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Parts of a 14th-century shrine to St William have been returned to York Minster and are on public display for the first time in almost 500 years, shown in an exhibition that includes loaned fragments and a 3D digital reconstruction.

The Cat & Rabbit Rescue Centre will open its tenth shop at 27 Goring Road, Worthing, on February 6, 2026, with a donation day on February 5 starting at 10am.

The Detroit Opera will present 'Symphonic PFunk' this weekend, with arranger Ray Chew conducting a 47‑player orchestra adapting Parliament‑Funkadelic songs; George Clinton said he had long expected the music to move into classical spaces.

After recent immigration enforcement activity in Minneapolis, many Native Americans have been obtaining and carrying tribal identification cards while several tribes are easing access to those IDs.

Bluey was the most-streamed TV series in the United States in 2025, with 45.2 billion minutes viewed on Disney+, according to Nielsen; Grey's Anatomy and Stranger Things were second and third.

A ten-metre Iron Age logboat dredged from Poole Harbour in August 1964 was conserved in the 1990s using a long sucrose (sugar) treatment and is now on display at Poole Museum.

Sean Phelps and Jonny Towers have set off from Lanzarote to Antigua in a 3,200-mile Atlantic Dash, rowing in drag to raise funds for the Samaritans and Care After Combat.

The Warm Home Discount of £150 will continue for five more years, and 345,000 Scottish low-income households will automatically receive the rebate next winter.

Hundreds of rail enthusiasts rode the final V-set service from Lithgow to Central Station as the oldest electric trains in New South Wales were officially retired; one carriage will be kept for heritage and applications for the remaining 81 carriages are being assessed.

A study of 770 adult polar bears (1,188 captures) in Svalbard from 1995–2019 found body condition index declined until about 2000 and increased afterwards, and statistical models including sea‑ice metrics and the Arctic Oscillation did not show the expected negative effect of warming or habitat loss.

Aaron's family said he suffered a spinal stroke and is 'alert, aware and recovering.' Earlier reports and his manager said he was hospitalized and receiving medical care while doctors run tests.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and state premiers agreed a $25 billion package to boost public hospital funding over five years and to limit growth in the National Disability Insurance Scheme to 6% or less.

The government has confirmed the Warm Home Discount will continue through 2030/31, providing an automatic £150 winter rebate to around six million eligible households. The move follows an expansion last year that added about 2.7 million families to the scheme.

Lakewood Church staff member Shawna Collins, 39, was among those killed when a private jet crashed during takeoff at Bangor International Airport in Maine; NTSB and FAA investigators recovered the flight recorders and are analyzing them.

Newborn hearing screening led to hearing aids being fitted at eight months and to vents being inserted months later, avoiding a long paediatric ENT waiting list that the Department of Health reports includes more than 4,000 children with a typical 18-month wait.

Greensand Future will reuse the almost‑depleted Nini oilfield and the Siri platform to inject captured CO2 beneath the seabed, aiming to store about 400,000 tonnes this year and potentially up to eight million tonnes annually by 2030.

A review found the BBC is more inclusive and authentic than a few years ago but says it must urgently measure social class on and off air. The report urges the broadcaster to do more to connect with working-class audiences and people outside London and the south of England.

A FedEx worker in Grimes, Iowa, unexpectedly gave birth during her shift and both she and the newborn were taken to hospital and reported healthy.

Sanford and Joan Weill donated $120 million to the University of California, Davis veterinary school after the school's hospital treated their dog, with funds designated for a new small-animal teaching hospital and research.

Sir Keir Starmer met Xi Jinping in Beijing on 29 January, the first UK prime ministerial visit to China in eight years, and the two countries are reported to be expected to sign a number of agreements later in the day.

A former medical student paralysed from the neck down is among seven participants in the first UK clinical trial of Neuralink's brain-computer implant and says the device can move a computer cursor by thought.

An analysis by Trainline says more than £80 million in delay compensation goes unclaimed each year because many online ticket buyers cannot access 'one-click' delay repay claims; Trainline has launched a petition asking the government to enable one-click claims for all online ticket purchases.

The government will extend the Warm Home Discount so eligible households receiving qualifying means‑tested benefits automatically receive a £150 electricity bill rebate each winter through 2030/31, the announcement says.

Jordan Chiles may regain the bronze stripped after an appeal at the 2024 Paris Olympics after Switzerland's supreme court sent the case back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport so it can examine an audio-visual recording that could affect the timing of the original challenge.

A Belfast court discharged an interim injunction, allowing Michael Flatley to lead the 30th anniversary Lord of the Dance tour starting in Dublin next week; Switzer Consulting had accused him of financial misconduct, which his legal team denied.

A London bus driver says he intervened after a passenger's necklace was taken and later struck the man; an employment tribunal has upheld Metroline's decision to dismiss him.

Lincolnshire Police will not cut officer numbers after receiving additional government funding of £100.1m for 2026/27 and a further targeted £12m, the chief constable said.

MPs at a Parliamentary event accepted natural polymers — with participation from Xampla — as credible alternatives to single‑use plastics. Speakers said UK regulations do not yet fully recognise these nature‑based materials.

Prebiotics are non-digestible fibres that pass to the colon to feed beneficial gut bacteria and are found in many plant foods and some supplements; experts report that tolerance varies and people with IBS or SIBO may not tolerate them.

Anthony Joshua thanked supporters and paid tribute after the deaths of his long-time strength coach Sina Ghami and friend and trainer Latif 'Latz' Ayodele in a December road crash; their funerals were held in London on January 4.