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Make a Difference Awards 2026 opens nominations for local heroes
The BBC has launched the 2026 Make a Difference Awards and opened nominations, with entries closing at 17:00 GMT on 31 March and winners to be announced at events in September.
CCR Energy partners host relaxed networking event at Wales Week London 2026.
CCR Energy is hosting a relaxed networking event with Troup Bywaters + Anders and Rees Worx on 24 February 2026 at Troup Bywaters + Anders LLP in London as part of Wales Week London 2026.
Church services in Bexhill and Battle for 1 March.
A listing of Sunday and weekday services across churches in Bexhill and Battle, noting times for St Peter's, St Michael's, St Augustine's and others on 1 March; several churches also list midweek masses, community groups and online broadcasts.
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Showing: 371-380York man's vinyl collection spans nearly 60 years
John Fletcher has collected vinyl since the 1960s and now holds about 3,000 singles and 2,500 albums; the collection is insured for £12,000 and he says he once pulled unwanted records from skips.
Hunstanton remains a common second home for Leicester folk.
A local column notes retired Leicester photographer Tony Shelley regularly visits Hunstanton, is undergoing chemotherapy and is organising an exhibition in Leicester for April; the piece also recalls Hunstanton's long ties to people from Leicester.
Gloucestershire tributes remember 29 people in death notices
Local death notices published this week list tributes to 29 people from across Gloucestershire, with funeral arrangements, family messages and requests for donations or specific dress; every notice also appears on funeral-notices.co.uk as a permanent online memorial.
Repair café celebrates 10 years of fixing things and saving the planet
Headington Repair Café in Oxford marked its 10th anniversary on January 27 with a 'fix‑it' cake and more than 35 attendees; volunteers meet most Tuesdays to repair household items and estimate they have kept about three tonnes of waste out of landfill over the decade.
Shoebury community orchard grows after 16 apple trees planted
Volunteers and Southend Council's Parks Team planted 16 locally sourced apple trees at East Beach, funded by the Big Sparks Fund; organisers also plan a surrounding native hedge and later pruning training.
Tributes to treasured daddy, 49, and 95-year-old great-gran appear in The Gazette
The Gazette this week published funeral notices including tributes to a 49-year-old father and a 95-year-old great-grandmother of 15, alongside many other local death notices and listed service arrangements.
Care home's charity fundraiser brings colourful outfits and Pilates
Wilton Place Care Home held a Flip Flops and Flowers fundraiser where residents, families and staff dressed in bright summer clothes and joined a beginners Pilates session; the event raised £120.70 for the Salisbury Hospice Charity.
Cricket league donates £1,245 to Sue Ryder's Manorlands hospice.
The Timothy Taylor's Craven & District cricket league gave £1,245 to the Oxenhope Manorlands Sue Ryder hospice, money raised at a finals day and through season donations.
I cut all my hair off to raise money for cancer care
Val raised £1,030 for Rosemere Cancer Foundation after having her long hair cut into a short bob and donated the cut hair to Little Lady Locks, a Manchester charity that provides real hair wigs for children.
Volunteers plant new hedge at Mayflower Park entrance
Nine volunteers and a dog planted 100 hedge whips at the main entrance to Mayflower Park on January 31, using plants donated by CPRE Hampshire.