Lili Travers of Littlemoor, Weymouth has been named the Echo Volunteer Community Champion for her long-running volunteer work leading crafting and art sessions for children; she says she will use her prize voucher to help start a low-cost family photography project.
High-stakes talks between the US and Iran ended without a deal, and Iran's foreign minister said there had been 'good progress' with further contacts expected within a week.
Georgetown University researchers are documenting hundreds of unmarked graves at the former House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children in Cheltenham, Maryland, and the Forgotten Children Initiative aims to identify the buried children and locate descendants; Maryland's juvenile services agency has received funding and a bill has been introduced to create a commission of inquiry.
A large international analysis reported that vegetarians had lower risks for five cancers — including pancreatic and breast — while also finding a higher risk of the common type of oesophageal cancer in vegetarians.
A pooled analysis of more than 1.8 million people followed for about 16 years found vegetarians had lower risks of pancreatic, prostate, breast, kidney cancers and multiple myeloma, while the study also reported higher risks of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in vegetarians and higher bowel cancer risk in vegans.
A pooled analysis in the British Journal of Cancer reports that vegetarians had up to a 30% lower risk of five cancers, while the study also found higher reported risks of the commonest oesophagus cancer in vegetarians and of bowel cancer in vegans, though vegan cases were few.
A bi-weekly community singing group at Bedwas Workmen's Hall, run by Parklands Care Home with Inside Out Cymru, offers an inclusive space where attendees, including people living with dementia and their carers, have formed new friendships.
The draft Rare Cancers Bill would create a national database to link rare cancer patients to clinical trials, and it is due for a third reading in the House of Lords on Friday.
Ministry of Justice figures show dozens of Crown Court trials are scheduled four years ahead, with more than 2,600 trials listed for 2028 and proposed legislation introduced to limit some jury trials.
England's health service will receive a £4 million extension to the Department for Transport's Chargepoint Accelerator Scheme to install hundreds of electric vehicle charging sockets for NHS fleets, while government figures report a record 116,052 public EV chargers across the UK.
