Monthly Archives: November 2025

Bath talks ‘productive’ with PWR about women’s team joining top league

Bath talks ‘productive’ with PWR about women’s team joining top league

Bath are having "productive" and "collaborative" conversations with the PWR about a women's team one day joining the league says their chief executive.Bath applied to enter a new women's team in Premiership Women's Rugby in 2023 when the league rebranded but were unsuccessful at the tender stage.The PWR is currently made up of nine clubs and while expansion has been ruled out for 2026-27, beyond that is undecided."The conversations that we're having with the PWR now are much…

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Dorset Museum’s £3.5m race to save Sherborne almshouse triptych

Dorset Museum’s £3.5m race to save Sherborne almshouse triptych

St Johns' AlmshouseThe triptych had been sent to Sotheby's for safekeeping during renovationsA museum is in a race against time to raise £3.5m for an "exceptionally rare" triptych painting which is due to be auctioned in December.The piece, dating from the 15th Century, was valued by Sotheby's when it was moved for safekeeping during renovations at St Johns' Almshouse in Sherborne, Dorset.After discovering its value, the charity decided to sell the altarpiece to fund new accommodation for people…

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Basingstoke FC staff member targeted by ‘obscene’ comment

Basingstoke FC staff member targeted by ‘obscene’ comment

An investigation has been started after a female member of staff at a football match was targeted by "serious, obscene" language by an opposition fan.The incident happened last Saturday during Weymouth FC's home match against Basingstoke Town.An "obscene" comment of a sexual nature was directed towards one of Basingstoke's female members of staff and was picked up in the audio match coverage, Weymouth FC said.The club said it has been contacted by the FA, with The Terras warning…

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Second deliberate fire at former Exeter police station

Second deliberate fire at former Exeter police station

A former police station and magistrates' court building is thought to have been targeted by arsonists for the second time in a week, according to emergency services.Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to the blaze at the disused building on Heavitree Road, in Exeter, at 21:42 GMT on Thursday where two fires were found in different parts of the property. A fire at the same building took place on Monday night.The service said…

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Five things to look out for in the EFL: A Steel City struggle and Norwich City’s new era

Five things to look out for in the EFL: A Steel City struggle and Norwich City’s new era

Hillsborough will host the first Steel City derby of the season this Sunday but considering both participants currently reside in the bottom three, it is hard to know which way it will fall.No other Championship club has leaked more goals than Sheffield Wednesday (29). On the other hand, Sheffield United have found the net the fewest number of times (11).To win, either club must overcome their shortcomings and it seems that they have both looked in the same…

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Wreckless Eric: England Screaming – album review

Wreckless Eric: England Screaming – album review

album review Wreckless Eric England Screaming Tapete Records CD/DL/LP Released 21 November 2025 National Treasure (Cult division) re-records a shit album from his back-catalogue and it turns out far better than even he thought it would.  One song includes the line – ‘Still Life on a cubicle door: Cocks, bums and tits’ – which would possibly have been a better title though – says Ged Babey.  In the same way as some peoples looks are described as: “He’s got…

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Fatal Weymouth house fire probe ends after no offences found

Fatal Weymouth house fire probe ends after no offences found

A police investigation into a house fire more than a year ago where a man in his 70s died has finished with no criminal offences found.The blaze in Southdown Road, Weymouth, started on 4 October 2024 shortly before 11:00 BST.One man was pronounced dead at the scene, while another was taken to hospital. Dorset Police said during the investigation the man in his 60s was voluntarily interviewed by officers with no further action taken.The fire was initially treated…

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Countries sharply split on fossil fuels on COP30 climate summit final day | Climate News

Brazil’s new draft proposal does not contain a roadmap for a transition, nor mention ‘fossil fuels’ at all.Countries remain bitterly divided over the future of fossil fuels as the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP30, is slated to end in Brazil’s northern city of Belem, potentially in a haze of recriminations.Delegates at the two-week conference have failed to reach a deal as Brazil circulated a new draft proposal on Thursday that did not include a…

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Somerset family struggling as three members have ME

Somerset family struggling as three members have ME

Ruth BradleyPolitics reporter, BBC SomersetJulie HeathJon developed ME in his early 40s with his wife giving up her career to help care for him.Just under 10 years ago, Julie Heath's husband Jon suffered blow to his head in a car crash. "He has never recovered from it," she said.Mr Heath went on to be diagnosed with ME, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. The couple's two children were also diagnosed with ME in the years that followed, and…

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Dorchester flats fire likely caused by batteries in bin

Dorchester flats fire likely caused by batteries in bin

A fire that left a block of flats uninhabitable for more than two months was likely started accidentally by batteries thrown in a rubbish bin, the fire service has said.The blaze at the Ammonite building in Brewery Square, Dorchester, broke out on a second-floor balcony shortly before 18:45 BST on 29 August.The fire spread up the exterior, leaving all 16 flats uninhabitable with residents forced into temporary accommodation. After extensive repairs, residents from nine apartments have been able…

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Truro City ‘building foundations’ despite poor form – Alex Black

Truro City ‘building foundations’ despite poor form – Alex Black

The changes at Truro - who were sharing a ground in Plymouth for much of the time after they left their Treyew Road home in January 2021 - are not just on the field.Having gone fully professional they have had to employ more staff to cater for a side that had previously only trained a couple of times a week. "Probably for the first time ever at the club we do have a chief scout who is able…

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