Gary Lawson, 62, of Crook, has been named the UK's first-ever Gritter Driver of the Year after 40 winters driving gritters and snowploughs for Durham County Council as part of Econ Engineering's Grit and Glory Awards.
Children with a legal right to special needs support will face a review when they move to secondary school under planned SEND reforms, and new-style EHCPs are to be introduced from 2030 reserving EHCPs for the most severe and complex needs.
A 90-page penal code issued by the Taliban is reported to permit husbands to physically punish wives unless injuries are severe, and it reportedly assigns different penalties based on social status.
eBay is buying second-hand fashion app Depop for $1.2bn, five years after Etsy purchased the UK-founded business for $1.62bn.
A prospective MRI study compared women before and after a first or second pregnancy with nulliparous controls and found widespread decreases in cortical volume, thickness and surface area in both pregnancy groups, with some regional differences between first and second pregnancies and partial persistence of changes into the postpartum period.
The Ingleton Theatre Group is presenting its 38th production, a pantomime version of Jack and the Beanstalk directed by Liz Cartmell and Shelagh Fagan with production by Carl Lis. Around 100 volunteers are involved across acting, technical and support roles, and tickets are on sale at Ingleborough Community Centre or by phone.
U.S. officials say Washington has deployed its largest fleet of jet fighters to the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq war, and President Trump is reported to be weighing options for possible strikes on Iran.
Steve Rivers will perform continuous West African drumming for four hours at Sharrow Community Forum on 28 February to raise funds for Project 6, and attendees may join in during the session.
Beverley Callard said she will have surgery on Friday at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital to remove two lymph nodes after an early breast cancer diagnosis, and she will return to the UK for radiotherapy and further treatment.
The Refresh initiative in Birkenhead, funded by Magenta Living, has been shortlisted for the Environment award in the Travis Perkins Managed Services Better Together Awards; the project intercepted over nine tonnes of furniture destined for landfill in the last year.
