Woman buys £7 Vera Wang vintage dress in charity shop
A Manchester woman bought a vintage Vera Wang dress for £7 at a charity shop and shared the find on TikTok, where the video has attracted over 225,000 views.
2026/01/20
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AI collar Revoice allows some stroke patients to speak again
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a wearable AI collar called Revoice that uses throat vibration sensors, pulse signals and an embedded large language model to reconstruct speech; a small trial of five patients with dysarthria reported a 2.9% sentence error rate.
2026/01/20
Hailsham Town News: Community events and local updates
The Rotary Club's Santa Sleigh presented cheques to local schools and organisations after touring housing estates, and Hailsham Town Council has launched a Housing Needs Survey to inform future planning.
2026/01/20
Tributes to long-serving councillor who put his ward first
Colleagues and local figures paid tribute to Calderdale councillor David Kirton, who represented Hipperholme and Lightcliffe since 2000 and held cabinet roles; his funeral is scheduled for 19 February at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe.
2026/01/20
Australia parliament reopens with moment of silence for Bondi victims
Australia's parliament returned early with speeches and a moment of silence for those killed in last month's Bondi Beach shooting, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recalled MPs to begin debate on separate gun control and hate speech reforms.
2026/01/20
PACT hosts an adoption information event in Milton Keynes on February 21
PACT will hold a free in-person adoption information event in Milton Keynes on Saturday, February 21 from 11am to 1pm. The session will include a presentation by a PACT adoption manager and an adopter sharing their experience, and will outline the adoption process and the support PACT provides.
2026/01/20
Heated Rivalry reshapes ice hockey stories and resonates in Canada.
The TV adaptation of Rachel Reid's Heated Rivalry, written and directed by Jacob Tierney and produced in Canada by Crave with public funding, has become a wide cultural hit and prompted a large rise in book sales reported by Indigo.
2026/01/20
Madison Keys struggles early but wins opening Australian Open match
Madison Keys fell behind 0-4 before recovering to beat Ukraine's Oleksandra Oliynykova 7-6 (8), 6-1 in her opening match while defending her Australian Open title.
2026/01/20
Sophie runs to accept fan's flowers after UN event.
A short video shows the Duchess of Edinburgh rushing to accept a bouquet of white roses from a fan as she left the UNA-UK conference in London, which marked the 80th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly.
2026/01/20
Death toll in Spain high-speed train collision rises to 39, RTVE reports
RTVE and police report 39 people killed and 152 injured after two high-speed trains collided near Adamuz in Cordoba, and Transport Minister Óscar Puente said the cause is unknown with an inquiry that could take about a month.
2026/01/20
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