Monthly Archives: October 2025

Activists renew calls for football ban on Israel despite Gaza ceasefire | Football News

Activists campaign to suspend Israel from European football, calling for accountability for genocide.Calls for Israel’s suspension from European football have been renewed a day after the ceasefire in Gaza came into effect and as the Israeli team has resumed its qualification campaign for the FIFA World Cup 2026.The human rights campaign group Game Over Israel urged UEFA on Saturday to suspend Israel until it ends its abuses against Palestinians.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listWith the ceasefire…

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The Prem: Bristol 18-14 Exeter – gritty Bears claim derby spoils

Bristol: Elizalde, Carrington, Bates, van Rensburg, Ravouvou, Jordan, Marmion; Genge, Oghre, Kloska, Rubiolo, Batley, Grondona, Harding (c), Mata.Replacements: Thacker, Woolmore, Chawatama, Dun, Owen, Lennon, Worsley, Pepper.Red card: Jordan (32).Sin-bin: Pepper (60).Exeter: John, Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Hammersley, Brown-Bampoe, Skinner, Varney; Goodrick-Clarke, Yeandle, Iosefa-Scott, Jenkins (c), Zambonin, Roots, Fisilau, Vintcent.Replacements: Heaven, Burger, Tchumbadze, Tuima, Pearson, James, Chapman, Lilley.Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe. Source link

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The Long Decline: Moribundiing – album review

The Long Decline: Moribundiing – album review

Album Review The Long Decline Moribundiing Gnu Inc Recordings CD / DL  Out now (5/5) The artist formerly known as ‘Kenny Wisdom’, Leigh Goorney and friends including Vic Godard and Mark Perry are The Long Decline.  A cult band who should be… a better-known cult act like say, Daniel Johnston or The TV Personalities, sharing as they do, some of the same wayward sensibilities and insights, says Ged Babey.  Are the youth of today still Searching For A…

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Barnstaple writer of message in a bottle found in Denmark sought

A couple from Germany are looking for a child in Devon who wrote a message in a bottle, which they found washed up on a beach in Denmark. Barnstaple Town Council said the bottle had been found in Fjaltring, Denmark, and had been written by someone from Barnstaple. In a note to the council, the couple said they had been walking along the beach when they found the bottle - which may have been sent by a 12-year-old…

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Global Warning: Our future in a warmer world | Climate Crisis

A three-part series on the realities of climate change – but with innovative solutions to safeguard our future.This decisive decade demands unprecedented action to address humanity’s greatest challenge. With global access, this three-part series examines the real consequences of climate change for our civilisation, through the rest of the 21st century and beyond.Irish journalist Philip Boucher-Hayes visits climate hotspots, from Greenland’s melting glaciers to sub-Saharan Africa’s weather extremes, from the flooding of agricultural land in Bangladesh to the…

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Echobelly’s Glenn Johansson – Interview

Echobelly’s Glenn Johansson – Interview

Echobelly are currently on tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of their second album, On, widely regarded as one of the foremost Britpop albums and, to date, Echobelly’s most successful.  Written and produced at an essentially chaotic and high-pressured time for the young band, it nevertheless successfully managed to funnel that restless, uncomfortable energy into a standout work of glossy dream pop with a darker edge, with legendary ‘90s bangers Dark Therapy, Great Things, Car Therapy and King Of…

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The Apartments: That’s What The Music Is For

The Apartments: That’s What The Music Is For

The Apartments: That’s What The Music Is For (Talitres Records) Released 17 October 2025 CD | Vinyl | DL | Streaming 4.0 out of 5.0 stars4.0 Cult Australian band the Apartments are releasing their eighth studio album after a five-year gap. In their crepuscular world, romantic attachments from the past gain renewed life through songs. Robert Plummer likes the misery. Sydney-born and Brisbane-bred, Peter Milton Walsh has been plying his trade as a singer-songwriter since 1978. What Mark…

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Devon priest to undertake medieval themed pilgrimage for charity

Devon priest to undertake medieval themed pilgrimage for charity

Georgina BarnesSouth WestStuart HuntleyStuart Huntley hopes to raise awareness of mental health and lossA Devon priest is taking on a medieval themed pilgrimage in memory of his friend.Rev Stuart Huntley, an ordained Church of England priest and a historical re-enactor, said his two day walk would be done in full medieval attire for his friend Will who took his own life.The event will raise funds for suicide bereavement charity Pete's Dragons and 10 local churches along the route,…

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Young people’s climate change artwork exhibit opens in Devon

Young people have created artwork focused on climate change for an exhibition at a museum in Devon.The 'Earth Action North Devon: Explorers Create!' exhibition has opened at the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon with support from local charity Earth Action North Devon.Students enrolled on the charity's Ocean Explorer education programme created sketches, and upcycled items and photographs after visiting inspiring locations including Croyde beach, Lee Bay and Chapel Wood.Alison Mills, director of the museum, said she hoped…

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The Kooks: Utilita Arena, Birmingham

The Kooks: Utilita Arena, Birmingham

The KooksBirmingham Utilita Arena11th October 2025  Skinny-trousered, tousle-haired noughties survivors reap the benefits of longevity by playing their biggest shows to date. Sam Lambeth knows, she knows, that he’s not fond of asking. How do bands graduate to headlining arenas? In the recent past, it was to write anodyne choruses that could be sang en masse without those people knowing what it even meant – Sex On Fire and Human being two prime examples. In 2025, the secret…

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Al Jazeera reporters follow Palestinians’ return to northern Gaza | Gaza

NewsFeedAl Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud and Ibrahim al Khalili followed Palestinians making their way back to northern Gaza after a ceasefire deal was announced.Published On 11 Oct 202511 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2SharefacebooktwitterwhatsappcopylinkSave Source link

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Billy Bragg: A People’s History

Billy Bragg: A People’s History

Billy Bragg: A People’s History – edited by Iain Key Published by Spenwood Books Released 24th October 2025Buy HereThe publication of this marvellous celebration of the legend who is Billy Bragg could hardly be more timely. As a singer, writer, social commentator and champion of the disadvantaged and downtrodden, Bragg’s observations have never been more pertinent, which, somewhat ironically, is something which will probably make him very sad. But even if Billy claims he doesn’t want to change…

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