The Brownhills singing group presented pre-read children's books and a financial grant on 20 January 2026 to help install Rotary Book Boxes at local schools. The funds were raised at their 'Sing-a-long-Christmas' concert.
A survey of 540 UK family doctors by MDDUS found 23% had seen children aged zero to four with obesity and 80% said discussing weight with parents is challenging.
Sam Darnold helped the Seattle Seahawks beat the Rams 31-27 in the NFC Championship, throwing three touchdown passes with no turnovers, and will start Super Bowl LX against the New England Patriots at Levi's Stadium on Feb. 8.
The 2026 Sundance Film Festival opened in Park City, Utah, marking the first edition after Robert Redford’s death and the final festival in Utah before it relocates to Boulder, Colorado.
The Greenfield and Grasscroft Residents' Association will hold its AGM on Thursday 12 February at 7.30pm at The Satellite Centre in Greenfield; nominations for Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary must be submitted by 5pm on that day.
A fire in the Otways has burned about 9,400 hectares and authorities urged residents in more than 1,000 homes to evacuate before sunset as a heatwave and forecast winds raise the risk of further spread.
The World Bank Group opened its first office in Doha and signed a memorandum with the Qatar Fund for Development to deepen cooperation on development financing and joint initiatives, including efforts on electricity access and agricultural support.
Three second-year students at the University of Suffolk studying physiotherapy and nursing told BBC Politics East they are committed to careers in the NHS while acknowledging pressures such as Covid backlogs and an ageing population.
A Peterborough secondary school will host a Ramadan awareness development session on 5 February, organised with the Muslim Council of Peterborough and Gladstone Community District Association. Speaker Maqsood Ahmed OBE will lead the workshop to explain how fasting and changes to routines can affect pupils and to explore classroom scenarios.
NHS England will lower the FIT threshold from 120 to 80 micrograms per gram next month, which is expected to raise follow-up testing and detect roughly 600 more early bowel cancer cases a year while increasing colonoscopies by about 35%.
