The article describes visits to The Beeches Community Primary School breakfast club and the Unity Centre in Whitton, both offering services for families and local residents; The Beeches was among the first 750 schools in a pilot free breakfast scheme and the Unity Centre hosts NHS and community activities with coordination funded until June 2026.
Walsall Council and partners have secured funding to redevelop Blakenall Community Centre, with planned upgrades including a new entrance, a children's play area and improved accessibility.
Representatives for Beyoncé did not respond to the BBC's requests for comment. The win prompted discussion about long-standing racial tensions in country music and how awards classifications reflect that history.
More than £8,000 raised by the 2025 Blackburn Charity Bonfire was presented to six local charities at a January 21 event, and organisers said further donations will be made over the coming months.
A Russian drone strike hit a bus carrying mineworkers in Dnipro, killing at least 12 people and injuring seven, authorities and the company DTEK reported; the same day, Ukraine said US-brokered talks with Russia were delayed until 4–5 February in Abu Dhabi.
Erfan Soltani, 26, who was arrested on January 8 on charges including propaganda and acting against national security, has been released on bail after about three weeks and reportedly had his belongings returned.
A £1.1m Rosetta Stone study at Imperial College will analyse immune and microbiome markers in people with Long Covid and ME/CFS; the three-year project will study 250 people with each condition alongside matched healthy controls.
Ukrainian officials said a Russian drone strike killed at least 12 miners, and Kyiv has rescheduled trilateral peace talks while planned outages strain the power grid amid severe cold.
A Glasgow man who received a heart transplant in March 2023 completed a more than 110km trek across the Sahara two years later to raise funds for homelessness charity Crisis, and has raised almost £11,500.
Fraser Wilson, who received a heart transplant in March 2023, completed more than 110km across the Moroccan Sahara last November to raise funds for the charity Crisis and has so far raised almost £11,500.
