BBC Local news

• Children help city's homeless with essential items

  Thursday, 18th December 2025

  Cheylesmore Youth Group appealed for donations and packed them into boxes to be handed out in the city centre

• MP protests in support of hunger strike prisoner

  Wednesday, 17th December 2025

  MP Zarah Sultana demands urgent medical care for a remand prisoner at Surrey's HMP Bronzefield.

• Update on otter cubs rescued from parkland

  Wednesday, 17th December 2025

  Snap, Crackle and Pop are healthy after a tree falling left them "exposed" without their mother.

• Resident doctors strike amid 'difficult' flu surge

  Wednesday, 17th December 2025

  Resident doctors are striking over pay, while the government says it will not increase it.

• Charity says roadworks are impacting donations

  Wednesday, 17th December 2025

  The RSPCA says work on a new cycle route is affecting access for visitors.