Kiddie Capers Childcare will open a Hailsham nursery in April 2026 for children up to age five, and the setting will include indoor learning areas, two outdoor play zones and Forest School sessions.
Worthing jewellery studio Jana Reinhardt has raised more than £20,000 for animal welfare charities through sales of a charity collection; the initiative now supports 13 organisations and includes a £1-per-order donation to IFAW.
Marie Curie is asking people in Somerset to volunteer for its 40th Great Daffodil Appeal to help raise £20,000 for end-of-life care; collections run from February to April.
The study reports that 55–58% of biodiversity hotspots in the western United States overlap predicted low-severity burn areas described as refugia, while 24–30% overlap predicted high-severity burn areas described as areas of concern.
The National Living Wage is due to rise in April 2026 and the State Pension age will increase to 67 from April for people born after April 1981.
The Hampshire Changemaker Awards 2026 will honour individuals, organisations and businesses driving social change across the county; the ceremony has reached full capacity after a surge in nominations.
Charlotte and Louis Moody and their partners took over The Saints Pub in Millbrook six months after their father Alan's death and have continued his charity work, including a £12,000 donation to the hospital PICU and running a monthly food bank.
In Beijing, Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a preliminary, provisional trade agreement with China that includes allowing up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into Canada and temporary tariff reductions on several Canadian farm and seafood exports; the trip is being framed as a reset in relations while critics warn of risks to Canadian workers and dependency.
A federal judge in Boston ordered the government to report within 21 days how it will remedy the deportation of a 19-year-old student sent to Honduras; the judge said issuing her a student visa would be the simplest fix and the government lawyer apologized for an ICE error.
President Trump announced a seven-member 'board of peace' to manage Gaza's reconstruction and transitional administration; he will chair the board and further appointments are expected.
