Gavin Kermack,in Ombersleyand
Tanya Gupta,West Midlands
Cancer Research UKFormer children’s TV presenter Peter Tomlinson has said he probably would have died from cancer were it not for advances…

Gavin Kermack,in Ombersleyand
Tanya Gupta,West Midlands
Cancer Research UKFormer children’s TV presenter Peter Tomlinson has said he probably would have died from cancer were it not for advances…

Charity trustee Dawn Stansfield, 57, who lost her daughter Mollie Rose to suicide in 2019, said at Christmas children can “not purposely get forgotten”, as their parents and families struggle with their own grief.
Ms Dalee added: “I think, for a…

BBC Studios Scotland / Graeme HunterWhen the beloved co-writer of Two Doors Down, Simon Carlyle, died in 2023, the cast…

She added: “The tree, the lunch was beautiful, but it just took the pressure off all of us not having to worry about doing the dishes or cleaning up.
“My mum couldn’t really do much, but she sat there and she watched everything, and I could just…

Samantha makes sure there is gift-wrapped hand cream in the boxes after she said the constant hand washing during hospital stays left hers “sore and chapped”.
The boxes also contain a message of support about how parents or guardians are using…

Ross YeatesA Christmas song created by two musicians from Jersey and Guernsey has been performed and recorded at 18 schools across the Channel Islands.
Pianist Adam Reece…

One student at Hautlieu in Jersey, Tiago, said: “It’s been a great experience getting everyone together and just bringing the Christmas spirit alive has been wonderful.
“It was really catchy, it was a really catchy song and I thought it was a…

Giles Conlon runs the Banbridge Community Cinema.
He said he has “always had a major passion for cinema”.
In 2024, he set up the non-profit community cinema in his hometown, with the help of Film Hub NI and Newcastle Community Cinema.
Since then,…

The CQC said it found seven breaches of regulations and rated four of the five areas it inspected as inadequate. The other was rated requires improvement.
A relative of one service user complained that training for staff appeared to be…

Speaking of wigs and accessories, while wearing one of Inman’s pantomime dame costumes, Mr Riding explained that the late actor designed his own outfits.
“Some of the costumes he actually made himself as well because he was very, very creative,”…