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Chichester District Foodbank offers wider support alongside food parcels, including social groups, workshops and partner advice to help with wellbeing, skills and finances.

The International Organization for Migration reports 53 people are dead or missing after a migrant boat capsized off the Libyan coast; two survivors were rescued and given emergency medical care.

Opening statements begin Monday in New Mexico's trial against Meta, where prosecutors allege the company exposed children to sexual exploitation and misrepresented platform safety; Meta denies wrongdoing.

A Super Bowl ad for Pokémon's 30th anniversary features Lady Gaga performing Jigglypuff's song alongside several celebrities, and the video also promotes a Pokémon GO 'What's Your Favorite' filter.

Christ College Brecon offers boarding from age 10 with a houseparent model, small classes and flexible options including flexi and weekly boarding; the article also highlights a Friday Night Club and an open morning on March 7.

The Met Office has upgraded its main forecast model and moved it to Microsoft Azure's supercomputer, and reports the change can extend local fog forecasts to about 10–14 days while improving cloud and rain accuracy.

Madison Dunn, 17, vice-captain of Alloa Women FC, has launched a JustGiving page to fund a return trip to Rwanda with Scottish Football for Rwanda; the fundraiser has reached £290 of a £1,850 target.

Chinese robotics firms are using humanoid robots in live-streamed performances ahead of the Lunar New Year gala, and Agibot’s variety show drew about 1.4 million viewers on Douyin.

The Met Office has launched a major scientific upgrade using its new supercomputer to deliver clearer, more accurate forecasts, improving rain, snow, cloud, fog and temperature predictions and extending global forecasts to 10 days.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologised to victims of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse for having believed Peter Mandelson's 'lies' when appointing him as ambassador, and ministers agreed that a parliamentary committee will oversee publication of documents about Mandelson's appointment after MPs threatened to rebel.

The UK Government has laid legislation in Parliament to change elements of Universal Credit, with reforms due to take effect in April; it also announced over £3.5 billion of employment support funding by the end of the decade.

Albert Lamond, one of Scotland's last surviving D-Day veterans, has died at 100; he served as an 18-year-old signalman aboard HMS Rowley during the 1944 Normandy landings and later helped evacuate prisoners of war in the Pacific.

Benjamin Karl won the men's parallel giant slalom to claim back-to-back Olympic gold, and Norway's Sander Eitrem set an Olympic record to win the men's 5,000m.

Mike Macdonald credited team bonds, faith and a 'stacking wins' philosophy after the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 to win the Super Bowl.

Iranian security forces have reportedly arrested at least four reformist figures after nationwide protests, and detained Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi has been given an additional prison sentence of more than seven years, officials and media reported.

Nathaniel Dye, a 40-year-old London music teacher diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2023, died on 29 January; he raised more than £37,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support while campaigning for better screening. The government published its National Cancer Plan days after his death, and routine bowel screening age will be lowered to 50 in April.

Carlisle Memorial Church in north Belfast, now in its 150th year, closed in 1980 and is being restored by the Belfast Building Trust with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Hong Kong's High Court sentenced media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison after convicting him of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces under the national security law and of publishing seditious materials.

Some women are choosing Galentine's Day — a celebration of female friendships popularized by a 2010 Parks and Recreation episode — as an alternative to Valentine's Day, arranging events from small coffees and classes to larger parties and retreats.

Researchers at King's College London found that nitazene synthetic opioids can degrade in postmortem blood samples, and modelling using national mortality data suggests some UK deaths linked to these drugs may have been undercounted by up to a third.

A fundraising appeal has been launched to raise £3,000 to refresh the Stables Café at Stubbylee Park, which supports green social prescribing and volunteering; more than £600 has been raised so far.

Repair Café Weymouth will run at Southill Community Centre on Saturday 14 February from 10am to 12.30pm, with volunteer repairers helping fix household items while visitors can enjoy tea and cake.

Brick House Gym opened on January 24 in Ashby and has signed more than 20 members; founders Rebecca and Tommy Coyle say the family-run gym will be community-focused and welcoming.

The ruling LDP won a landslide and campaigned to suspend the 8% food sales tax for two years; investors reacted with government bond selling and pressure on the yen.

Superdrug said it will open 30 new shops across UK high streets as part of an expansion from its network of more than 780 stores, and the company cited strong customer demand and investment in larger-format and retail park locations.

A Daily Mail tool estimates a person's 'liver age' from risk factors, and experts say a score above three years may indicate strain linked to obesity, alcohol, diabetes or viral hepatitis.

Becca Good made her first public appearance at a February 7 memorial in Minneapolis and said she and her late wife Renee lived by what she called 'radical kindness'.

Ashley James says she was raped by a male friend when she was a 21-year-old student and has disclosed the incident for the first time in her book Bimbo; she says she did not report it at the time because the man was a friend.

PiddleFest, organised by the Piddle Valley First School PTA, will return on Saturday May 30 to raise funds for the school, a community fund and an air ambulance appeal after the inaugural 2025 event raised more than £4,000.

A 9-year-old in Los Feliz had his custom adaptive tricycle stolen and his mother filed a police report; a GoFundMe has raised nearly $8,500.