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Community · East of England

Whose photos were left in this '53 Beetle glovebox?

A retired bus mechanic who bought a rare 1953 Volkswagen Beetle in 1975 found photographs in its glovebox. A restorer has joined the search to track down the people in the pictures and reunite them with the car.

BBC Essex 4 Nov 2026

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Community · South East

Falklands War veterans reunite at new factory build

Falklands veterans Simon Weston and Steve Hammond reunited to mark the next stage of a £15m factory project at the Royal British Veterans Enterprise site in Aylesford. The new factory will replace an outdated building and create up to 80 jobs, with more than 70% of the workforce at the social enterprise made up of veterans or disabled people.

BBC News Kent 3 Nov 2026

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Working together to keep older people safe and warm

A partnership between Age UK, Age Cymru, Age Scotland and gas network companies is being extended with £1.7m of funding to help more older people stay safe, warm and independent at home until March 2028. Almost 118,000 older households across Britain have already received personalised energy support through the scheme, including a 90-year-old man whose gas leak was found and fixed after an adviser raised concerns.

Charity Today 3 Nov 2026

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