A Holi-themed fundraising evening will be held at Lakeside Park Hotel & Spa on 7 March 2026 to raise money for Mountbatten Isle of Wight and the Dementia UK Admiral Nurses (IW) Appeal, with tickets priced at £80 and a programme of dinner and entertainment.
George Misiewicz, a Polish refugee to Britain, has died aged 95 and is credited with playing an important role in the development of anti‑ulcer treatments.
Ryan joined Silverstone Leasing in February 2016 with no prior sales experience and has risen to team leader while founding fundraisers such as Silverstone Soccer and the #SingForCynthia campaign.
Behaviorists from Palm Beach Zoo and Precision Behavior trained a southern white rhino in Zimbabwe to accept eyedrops, treating a parasitic infection and protecting the animal's eyesight; local staff were taught to continue daily medication.
The Save West of Ifield campaign group will hold a public meeting and its AGM at Ifield Drive Community Centre at 7.30pm on Thursday 26 February; recorded interviews with Peter Lamb MP and Crawley council leader Michael Jones will be shown and George Sallows will speak.
President Trump announced repeal of the EPA’s 2009 'endangerment finding,' removing the federal determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health; legal challenges are expected.
St Andrews Parish Council has unanimously agreed to begin the process of renaming Redhouse Community Centre in honour of Vera Tomlinson, a long-serving councillor who died in January; final approval must be given by Swindon Borough Council.
A new community garden at Welshpool Fire Station was officially opened on 12 February during a community coffee morning, and the accessible garden features raised beds, trellises and a greenhouse. The project is supported by the Welsh Government's Local Places for Nature programme and Keep Wales Tidy.
Sheringham Town Council has supported a revised Otterndorf Green design that would preserve part of a 1950s Art Deco bus shelter while allowing a nearby footpath to be widened; the change follows a resident sit-in that halted an earlier demolition plan.
Dame Prue Leith said Nigella Lawson will be wonderful as the new judge on The Great British Bake Off, and Channel 4 confirmed Lawson will join Paul Hollywood as a permanent judge for the show's 17th series later this year.
