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9 hours ago | bbc.com | Marcus White |Galya Dimitrova

Council workers create owl carving from dead treeMarcus White & Galya DimitrovaDorset CouncilThe barn owl carving is a reminder of "thoughtful acts", the council saidA council has felled a dead horse chestnut tree and carved a barn owl from the stump. The tree at Hooks Corner in Cerne Abbas, Dorset, was planted in the 1980s by the village school's headmaster at the time, Dorset Council said. However, it was pronounced dead after failing to come into leaf this spring.

20 hours ago | bbc.com | Priya Sippy |Anne Okumu

'I tell my children not to play so we save money on soap'Priya Sippy & Anne OkumuBBC News, London & LilongweJack McBramsA chunk of Suzanna Kathumba's meagre salary goes on school fees, leaving little for other essentialsSuzanna Kathumba, a domestic worker in Malawi, spends every day thinking of ways she can economise to make her salary of 80,000 kwacha ($46; £34) a month stretch to support her family.

1 day ago | bbc.com | Jonny Manning |Ollie Rawlinson

Boys collect 600 signatures to improve playgroundJonny Manning & Ollie RawlinsonBBC News, North East and CumbriaBBCFriends Ethan, 12, and Kaelan, 13, want new equipment installed at their local playgroundTwo boys who describe their local playground as "broken, boring and full of graffiti" are campaigning to have it improved. Twelve-year-old Ethan, and Kaelan, 13, have been knocking on doors and asking people to sign a petition calling for Flimby Playground in Cumbria to be upgraded.

1 day ago | bbc.com | Phil Corrigan

Fraud totalling £2.7m uncovered by councilPhil CorriganLocal Democracy Reporter, StaffordshireLDRSOfficers at Stoke-on-Trent City Council found 108 cases of fraudFraud totalling about £2.7m has been uncovered by a council, with transgressions in tax, housing tenancy and right-to-buy among the offending. Officers at Stoke-on-Trent City Council found there were 108 cases of fraud committed against the authority in 2024/25, which was down on the 142 reported the previous year.

1 day ago | bbc.com | Marcus White

River crash bus driver was hero, rescuer saysMarcus WhiteAndrew Matthews/PA MediaThe bus carrying pupils from Barton Peveril Sixth Form College came off the road on Thursday morningThe driver of a double-decker college bus which crashed off a road into a river has been described as a "hero" by one of the first people to reach the scene.