Inverclyde Council said its Warm Hand of Friendship scheme has granted nearly £90,000 to 59 local organisations and the Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow and ice for the coming weekend.
Hannah and Mitchell met on a P&O Cruises sailing, later got engaged in the Norwegian fjords and married aboard a ship in May 2025; they now have a daughter and a family cruise booked for June. Cruise lines report growing demand for onboard weddings, with P&O saying bookings rose 12%.
Prime Minister Mark Carney attended a vigil in Tumbler Ridge where hundreds gathered to mourn victims of this week’s shooting. Police named the suspect as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, who was found dead at the school.
A lapse in Department of Homeland Security funding means most TSA officers are required to work without pay while lawmakers remain deadlocked; Federal Aviation Administration funding continues, so air traffic controllers will still be paid.
Rosy-faced lovebirds in Phoenix, thought to number about 2,000, form lifelong pairs and frequently groom and feed each other.
Rossendale Borough Council approved plans to convert a disused public toilet in Higher Cloughfold into a community hub bought by Hazelwood Homecare; the approval included conditions such as operating hours of 9am–9pm and measures to protect local wildlife.
Graham Wilson runs Gilly's Antiques in Bolton, operating a shop and multiple warehouses that together hold tens of thousands of items gathered from house, church and commercial clearances. He began selling at fairs in 1973 and still works seven days a week while expanding storage with additional warehouses near Darwen.
A quiz night at the Pavilion will project rounds onto a giant screen with images and music, and teams of up to six will compete for a £250 top prize; every penny raised will go to Weymouth RNLI.
A non-profit group and two Washington residents filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration's attempted overhaul of the East Potomac public golf course, saying the project violates an 1897 congressional act.
The African Union holds its annual summit in Addis Ababa amid growing youth frustration that the bloc prioritizes long-serving leaders over citizens, and the meeting's theme is water and sanitation.
