Frinton Railway Station in Essex won Anglia in Bloom's 200 Years of Train Travel award for its floral displays, community engagement and creative improvements; volunteers from Frinton in Bloom have cared for the station since 1994.
Sovereign Hill Partnership has named Pinkerton Road as the first priority area for regeneration in Buckskin and South Ham and identified two small pilot sites for refurbishment; public events are scheduled in February as a masterplan is developed through 2026 with a view to submission in 2027.
Dads Fest will take place on Saturday 21 February from 1pm to 1am at The Crescent Lounge to raise funds for a permanent Dads Behaving Madly Hub; entry is free and donations are welcomed.
A qualitative study of 28 Canadian post-secondary educators finds generative AI such as ChatGPT is reshaping teaching and assessment, and participants outline five design principles — including explicit expectations and process-focused evaluation — to guide assessment in a post-plagiarism era.
Knowsley Council has published photos of new food-waste collection vehicles and will begin household food waste collections from April 13, supported in part by a £1.28m DEFRA allocation.
Ryan Benoit of Sudbury, founder of Positive Inception, is receiving a Paul Harris Fellowship this week; he previously won Community Builders and Young Entrepreneurs awards.
Fela Kuti became the first African to receive the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, honoured posthumously alongside Chaka Khan, Cher, Carlos Santana and Whitney Houston.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin visited homes and businesses hit by recent flooding in Enniscorthy and said the government will provide humanitarian support and interim protection while preparing a comprehensive flood relief scheme for planning.
Pontypool-based Pro Steel Engineering has appointed Lucy England as Finance Manager, Roger Trueman as SHEQ Manager, and Liam Plummer as HR Advisor; the company reported a £17 million turnover last year.
A Nature Neuroscience study reports that fMRI scans of 130 two-month-old infants revealed distinct brain responses to different object categories, and scans from 66 returning infants at nine months showed a stronger separation between living and inanimate objects.
