Ralph Lauren, aged 86, opened New York Fashion Week in a transformed marble palazzo that evoked his country estate. The collection was grand in scale but mixed comfort and real-world styling, and the brand's recent cultural momentum was noted.
The Phoenix Centre's January Community Hub brought together more than 100 local people, with students running stalls and a first-ever book swap that collected over 1,300 donated books.
An ETH Zurich study published in Nature Astronomy reports that the amount of oxygen present while a planet's core forms determines whether phosphorus and nitrogen remain at the surface; the authors say Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago with a balance that kept both elements available for life.
Fifteen-year-old Rebecca Crombie completed a 1,000-mile running challenge for Make-A-Wish UK and climbed the 235ft Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach to raise funds for Shelter; she is now training to run a marathon to benefit ACCT UK.
A West Midlands salon group is offering free haircuts to people who donate at least 12 inches of natural hair to the Little Princess Trust, which makes wigs and supports more than 2,000 children and young people each year.
The U.S. economy added 130,000 jobs last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, beating economists' forecast of about 55,000; the national unemployment rate remained near 4.3 percent.
WA Police released the triple-zero call made by 13-year-old Austin Appelbee after his family were swept out to sea; police later located his mother and two siblings and commended his calmness during the emergency call.
Sam and his wife Alice have welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Marmaduke, who was reported born on 9 February at the Kensington Wing of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
St Michael's Hospice was presented with a £2,000 cheque after a local cycle challenge, and the hospice's community fundraiser thanked the club and participants.
Ellis Pears, a 19-year-old Aberystwyth law student, was concussed in a November 2024 car crash and said he lost the ability to speak Welsh days later; by June 2025 his Welsh and mood had largely improved.
