Monthly Archives: November 2025

Teens still exposed to violence and suicide online despite ruling

Teens still exposed to violence and suicide online despite ruling

Harriet Robinson and Andy Howard,West of EnglandZara McDermott is shown the findings of BBC West's investigationTeenagers are still being exposed to social media content about bullying, suicide and weapons despite new safety rules being introduced, a BBC investigation has found.Measures came into force in July as part of the Online Safety Act, meaning online and social media companies are now legally responsible for keeping children and young people safe online.The experiment, in collaboration with BBC Morning Live, used…

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West Country schools and fundraisers mark Children in Need

West Country schools and fundraisers mark Children in Need

Chloe HarcombeWest of EnglandBBCMany children around the West Country, including these Priestley Primary School pupils in Calne, Wiltshire, had the chance to meet Pudsey earlierPeople around the West Country have been fundraising and meeting Pudsey for BBC Children in Need.Challenges and bake sales have been held across Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire in a bid to raise as much money as possible for the cause.BBC Children in Need funds vital support for children and young people struggling with…

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‘It’s crazy how much we have to spend’

‘It’s crazy how much we have to spend’

Seb NobleCornwall political reporter, CamborneBBCOllie, Lacy, and Luke said the cost of bus travel to college was becoming unaffordableTransport costs "should not be the barrier" for students learning and working in Cornwall, a college deputy principal has said.Staff and students at Cornwall College's Camborne campus said the cost and unreliability of buses in the county made it hard for them to study effectively or hold down weekend jobs.MPs on the Transport Select Committee have called for the government…

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Cornwall deli Sabzi trademark row ends amicably

Cornwall deli Sabzi trademark row ends amicably

A Cornish deli owner has withdrawn her complaint over the use of her company's name on a cookery book.Kate Attlee, who launched Sabzi in 2019 and trademarked the name in 2022, previously said she was "incredibly stressed" when Bloomsbury released a cookbook under the same name by food writer Yasmin Khan.Bloomsbury maintained the term sabzi was a descriptive word for vegetable dishes in Farsi and Urdu and said Khan began work on the book in 2017, before the…

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Passengers frustrated at flooded rail line issues in north Devon

Passengers frustrated at flooded rail line issues in north Devon

Alex Green,South West and Scott Bingham,in ExeterBBCFlooding along the railway line in north Devon has suspended trainsRail passengers and campaigners are calling for change amid a series of issues on a stretch of railway line in Devon.Delays and cancellations of services, flooding, and overcrowding on the Tarka Line, between Barnstaple and Exeter, have frustrated rail users and campaigners.Tim Steer, chair of Railfuture in Devon and Cornwall, said the various issues on the line in recent weeks were due…

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Mini Skirt: All That We Know – Album Review

Mini Skirt – All That We Know (Bad Vibrations/Fuzz Club) LP | CD | DL Out 14 Nov 2025 Nathan Brown listens to the second album from Miniskirt, the latest obnoxious Australian import, and hears The Stooges and Wire in their raw punk DNA. It’s a well worn cliche to reference The Stooges, but in […] The post Mini Skirt: All That We Know – Album Review appeared first on Louder Than War. Source link

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Cornwall marathon champion says age is no barrier to running

Cornwall marathon champion says age is no barrier to running

Oz CurtisAndrea Simmons won the marathon's 70+ categoryA woman who clocked a personal best at the New York Marathon and scooped a world championship title has said running is possible at any age.Andrea Simmons, 71, from Newlyn in Cornwall, won the marathon's 70+ category and finished the race in a time of 3:37:48.The race doubled up as the Age Group World Championship and made the Hayle Runners member the Marathon Majors Worldwide Champion.Simmons, who also claimed the 70-74…

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Professor Sir Steve Smith honoured with lifetime achievement award by Times Higher Education

Professor Sir Steve Smith, the University of Exeter’s long-serving former Vice-Chancellor, has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award by Times Higher Education. At the prestigious THE Awards 2025 in Edinburgh this week, Sir Steve received one of the night’s top prizes, the THE Outstanding Achievement Award, for his remarkable contribution to the higher education sector. Sir Steve accepted the award – the first to be presented on the night – from THE Editor, Chris Havergal, and Chief…

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Children in Need 2025 fundraising in the south of England

Children in Need 2025 fundraising in the south of England

Stephen StaffordSouth of EnglandVikki EkemaA 12-hour dance marathon was one of the fundraising events for BBC Children in NeedFundraisers of all ages across the south of England have been going the extra mile to support BBC Children in Need.From Hampshire and Dorset to Oxfordshire, Berkshire and the Isle of Wight, people have been baking, cycling and rattling collection buckets as part of the BBC's annual charity appeal.Schools, care homes, leisure centres and community groups have embraced the challenge…

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