Counting down to 2025 in online worlds
January 15, 2025How's this for a New Year's Eve party? Fireworks, unlimited free drinks, and it's open all night long. But first,...
Church rebuild that would ‘dominate street’ blocked
January 15, 2025A bid to rebuild a church has been blocked after one of its neighbours complained it could cost them their...
Round-the-world sailor makes land after broken mast
January 15, 2025A sailor has reached land almost two weeks after a snapped mast ended her bid to be the first woman...
Share Covid data, World Health Organization tells China
January 15, 2025The World Health Organization has urged China to share data on the origins of the Covid pandemic, five years on...
How to sail round the world, solo, non-stop
January 15, 2025Sailor Sam Goodchild, 35, is weeks away from completing the gruelling 28,000 mile (45,000km) Vendee Globe race around the world....
Teenage surfer sets sights on being world champion
January 15, 2025For most 16-year-olds the idea of being paid to travel the world doing their favourite sport would be nothing more...
Schoolboy artist has sights set on world peace
January 15, 2025A schoolboy is through to the final of an international art competition to design a poster for peace. Reuben, 12,...
Woman to represent country in world ‘plogging’ event
January 15, 2025A local activist is to represent Great Britain in an international plogging event, which involves picking up litter while jogging....
The decorator aiming to become world bowls champion
January 15, 2025Most of the year, Wayne Willgress is either up a ladder or on all fours painting a skirting board, but...
Lancashire man eyes world water speed record
January 15, 2025A Lancashire man who was involved in the rebuild of Donald Campbell's record-breaking Bluebird hydroplane craft is constructing a new...
