While January is often associated with post-Christmas gloom, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is looking for people to work at its research stations in Antarctica, offering the chance to turn resolutions into reality. 

Visitors have only a short time left to see the world‑renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at Wolverhampton Art Gallery, and the final opportunity to experience the acclaimed showcase of the sixty‑first competition before it closes on Sunday 26 January 2026.

Worcester Cathedral is delighted to announce that the winner of its Christmas Tree Festival 2025 is Birch Hill Dog Rescue.

The award-winning ‘Royal Three Counties Show’, the UK’s premier agricultural and countryside living event, and one of the longest running events of its kind, will return to ‘Three Counties Showground’ in Malvern, with a packed programme of new features, exciting entertainment, agricultural innovations, plenty of family fun for all ages, excellent local food and drink, and – of course – thousands of animals!

Families recently paid tribute to the 14 young people who died in the New Cross fire, using a service marking the 45th anniversary of the blaze to implore people to “hold one another with compassion and care”.

Birmingham-based Tat Vision has created a new piece of art to highlight the meaning of ‘home’, as part of a new Barnardo’s campaign to urgently recruit more foster carers.