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A pop-up charity shop selling used and vintage womenswear will open at Intro on Paternoster Row in Carlisle from March 13 to March 15 to raise funds for the campaign to reopen the Victorian and Turkish Baths.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is recruiting around 160 paid face-to-face fundraisers to work around the UK's and Ireland's coasts; fundraisers will share water safety messages and encourage supporters, and the RNLI says roles include training and competitive pay.

Ofgem has cut the energy price cap by £117, lowering the typical annual dual-fuel bill to £1,641 from 1 April; the change reflects a government pledge to reduce average household bills by £150 through shifting some renewable costs onto general taxation.

Hilsea Lido in Portsmouth will reopen on May 2 after a roughly £7.75 million refurbishment; the site has been closed since 2022.

The National Fish & Chip Awards 2026 shortlist of Britain’s top ten takeaway fish and chip shops was announced, with the overall winner to be crowned tonight. Finalists include four shops from Yorkshire and two from Scotland.

Andre Harris, 62, who founded the Power of Drums and has led community drumming for more than a decade, has paused much of his work after a September diagnosis of stage 4 head and neck cancer; his son Tom has organised fundraising, with over £4,000 raised online and a tribute event planned for 14 March.

Martin Lewis said shopping around and moving to cheaper fixed-rate deals can reduce household energy costs, noting Ofgem’s price cap will fall by an average 6.7% from April. He added that many fixed deals are already below the cap and that most fixes will also drop on 1 April.

CAFOD analysis, drawing on research from the University of St Andrews and Save the Children, finds that reducing debt-servicing to about 10% of revenue could create fiscal space large enough to offset many impacts of the UK’s 40% cut to its aid budget and help restore funding for health, education, water and sanitation.

The World Nature Photography Award announced its 2026 winners, with Australian underwater photographer Jono Allen taking the Grand Prize and the Underwater category for an image of a white humpback calf photographed in Tonga. Winners span categories from animal portraits and behaviour to plants, landscapes and urban wildlife.

At the Baftas, a campaigner with Tourette syndrome, John Davidson, produced involuntary vocal tics during the ceremony that included the N-word, and the BBC did not remove the slur from the delayed broadcast despite reports that Warner Bros raised concerns.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex met WHO officials and humanitarian leaders in Amman to discuss the health and humanitarian needs of refugees as they start a two-day visit to Jordan.

A global analysis estimates there may be 3,700–5,200 undiscovered bee species, raising the possible total to about 24,705–26,164; the study maps likely discovery hotspots and highlights regions with large knowledge gaps.

The independent Climate Change Committee has warned Scotland’s plan to delay a major heat pump scale-up until about 2035 is unambitious and risks supply-chain challenges; ministers say they will use feedback and a public consultation to shape the final climate plan.

A Veolia recycling plant in Southwark processes about 100,000 tonnes a year for five boroughs while London's municipal recycling rate has remained around 33% for more than a decade; new national Simpler Recycling rules come into force from April.

From 31 March about 13,000 households in Somerset flats will receive caddies and leaflets so food waste can be recycled, and soft plastics and food cartons will be added to fortnightly collections.

From June, Braintree households will receive a blue-lid wheelie bin for glass, cartons and plastics and a separate bin for paper and cardboard, bringing most homes to four receptacles; some residents say they do not have room for more bins.

Ashley, known as the No1 Binman, drew on 13 years in waste work to offer five practical recycling tips, including rinsing containers and keeping recyclables loose, and warned against putting batteries or vapes in household bins.

Gravesham Borough Council says some fly-tipping appears linked to organised activity; the council spent £90,000 on clear-ups and opened 504 investigations, with 33 cases sent for prosecution.

A long-term campaigner for her daughter Lucy welcomes the government's Every Child Achieving and Thriving white paper and its pledge of more teachers, but warns urgent, deeper and coherent reforms plus genuine consultation are needed to turn promises into better support for SEND children.

Citizen scientists located a Pavona clavus colony near Cairns measuring about 111 metres in length and covering roughly 3,973 sq m. Experts say such large colonies are expected to become rarer as bleaching increases with global heating.

Three emergency workers in Northern Ireland describe their daily duties, common risks and the ways their teams coordinate with other services to protect people on sea, in towns and on the mountains.

Garmin has rolled out what it calls its biggest software update yet for select smartwatches, adding enhanced gear tracking, a course planner, accessibility improvements and a sports scores feature.

Four years after Russia's full-scale invasion, the conflict remains unresolved and repeated attacks on infrastructure are causing widespread civilian hardship.

Bad Bunny and Gabriela Berlingeri were photographed together at Tamarama Beach in Sydney, which the article reports as a confirmation of their reunion. Bad Bunny is scheduled to perform at the Sydney Showgrounds on 28 February and 1 March.

Jennifer Garner said raising her three children in separate households with ex-husband Ben Affleck often requires her to “become mom and dad,” and she described both a sense of loss and things gained from co-parenting.

Zoopla reports the UK housing market began 2026 with a strong rebound, noting about 6% more homes for sale than a year earlier and February was on course for its highest number of new listings in a decade.

About 26,000 people in Aceh remain displaced months after severe monsoon floods, and residents say government reconstruction and aid delivery have been slow.

Christina Applegate says pain from multiple sclerosis has left her largely confined to bed, though she still leaves to take her daughter to school; she will publish a memoir, You With The Sad Eyes, on March 3.

Newcastle are the Champions League's top scorers with 26 goals and have won six games in this campaign, securing a place in the knockout stage.

NHS England data for 2025 shows many trusts missed the 62-day cancer treatment target and a small number of patients waited more than 104 days from urgent referral to first treatment; nationally 69.1% began treatment within 62 days.