Blind Faith, a debut short film by blind Herefordshire writer Sam Obigbesan, has earned screenings and awards at film festivals across the UK and US. The short film is gaining international attention and acclaim.
Mr Obigbesan developed his writing through Writing Room Extra, a community group led by Lisle Turner, the artistic director of Open Sky. The group has helped several members achieve professional success with organisations including Arts Council England and the BBC.
At age 91, Barrie man Henry Prusinowski has been something of a fixture and an inspiration at the East Bayfield Community Centre, where he is active in one way or another every day, and sometimes twice a day.
Around 50 residents from Pendine Park's Wrexham care homes travelled through the Dee Valley on the first 'Memory Train', a dedicated service between Llangollen and Corwen designed to evoke fond memories of rail journeys from years past.
On 6 October, 20 Primary 7 pupils from Roslin Primary School sowed a new wildflower meadow at Roslin Glen Country Park. They scattered 2kg of seed by hand, in mixes containing more than 70 species of wildflowers and grasses.
Water quality and fisheries advocates reached their goal in late August of constructing 500 acres of oyster sanctuary in North Carolina's Pamlico Sound, though reaching that milestone does not mean the end of construction.
Hundreds of attendees gathered during a heat wave for the ninth annual Tito's Fiesta Mexicana, presented by Tito's Tacos and sponsored by Tito's Handmade Vodka, raising $25,600 in a single day for the Culver Arts Foundation.
On October 1, 2026, IslandLink Bus Services introduced two daily one-way bus routes timed to connect with Hullo's daily ferry sailings at the Nanaimo terminal, creating…
On Thursday, October 8, students, staff, and dignitaries gathered outside the new Rainy River K-12 School in Rainy River to celebrate its official opening.
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, youth coordinator Venn Morin and Whitecap Dakota First Nation hosted a community hunt and campout for six youth aged 12 to 18 to learn…
Researchers are pursuing several routes to bring back the American chestnut: hybrid breeding, breeding from American survivors, gene engineering and viruses that weaken…
The search began on Oct. 10, after Penticton RCMP asked Penticton Search and Rescue (PENSAR) to find an individual missing in the Carmi Recreation Forest area.
The Parksville Beach Festival Society donated $89,270 to organizations whose volunteers served as gate ambassadors at the 2026 Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition…
Julien Alfred donated 50 copies of a children's book about her athletic journey to Diverse Classroom Books on Friday, at her alma mater, Ciceron Primary School.
Visiting contractors on the Orkney Link project, which includes the Finstown substation, have helped Mind-On volunteers transform the Kirkwall charity's storage and shop…
Age UK North Yorkshire & Darlington has launched an emergency appeal to raise £14,000 by October 20 after warning that it could close by the end of October.
Photo: Timothy R Sexton, Far North Queensland, 11 January 2026Full-size image
Documented in Far North Queensland on 11 January 2026, Australian biotechnology researchers at QBiotics isolated tigilanol tiglate from the blushwood tree (Fontainea…
Lou, a small artisan otter sculpture donated to the school, has gone missing from its flower pot at the front of École Cobble Hill. It was last seen Friday, Sept. 25.
Three more Golden Rock residents signed deeds of transfer before a notary on Friday, 9 October 2026. The first resident to finish the process did so on 2 October.
