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Poole pet photographer given Small Business Sunday award
Sophie Matthews of Poole, who runs By Sophie Photography and began focusing on dog portraits in January 2025, was given Theo Paphitis' Small Business Sunday award at the ICC in Birmingham.
Community singing group at Bedwas Workmen's Hall brings people together
A bi-weekly community singing group at Bedwas Workmen's Hall, run by Parklands Care Home with Inside Out Cymru, offers an inclusive space where attendees, including people living with dementia and their carers, have formed new friendships.
Shop hosting Coffee and Cake fundraiser for life-saving charity
The Wales Air Ambulance shop in Tenby will hold a Coffee and Cake fundraiser on Saturday 28 February from 12pm to 2pm as part of the charity’s 25th‑anniversary Coffee and Cake campaign, which runs through March and April to raise funds for its critical care services.
Recent heartwarming stories
Showing: 901-910Back street cafe in Barnsley where cash is king and customers 'leave as friends'
Maggie's Coffee Shop in Monk Bretton, Barnsley, is a busy back-street cafe with a five-star TripAdvisor rating from over 120 reviews, and a notice near the counter asks customers to pay with cash.
Almost 200 hens seek new homes in Southampton.
The British Hen Welfare Trust will rehome 196 ex-commercial hens at a Southampton event on Feb 1; registration closes 4pm on Jan 30.
Christmas tree collection raises £35,000 for support service
Diverse Abilities' Treecycling collected 2,488 Christmas trees across Dorset and Hampshire and raised more than £35,000 to support people with physical and learning disabilities in Dorset.
Huge new community rises on old Llanwern steelworks site
More than 1,330 homes, a primary school and a business park now occupy the former Newport Llanwern steelworks site, and a £1bn Glan Llyn redevelopment plans up to 4,000 homes and further facilities aiming for completion by spring 2028.
Gazette death notices include 'awesome' mum, 44, and former England cap winner, 85
The Gazette's weekly death notices include tributes to a 44-year-old mother described as 'awesome' and to an 85-year-old former England international who won a cap in 1956.
God particle physicist Peter Higgs left a £3.2m estate and donated to charities
Professor Peter Higgs left an estate valued at £3,227,516 and directed about £200,000 of it to a range of charities, with his Nobel Prize medal to be gifted to the University of Edinburgh.
Rockin' fundraiser in San Jose supports City Lights Theater Company.
A relaxed, come-and-go fundraiser in San Jose will feature local cover band Melodious Thunk playing hits from the 1960s to today, with appetizer-style bites and drinks to benefit City Lights Theater Company.
Herefordshire ex-Chelsea footballer reunited with his footballing past
Alan Beaumont, a resident at Broomy Hill Nursing Home in Hereford, revisited Stamford Bridge through a virtual tour organised by Ashberry Healthcare's Wishing Tree initiative; Chelsea Football Club also sent him a club scarf.
Midlands Air Ambulance opens a new charity shop in Market Drayton in March
The Midlands Air Ambulance Charity will open a new shop in Market Drayton in March, taking the former Argos unit on Frogmore Road. The store will sell pre-loved items, accept donations, offer a free furniture collection within ten miles, and is recruiting volunteers and three staff roles.
The WI remains a steady force in local communities.
Founded in 1915, the Women's Institute now has more than 6,000 branches and has campaigned on issues from environmental protection to health and social justice.