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BBC The Cheylesmore Food Hub says there are empty shelves every week as donations have been low Volunteers at a food hub have said they are struggling to fill their shelves with enough stock to help all the families who need it. The Cheylesmore Food Hub in Coventry is based …

Canadian language experts are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to ditch British spelling in official documents, and ‘utilize’ Canadian spelling instead. Canadian English has been the standard in government communications for decades. But eagle-eyed linguists and editors have spotted British spellings — like “globalisation” and “catalyse” — in documents …

American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey will perform at the opening ceremony of next year’s Winter Olympics. The five-time Grammy award-winner will be one of the “leading performers” for the event at Milan’s San Siro stadium – the home of football clubs Inter and AC Milan – on Friday, 6 February. The …

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The Met Office data analysed by the BBC suggests there have been fewer widespread white Christmases in past two decades. While we cannot use what happens on one day of the year to assess whether the decline is due explicitly to climate change, scientists suggest a white Christmas will become …

The 2024-25 season was a disappointing one for Manchester City – they finished fourth and missed out on a place in the Champions League. But their failure to qualify for Europe might prove a blessing in disguise. City are on a 10-game winning streak and thriving under Jeglertz, who has …

Helen BurchellCambridgeshire BAS/Martin Allen The post box will replace a handmade one currently used at the remote station A shiny new red post box has been given as a gift from King Charles III to staff at a remote Antarctic research station. The Royal Mail lamp post box was sent …

BBC Pauline Shepherd said providers were trying everything to boost uptake of the vaccine among care workers It is proving difficult to encourage care workers to take the flu vaccine due to myths on social media, the chief executive of the Independent Health Care Providers has said. Pauline Shepherd said …

[ People who treat others with compassion often feel more at ease themselves. This is the key finding of a new study by Majlinda Zhuniq, Dr. Friedericke Winter, and Professor Corina Aguilar-Raab from the University of Mannheim. Their study was recently published in the journal Scientific Reports. Source link

The Winter Games take place in Milan and Cortina, Italy, from 6-22 February. USOPC said Snoop Dogg “will lend his signature humour and heart” to help motivate and inspire US athletes, while the organisation’s chief executive officer Sarah Hirshland said the hip-hop star’s “enthusiasm for the Olympic and Paralympic movement …

Journalist Henry Winter posted on social media his surprise at the Scotland midfielder not being nominated for Sports Personality. “Scott McTominay a surprise omission from SPOTY short-list?” he wrote. “Won Scudetto, voted Serie A Player of the Year, nominated for Ballon d’Or, helped Scotland qualify for World Cup, scored vital/spectacular …

Keefe, who has been at the helm at the Giants since 2017, says he has a “tough choice” when deciding who will make up his seven-strong panel for GB to make sure they are “right up there”. He did, however, highlight some key traits he is looking for players to …

Magnificent burning skies greeted people across parts of the North East and Cumbria. Photographer Owen Humphreys from the Press Association was one of those early risers who captured the moment in Cullercoats, North Tyneside, as two swimmers entered the sea. BBC weather presenter Paul Mooney said the spectacle had been …

Christian Fuller,South Eastand Mark Norman,South East health correspondent Mark Norman/BBC A pop-up vaccination clinic is available at The Bevy community pub in Brighton The NHS is offering flu jabs in an East Sussex pub as part of a campaign to get more people to have the vaccination. Across the county, …

Nine Russian and Belarusian athletes have been granted permission to compete in qualifying events for next year’s Winter Olympics as neutral athletes. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) had initially banned them from taking part but the ban was overturned by a sports court last week. The select athletes …

Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent, Westminster Abbey PA Media King Charles attended a candle-lit service with guests from many faiths King Charles remembered the plight of Christians facing persecution around the world, as he attended an atmospheric, candle-lit Advent service at Westminster Abbey. The service, with a strong Orthodox Christian influence, along …

Torvill and Dean won ice dance bronze at Lillehammer to go with their famous gold at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, watched by a UK television audience of 23 million. “Being selected for Milano Cortina 2026 is incredibly special,” said 26-year-old Fear. “We’ve grown so much since Beijing (in …

Louise CullenAgriculture and environment correspondent, BBC News NI Getty Images The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute confirmed the risk of new infection had reduced due to colder weather Some animal movements are to be permitted under licence, after outbreaks of bluetongue virus in County Down. The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) …

“I don’t want to be flip about it. We probably will know that in advance of the official start of the Games. What you do at that point becomes a different issue. “Obviously, if the players feel that the ice is unsafe, we’re not going to play. “It’s as simple …

When a small group of us journalists spoke to Fisher at a Lions training camp shortly before they departed for Australia, he admitted he was surprised to even get the call for the development side’s tour. A solid and dependable county seamer who did himself no harm in his one …