Volunteers in Bath are holding a Lunar New Year festival at Percy Community Centre on 21 February to help Hongkongers feel rooted and share cultural traditions; the community-run event has taken place for three years and includes crafts and a Lion Dance.
The BPI announced in 2023 it will open a Bradford Brit School for 500 pupils aged 16–19, with the first students expected near Bradford Interchange in 2028, and local musicians and educators say the campus may boost performance venues and industry links.
Communities across Yorkshire are marking the Lunar New Year with parades, Qilin and lion dances, workshops and musical performances; the two-week festival began on 17 February and includes major events this weekend.
A Bampton fundraiser reached its goal after more than £70,000 was raised over a decade to restore the 17th-century Bampton Grammar School, which featured as Downton Cottage Hospital; the restored building now hosts a tourist shop, an updated library and a community events room.
Gary Lawson of Crook has driven gritters for Durham County Council since 1986 and was presented with an award by manufacturer Econ for 40 years of service, during which he has helped rescue people, livestock and emergency vehicles.
The new Scrubs series on Disney+ reunites the original leads and, after two episodes, finds a familiar comic tone with John C. McGinley's Dr Cox singled out as a highlight.
The Palestinian Authority is facing severe financial strain after large unpaid tax transfers and the loss of permits for many Palestinian workers, while Israeli land-registration and settlement measures are expanding control across parts of the West Bank.
Nadiya Hussain told Woman and Home she turned down TV work after her decade-long BBC connection was cancelled and has chosen to pursue teaching, and that some people have judged that decision.
Anna Maksymowicz of Nuneaton will take her adopted dog Mela to Crufts after Mela's journey from being a stray and spending years in a Polish shelter; Crufts begins at the NEC Birmingham from March 5.
A coffee morning at Jackson Place in Alcester raised £2,503 to support plans for a specialist day facility for people living with dementia, including a £1,000 donation from the McCarthy Stone Foundation.
