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Imagination Majorettes receive £500 grant from Dunstable Town Council.
Dunstable Town Council awarded Imagination Majorettes a £500 Seedcorn Grant to help purchase equipment and uniforms; the local troupe runs Monday sessions at Downside Community Centre and will perform at council-organised markets and events during the year.
Vintage and retro fashion sale coming to Carlisle next month
A pop-up charity shop selling used and vintage womenswear will open at Intro on Paternoster Row in Carlisle from March 13 to March 15 to raise funds for the campaign to reopen the Victorian and Turkish Baths.
RNLI to recruit 160 face-to-face fundraisers across UK and Ireland
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is recruiting around 160 paid face-to-face fundraisers to work around the UK's and Ireland's coasts; fundraisers will share water safety messages and encourage supporters, and the RNLI says roles include training and competitive pay.
Recent heartwarming stories
Showing: 621-630Gene therapy gives Manchester boy his life back
A 13-year-old from Oldham received Casgevy (exa-cel), a one-time CRISPR-based gene-editing treatment for beta-thalassaemia in November 2024 and has returned to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital to thank the staff who cared for him.
Deliberate fires in Inverclyde have fallen sharply
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service figures show deliberate fires in Inverclyde fell from 55 to 16 in the third quarter of 2025/26, and overall incidents attended dropped from 215 to 146 in the same period.
A survey maps AI use in UK engineering biology
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology commissioned a June 2025 survey to map how AI is used in the UK's engineering biology community and to identify tools, barriers and views on utility, accessibility and risks.
Lanarkshire named latest AI Growth Zone and set to bring more than 3,400 jobs
The UK government has announced Lanarkshire as the latest AI Growth Zone, led by DataVita with support from CoreWeave, and the proposal is expected to create more than 3,400 jobs and a community fund of up to £543 million over 15 years.
New interfaith commission launched in the UK
The Woolf Institute has launched a Commission on Interfaith Relations, chaired by Dr Ed Kessler with the Area Bishop of Willesden as vice-chair, to examine how global conflicts affect faith relations in the UK; it will meet six times this year.
Gatwick Gaming club in Crawley introduced me to Flip 7
Gatwick Gaming meets weekly at Ifield West Community Centre and draws up to about 40 people; the author played Cockroach Poker and Flip 7 and notes a Flip 7 tournament scheduled for February 18.
Step up for Sue Ryder with The Great Leeds Walk 2026
The Great Leeds Walk 2026 will start at The Leodiensian Rugby Club in Alwoodley at 7am and offers 10-, 18- and 25-mile routes to raise funds for Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice; early-bird registration is available until 1 April.
Former pub in South Ham to become community hub with £500k investment
The former Beacon pub on Kings Road in South Ham will be refurbished to house the Westside Community Association, with redevelopment due to begin in early 2026 and backed by more than £500,000 of investment.
Dursley Inner Wheel meeting features cake, laughs and a Women's Land Army talk
Members celebrated long-standing member Margaret Pimlott's 95th birthday with cake and donated food and toiletries to the local food bank.
The Door invites young people to cook and share meals in Dursley.
The Door youth clubs are offering free weekly cooking sessions where young people cook together and eat the meals in Dursley; sessions take place Wednesdays at The Vibe and most Mondays at Cam Youth Community Centre.