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Games Talks Live returns to Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow in March
The Scottish Game Developers Association will run Games Talks Live across Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow from 24–26 March 2026, featuring lightning talks, networking and pitches from the SGDA Games Accelerator cohort.
Big Mac Day raises funds for the Children's Treatment Centre
Big Mac Day on February 1 returned to Cornwall and Lancaster, with proceeds from Big Mac sales at four local McDonald's directed to the Children's Treatment Centre, a community-funded agency marking its 30th anniversary in 2026.
Crossmaglen Square: residents and businesses invited to share views
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council will hold a public drop-in on 10 March 2026 from 4pm to 8pm at Crossmaglen Community Centre to gather views as part of a study to develop an Improvement Plan for Crossmaglen Square.
Recent heartwarming stories
Showing: 921-930Christmas 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.
Beeston train station £250,000 revamp completed
East Midlands Railway has completed a £250,000 revamp at Beeston train station that included resurfacing and remodelling of the forecourt, a new cycle shelter, added seating and improved lighting. The works also repaired and redecorated the Grade II-listed façade, created a volunteer area and a garden with planters and bird boxes, and were supported by the Railway Heritage Trust and Friends of Beeston Station.
Second charity shop opens in Skipton to support cancer research
Yorkshire Cancer Research has opened a second Skipton shop on Keighley Road, its first fashion-focused store, joining an earlier Craven Court branch that has raised more than £645,000 to support research and services.