A replica hooter will be sounded at 4.30pm on 26 March 2026 at STEAM Museum to mark 40 years since Swindon Railway Works closed, and a week of exhibitions, screenings and talks will run around the anniversary.
Community CVS and Blackburn with Darwen Council are asking businesses and organisations to sponsor the Community Volunteer Awards, which are scheduled for 5 November 2026 and typically attract more than 1,000 nominations.
Twelve-year-old Jayda Higginson read for 12 hours on February 14 and raised £567 for Derian House; she completed 706 pages despite dyslexia, ADHD and visual stress.
President Trump has backed leader-level talks between Ukraine and Russia, with President Zelensky saying a meeting with President Putin is expected; Ukraine's defence minister said Kyiv will accelerate installation of anti-drone nets on frontline roads, aiming for 4,000 km by year-end and about 20 km per day in March.
Australia's prime minister apologised after describing Grace Tame as "difficult" during a rapid-response game; Tame and other politicians criticised the label as dismissive of a woman who has spoken out about abuse and campaigned for law change.
Canada's finance minister François-Philippe Champagne said the United States appears unlikely to lift recent tariffs and described a baseline tariff as a 'price' for market access, following President Trump's State of the Union and a new 10% global tariff imposed under Section 122.
Oliver 'Power' Grant, an early backer and business partner of the Wu-Tang Clan, has died at 52, the group announced; a cause of death was not disclosed.
Actress Beverley Callard had surgery to remove two lymph nodes after an early breast cancer diagnosis and says she is recovering at home but worried about her appearance and intimacy with her husband; she has a follow‑up appointment to learn if further surgery is needed.
Construction on 2 World Trade Center is expected to start this spring and the building will become American Express's new headquarters, with completion slated for 2031.
Videos and court documents reported by ABC describe a series of attacks on gay and bisexual men in Sydney, including a man who said he was lured and assaulted last April. Authorities and community groups say investigations and court matters are ongoing.
