4+ hour, 41+ min ago  (678+ words) Preloved Sports was founded by Michael Hill in 2021 A community interest company (CIC) which sends donated clothes, shoes and sports equipment to vulnerable people is teaming up with the London Marathon in the hope of driving donations. Items donated to Preloved…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (506+ words) A dancer who became Britain's first black professional ballerina has had her pointed shoes restored on the television programme, The Repair Shop. Julie Felix, 67, became a star in the US after she said she was excluded from a ballet company…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (729+ words) A woman has described her delight at finding more than 40 pieces of Victorian pottery while beachcombing. Angela Schrier, 50, said she would usually be content with finding a handful of sea glass when she searched the coastline at Hunstanton, Norfolk, but…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (429+ words) What's the most exciting treasure you've ever found on a beach? Maybe a shiny seashell, some colourful sea glass or an old bucket and spade? You probably wouldn't expect to find part of a historic shipwreck - but that's what's been…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (347+ words) Take a look at these interesting new shoes - or are they toy bricks? This is what happens when a shoe maker, joins forces with a toy maker. The red-brick shoes, a collaboration between Crocs and Lego, will be released in…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago  (378+ words) Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team in the Lake District is trialling a pair of "robot trousers. The device attaches at the waist and has two carbon arms which sit above the knee. It is hoped they could help by speeding up…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (516+ words) Janet Mc Conkey from the charity says she jumped up and down when she learned that Clarks would help supply shoes A charity which provides shoes to children is back in operation following a setback when a city retailer closed…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (799+ words) Steve began having his feet treated fortnightly at Shekinah's free podiatry clinic A man who had been living in his car for four months has spoken about the life-changing support he received from a charity's foot clinic. Steve, who found…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (691+ words) Max Parker plays a military instructor in comedy drama Boots A Manchester actor who is starring in a new Netflix drama about a gay US military recruit at a time when open homosexuality in the armed forces was illegal says…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (648+ words) Mr Pople ran the half marathon in Crocs to raise money for Rainbows Hospice in Loughborough A student who ran a half marathon in Crocs said it was "surprisingly more comfortable than he thought" and he only suffered "minimal blisters…...