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By Charities Correspondent When illness turned Ellis Healy’s life upside down, his best friend Harry Clesham decided to do the same — by committing to a handstand every day throughout 2026 to raise money for charity. Harry, who lives in southwest London, has already raised more than £2,000 for
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By Community Correspondent Southwark Council has added eight new temporary modular homes in Bermondsey to support people who are homeless or sleeping rough. The Solohaus homes were gifted by homebuilder The Hill Group, following a similar successful project in Haringey. These homes expand Southwark’s Housing First programme, which helps
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By Nature Correspondent Residents at HC-One’s Lime Trees Care Home in Shrewsbury were getting creative as they geared up to take part in this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch. In the days leading up to the national event, residents enjoyed making their own fat balls and filling bird feeders,
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By Community Correspondent A London Ambulance Service paramedic has swapped blue lights for bright lights to help England reach the semi-finals on the international netball stage. Julien Vincent, 29, flew out to Singapore last week to compete in the seven-day Men’s Netball Nations Series. England started strong, defeating the
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By Community Correspondent HC-One’s Berry Hill Park Care Home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, has launched a heart-warming new pen pal initiative aimed at brightening the lives of residents through the simple joy of letter writing. The initiative invites people from near and far to become pen pals with residents at
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By Human Interest Correspondent Exactly one year after meeting on a late-night train from London, a couple returned to the same service to relive their first encounter — and, unbeknown to the bride-to-be, set the stage for a surprise proposal. What could have been a fleeting conversation turned into a 100-mph
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By Ellise Hollie Hayward, Disabilities Correspondent Scoliosis is a condition defined by an abnormal twisting and curvature of the spine. While it is often associated with adolescence, scoliosis can affect people of any age, from young children to adults, and it presents differently in every individual. Its impact extends far
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By Community Correspondent A grandad has thanked London Ambulance Service crews for saving his life, meaning he was able to celebrate this Christmas surrounded by his family. Ken Neville and his wife Linda have visited Hillingdon Ambulance Station for an emotional reunion with the team who cared for him. Ken
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By Community Correspondent Residents at HC-One’s Fosse Way View Care Home in Bingham, Nottingham, have continued their heart-warming annual tradition of giving back to the local community through their much-loved Knit and Natter group. Ceris Watts visited the home to collect ten handmade blankets and ten knitted teddies, lovingly
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By Community Correspondent They were neighbours, each with a name and a story. Yet too often, their passing goes unmarked. On Friday, a community stood together to change that. The Winton Salvation Army hosted the annual Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council memorial service, a solemn gathering where around 50
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By Business Correspondent Glasgow locals Linsey McGillivray and Beth McCready both joined M&S as teenagers on fixed-term Christmas contracts. Today, with more than 40 years’ service between them, they hold management roles in Glasgow stores and are welcoming this year’s seasonal recruits. In October, M&S
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By Jaiden, 14, Jill Dando News Correspondent at Priory School Academy Ana Corina Sosa, the daughter of previous Nobel Peace Prize winner, María Corina Machado, has said she is determined to live in a free Venezuela and will “never give up on that purpose” when she accepted her mother’s
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By Human Interest Correspondent School friends reunited thanks to a Stagecoach bus trip after decades apart are now starring in the bus company's Christmas adverts. Pensioners Brenda Parry and Barbara Chorley hadn't seen each other since they were at primary school in Kendal - 68 years
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By Community Correspondent Frome Vale Academy has opened its brand-new kitchen space with the launch of a flagship culinary event delivered in partnership with local charity CRuNCH. The new kitchen – designed and built by the academy’s Building Services Manager, Ricki Petchey – was brought to life through free labour generously
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By Community Correspondent An American Coast Guard has returned to the scene of her accident in South Wales, a year after a significant ankle injury saw her rescued by Coastguards from Penarth Coastguard Rescue Team. US Coast Guard Dr Cynthia Woodlock was visiting South Wales when she fell and sustained
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By Community Correspondent Walliscote Primary School – a school community representing 47 spoken languages – met at St Paul’s Church in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset in an event hosted by HM Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, Mr Mohammed Saddiq. Their choir, conducted by school Headteacher Shelley Flanagan, opened the service with the first verse of