6+ hour, 27+ min ago  (455+ words) Marks and Spencer is launching a new training scheme for young people trying to get on the career ladder in a bid to tackle the "growing youth unemployment challenge". Aimed at 16-24-year olds, it will create 1, 000 training places in the…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (429+ words) Not content with running the London Marathon with a fridge on his back or in a pair of sliders, a fundraiser is taking on his next challenge - but this time, with a wheelie bin. Daniel Fairbrother, from Stevenage, will compete…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (440+ words) Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters (SARAID) is a UK-based charity that deploys trained search and rescue personnel to large-scale disasters worldwide. The Operation Menthon training was held in Moreton-in-Marsh, in Gloucestershire, on Saturday and involved the simulated collapse of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (497+ words) The force has trained student police officers on-island for the first time in more than a decade. The States of Jersey Police said the 20-week programme in Jersey was "a big achievement" as it covered more localised training suited to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (138+ words) Gethin trains to be Dr Oscar's guide runner BBC Gethin trains to be Dr Oscar's guide runner This video can not be played 200 viewers will be joining the Morning Live team, as part of our official Couch to 5k run in…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago  (713+ words) A fitness influencer has described how taking up running when a friend signed her up to a 5km (3. 1 mile) run has "given me my spark back" and "changed my life". Preston's Alysia Mcandrew, who is known as Liss, has more than…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (480+ words) A former mental health worker has swapped working in prisons for life on the railways. Liam Dainty has been recruited as one of around 100 staff working for the train company Lumo at its new headquarters in Preston. He will now…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1021+ words) After almost a year in the job, London's fire commissioner, Jonathan Smith, has been speaking to BBC London about how the London Fire Brigade (LFB) is adapting to a rapidly changing picture in the capital. London's fire service spans 103 fire…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (329+ words) A fire service is using a bespoke female CPR manikin to help "reduce hesitation in people delivering emergency care to women". Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service's prevention team hopes the new equipment will help "save lives". It will also offer…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (15+ words) BBC Funding for black creatives in Liverpool...