Exeter scholars secure significant research funding to investigate the early history of Smallpox and Measles

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The early histories of smallpox and measles – and the insight they might offer to contemporary health and medicine – will be under the microscope of a new research project. Pustules, Palaeogenetics and Pandemics from Galen to Rhazes: How to do the Early History of Smallpox and Measles is being led by scholars at the University of Exeter, and will seek to understand both historical developments of diseases and how changing disease patterns in the past might impact…

Two people seriously injured in A390 crash in Cornwall

Post published:November 19, 2025
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Two people have been taken to hospital with "significant injuries" following a crash on a main road, police have said.Officers were called to the crash which involved two vehicles on the A390 near Chiverton Cross, towards Truro, at about 13:35 GMT on Tuesday.The force said a yellow Fiat Panda and a black Nissan Qashqai were involved and the drivers of both vehicles, a man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s, were injured and remained in…

FPL gameweek 12 tips: Captain Mohamed Salah, double up on Bruno Fernandes and Bryan Mbeumo

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Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, £8.9m - Everton (h)Here's a man with even better stats than Salah.Fernandes has a consistent chance of defcon (he has only got fewer than eight points once this season) and, without his two missed penalties, he'd be close to Antoine Semenyo as the top midfielder.Just a very consistent FPL choice with free-kicks and penalties in his locker.United have scored 11 goals in their four home wins this season, have a top-five attack and should…

China to suspend imports of Japanese seafood amid diplomatic row: Reports | Trade War News

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Diplomatic dispute deepens between Tokyo and Beijing over Taiwan remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.China will again ban all imports of Japanese seafood as a diplomatic dispute between the two countries escalates, Japanese media report.Japanese public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News agency said on Wednesday that the seafood ban follows after China earlier this month lifted import restrictions on Japanese marine products, which were imposed by Beijing in 2023 after the release of treated radioactive water from…

The Ashes: England name Shoaib Bashir in squad for first Perth Test against Australia

Post published:November 19, 2025
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Although a number of England Ashes triumphs at home and abroad have been built on pace, they have never fielded as many express pace bowlers in the same team.The side that won at home in the famous series of 2005 included Steve Harmison, Simon Jones and Andrew Flintoff.Raymond Illingworth's triumphant visitors to Australia in 1970-71 had Bob Willis, Peter Lever and John Snow, and the England team that won in 1954-55 included Brian Statham and Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson.Perhaps…

‘I’ve got young kids – I need to beat this’

Post published:November 19, 2025
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Jen SmithSouth West health correspondentBBCZack Van Aarde from Bantham has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancerA man with stage four oesophageal cancer has been speaking about the shock of his diagnosis, and the importance of remaining positive.Zack Van Aarde, 42, from Bantham in Devon doesn't fit the mould of people usually diagnosed with oesophageal cancer, which is commonly associated with smoking and obesity according to the NHS."It's a bit mind-boggling" he said, "because I've got stage four cancer, but…

Isles of Scilly reclaims rare 16th Century navigational tool

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A rare navigational tool is back on the Isles of Scilly more than 400 years after it was lost at sea.The Pednathise Head astrolabe, dated to 1568, was used by early explorers to measure the altitude of the sun or stars to determine latitude, with only 120 of the devices known to have survived from that era.The item was discovered in a Spanish shipwreck in the late 1980s, at Pednathise Head, before it was taken across three continents…

Second platform at Newquay station reopens after nearly 40 years

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A second platform has opened at a Cornish railway station for the first time in nearly 40 years as part of a £50m infrastructure project.Newquay station has only had one platform in use since October 1987, when a signal box closed.However, Network Rail said digital signalling - which replaced the previous "token system" - had allowed trains to return to the second line.Bogdan Lupu, Network Rail's industry programme director, said the completion of the work "paves the way…

Weather Watcher’s photos developed into artworks

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David BraineSenior broadcast meteorologist, Bedruthan StepsBBCJulie Taylor loves sharing her pictures of the Cornish weather A keen photographer who helped with the pilot and start of BBC Weather Watchers 10 years ago has "never lost the excitement and pride that I had on that first day".Julie Taylor recalled snapping "a beautiful pink dawn" down the road near her home in Cornwall when she headed out to take as many pictures as possible on the first day of Weather…

Family in Exeter ordered to take down summerhouse

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A family has been ordered to remove a summerhouse from their garden by council planning officials.Andrew Causley said he was "baffled" by the enforcement notice issued by Exeter City Council.The summerhouse was installed to replace a children's playhouse that was about the same size and was in the same position in the garden in Alphington, on the edge of Exeter, for about 25 years.The city council said it was unable to comment as the case was live.The council…

‘Moment of joy’ for girl with rare blood cancer

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Marcus WhiteSouth of EnglandCancer Support UKMelody's teddy bear gift brought joy to the family, Cancer Support UK saidA girl who has spent months battling a rare blood cancer is helping to spearhead a charity Christmas campaign.Melody, who turns one year old on Thursday, was diagnosed in April with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).Her father Kevin, from Poole, Dorset, said a bone marrow transplant had not worked sufficiently well and doctors were "literally searching the whole world" for a cure…

Frome battery site refusal overturned by government

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Daniel MumbyLocal Demoracy Reporting ServiceDaniel MumbyThe new battery site will be built near a housing estateA battery energy storage site is to be built in a town despite being initially rejected by local councillors.Somerset Council had refused permission for Trina Solar UK to build the facility on land north of Styles Close, in Frome, Somerset, in February.Residents campaigning against the proposals, which includes storage for about 30 megawatts, had claimed the site posed a "fire risk and put…