Good News

A "legendary" Big Issue seller has thanked the people of his home city after a crowdfunding campaign raised £7,000 to buy him a van to call home. Jeff Knight is a well-known face in the centre of Bristol, where he has handed out the popular street newspaper for 21 years. Despite living rough, he is one of the happiest people on the city's streets - giving fist-bumps, compliments and hugs to passers-by. But now over 500 admirers have clubbed together...

Amateur photographer Ian Herd snapped the joyful pictures at Fort George, Inverness

Scientists say a breed of penguins found on the coast of South America are among the most faithful couples in the animal kingdom - despite spending months apart each year

With the twelfth night looming London households can put their unwanted trees to good use

Wildlife photographer Andrew Fusek Peters spent hours camped out on a cliff to capture the heartwarming snaps

Maheraj Ahmed, 15, will rub shoulders with the elite when he takes his place in the sleepy hallowed halls of Britain’s most famous school on a £76,000 scholarship.

Vulnerable south Londoners are to be provided with radiators to keep them warm as the cold snap starts to bite in the capital. The Stay Warm, Stay Safe initiative is the brainchild of the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Live Well Greenwich campaign and Charlton Athletic Community Trust who aid the elderly, infirm and those who are struggling to afford their heating in five local boroughs. As many as 60 oil filled electric radiators will be dispatched to those who need...

A butcher in West Yorkshire is handing out free Christmas hampers to people who have been left with nothing over the Christmas period due to delayed Universal Credit payments. David Jones, 52, will give away the free baskets of festive meat worth £25 to claimants whose money will not be available until the New Year, the Mirror has reported. The hampers will include a turkey for Christmas Day and pigs-in-blankets. Mr Jones, owner of D Jones Quality Butcher in Dewsbury, said...

The kind message was left for RSPCA workers by a member of the public who found the tiny creature in her garden