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South Yorkshire’s Mayor, Oliver Coppard, has announced that £495k has been awarded to Doncaster Deaf Trust (DDT) to further develop a project that supports people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) into further learning and employment. Read more
Samantha Watson, store director at Selfridges Birmingham, has been named as the new chair of trustees at the children’s charity Acorns. Acorns Children’s Hospice, the Birmingham Chamber 1813 Club members which has sites in Selly Oak, Walsall and Worcester, offers a network of specialist palliative care for life-limited and life-threatened babies, children and young people and their families across the heart of the UK. Read more
Melody Woman Music in Towcester, Northamptonshire, has been named as one of the UK’s 100 most inspiring small businesses for 2025 by the Small Business Saturday campaign, as it kicks off its annual call to champion and support the nation’s favourite businesses. This honour follows an incredible year for the firm, which was also named Microbusiness of the Year for Northamptonshire at the 2025 NNBN Awards. Read more
Sheffield’s female-led property law firm, Mason Thomas Law is celebrating a triple achievement after being shortlisted in three categories at the prestigious Yorkshire Legal Awards 2025. Mason Thomas Law’s founder, Cathy Thomas, leads the nominations after being shortlisted for Managing Partner of the Year. Read more
Rotherham’s Grade I listed stately home Wentworth Woodhouse is to be transformed into a glittering icy kingdom for its most wondrous and wintery Christmas family extravaganza yet. Over 18,000 tickets have been released for The Snow Queen, the Preservation Trust’s festive fundraiser this year. A re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved fairytale from 1844 will cast a shimmering, winter-white spell over the mansion from 2 December to 4 January. Read more
As part of a pioneering initiative to improve the recycling rate of post-consumer aerosols, a three-month analysis project commenced in June to gather valuable kerbside waste composition data from households across Solihull. Funded by Alupro through the Aerosol Recycling Initiative (UKARI) and facilitated by Suez recycling and recovery UK (SUEZ), the initiative will see fully comingled material streams analysed by Sherbourne Recycling. Read more