A community in southern Scotland has completed the purchase of Wamphray Church, which it raised over £45,000 to buy from the Church of Scotland. The Friends of Wamphray Church plan to use the building as an events venue and a nature and heritage hub.
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.
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 The new factory will replace an outdated building and create up to 80 jobs, with more than 70% of the workforce at the social enterprise made up of veterans or disabled people.
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.
