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From 31 March about 13,000 households in Somerset flats will receive caddies and leaflets so food waste can be recycled, and soft plastics and food cartons will be added to fortnightly collections.

From June, Braintree households will receive a blue-lid wheelie bin for glass, cartons and plastics and a separate bin for paper and cardboard, bringing most homes to four receptacles; some residents say they do not have room for more bins.

Ashley, known as the No1 Binman, drew on 13 years in waste work to offer five practical recycling tips, including rinsing containers and keeping recyclables loose, and warned against putting batteries or vapes in household bins.

Gravesham Borough Council says some fly-tipping appears linked to organised activity; the council spent £90,000 on clear-ups and opened 504 investigations, with 33 cases sent for prosecution.

A long-term campaigner for her daughter Lucy welcomes the government's Every Child Achieving and Thriving white paper and its pledge of more teachers, but warns urgent, deeper and coherent reforms plus genuine consultation are needed to turn promises into better support for SEND children.

Citizen scientists located a Pavona clavus colony near Cairns measuring about 111 metres in length and covering roughly 3,973 sq m. Experts say such large colonies are expected to become rarer as bleaching increases with global heating.

Three emergency workers in Northern Ireland describe their daily duties, common risks and the ways their teams coordinate with other services to protect people on sea, in towns and on the mountains.

Garmin has rolled out what it calls its biggest software update yet for select smartwatches, adding enhanced gear tracking, a course planner, accessibility improvements and a sports scores feature.

Four years after Russia's full-scale invasion, the conflict remains unresolved and repeated attacks on infrastructure are causing widespread civilian hardship.

Bad Bunny and Gabriela Berlingeri were photographed together at Tamarama Beach in Sydney, which the article reports as a confirmation of their reunion. Bad Bunny is scheduled to perform at the Sydney Showgrounds on 28 February and 1 March.

Jennifer Garner said raising her three children in separate households with ex-husband Ben Affleck often requires her to “become mom and dad,” and she described both a sense of loss and things gained from co-parenting.

Zoopla reports the UK housing market began 2026 with a strong rebound, noting about 6% more homes for sale than a year earlier and February was on course for its highest number of new listings in a decade.

About 26,000 people in Aceh remain displaced months after severe monsoon floods, and residents say government reconstruction and aid delivery have been slow.

Christina Applegate says pain from multiple sclerosis has left her largely confined to bed, though she still leaves to take her daughter to school; she will publish a memoir, You With The Sad Eyes, on March 3.

Newcastle are the Champions League's top scorers with 26 goals and have won six games in this campaign, securing a place in the knockout stage.

NHS England data for 2025 shows many trusts missed the 62-day cancer treatment target and a small number of patients waited more than 104 days from urgent referral to first treatment; nationally 69.1% began treatment within 62 days.

A new NHS contract requires GPs in England to offer same-day appointments for urgent health needs from April, supported by new and ring-fenced funding; doctors' groups have warned this may stretch capacity while a survey found many people delayed contacting their GP last year.

A University College London‑led study estimates obstructive sleep apnoea causes large productivity losses, costing the US about £133bn and the UK about £4.2bn annually; roughly one in five surveyed adults reported core symptoms consistent with the condition.

At least 30 people have died and 39 are missing after record rainfall caused flooding and landslides in Minas Gerais, Brazil; authorities say more than 200 people were rescued and a state of emergency was declared.

BBC reporting provides indicative figures for proposed Scottish walk-in GP clinics: Edinburgh's centre hopes to see about 21,360 appointments a year and NHS Grampian's bid plans about 90,720 slots across three sites, while officials say exact capacities will be confirmed when locations are finalised.

Scotland has opened the first of 16 walk-in GP clinics in a £34m one-year pilot, and the Scottish government says the programme aims to deliver one million extra GP and nurse appointments over a year when fully operational.

Abigail Spanberger, Virginia's newly elected governor and a former congresswoman and CIA officer, will deliver the Democrats' response to President Trump's State of the Union address.

Grace Bell, born without a womb, gave birth to a healthy son in December 2025 after receiving a womb from a deceased donor as part of a UK research programme funded by Womb Transplant UK.

Discord has postponed a planned global age verification rollout from March to the latter half of the year after user backlash, and says it will add non-biometric options such as credit-card checks while meeting legal obligations.

Lana Del Rey released the single "White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter" and its music video was filmed at her husband Jeremy Dufrene’s home in Des Allemands, Louisiana, showing domestic scenes and moments from their life together.

Heavy rains in Minas Gerais triggered floods and landslides that officials say killed at least 25 people and left 43 reported missing, with around 440 displaced in Juiz de Fora and a state of calamity declared there.

A new £485m contract asks GPs to use risk‑stratification tools and hospital attendance data to identify patients who attend A&E frequently.

Harry Brook scored a century to steer England into the T20 World Cup semi-finals, and said the past months had been "probably the hardest of my life".

Researchers analysed more than 3,000 etchings on 260 bone and ivory objects from caves in the Swabian Jura and identified 22 recurring signs dating roughly 43,000–34,000 years ago, forming a structured symbolic system that is not claimed to be writing but shows clear repetition and information patterns.

A UK study of 1,390 female twins reported that people living in more deprived areas had reduced gut microbiome diversity, and identified 12 bacterial species linked to deprivation.