gingerbread toy 

Eight staff members at the National Centre kneel on green checked picnic blankets in a line, holding 13 yellow puppies between them. Bakery soft toys including donuts and croissants lay on the blankets in front of them. 

Baker's Dozen of 13 puppies lined up

Unusual ‘Baker’s Dozen’ of guide dog puppies is the cutest batch yet

Guide dog owner Julie Pilsworth and guide dog Maeve stuck behind a car parked on the pavement and unable to pass. 

Julie Pilsworth

Breakthrough on tackling dangerous pavement parking

Three female Puppy Raiser volunteers stand by an oak bar in a pub with three guide dog puppies sat at their feet

Three Puppy Raisers at a pub bar with their puppies

Two Guide Dogs puppy raiser volunteers sit in a pub by a fire, with their guide dog puppies by his feet

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