Glastonbury Festival traffic ‘handled better than ever’ in 2025

Post published:December 8, 2025
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Traffic management around the 2025 Glastonbury was the "most successful to date" according to a report.The report by the Glastonbury Scrutiny Committee at Somerset Council also says the authority spent less money on staffing the festival this year.The traffic management plan for the 2025 festival, which was attended by some 210,000 people, was "delivered with a high degree of professionalism and collaboration, resulting in one of the most successful operations to date", the report added.Kelly Sumner, chair of…

West Cornwall A30 closed after crash involving police car

Post published:December 8, 2025
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A section of the A30 in west Cornwall remains closed after a serious collision involving a police car and two other vehicles. Devon and Cornwall Police said the emergency services were called to the St Erth Roundabout following the crash at about 20:00 GMT on Sunday.A number of people are believed to have been injured and treated by the ambulance service. The road between St Erth Roundabout and the Hayle Bypass remained closed on Monday morning to allow…

Paignton Picture House awarded £675k grant by Historic England

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A project to restore a Grade II* listed cinema has been given a grant of more than half a million pounds.Historic England (HE) has awarded £675,246 to the Paignton Picture House to carry out works to stabilise the building and restore architectural features.HE South West regional director Rebecca Barrett said it was one of the largest grants given this year and it represented "another big step towards its future as a thriving cultural hub".Paignton Picture House is expected…

Villagers rally to save shop and chapel in Cheriton Fitzpaine

Post published:December 8, 2025
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BBCResident Michael Skinner said the village would be "totally lost" without the shopA small village in mid Devon is celebrating after raising more than £100,000 to save its local shop and preserve a Methodist chapel. The lease on the community shop in Cheriton Fitzpaine is set to expire in 2027 and there is no right to renew it.When the chapel next door to it went up for sale, the village rallied around to buy it.Within eight months, 220…

Dorset County Hospital raise funds for children’s library

Post published:December 8, 2025
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Galya DimitrovaSouth of EnglandGalya Dimitrova and Patrick HughesBBC News, South of England, DorchesterBBCStaff and volunteers from different organisations came together to raise funds and awareness about the library A hospital has launched a fundraising initiative to provide books to children and young people during their hospital stay.Kate Parish, youth worker at Dorset Youth who is due to start working at the hospital soon, said she believed the dedicated children's library within the hospital would be the first of…

St Ives pottery museum restoration project begins

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Work has started to restore a pottery museum and enable visitors to see "important pieces of pottery from across the world".The one-year project was designed to enhance the experience for visitors to the Leach Pottery museum in St Ives which was established by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada in 1920.A new gallery will be created in which pieces from other collections such as the Tate, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Centre of Ceramic Art in York…

Cornwall man pursues MMA passion after life-changing transplant

Post published:December 8, 2025
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Meltdown Fighting ChampionshipsCharlie Dugdale won his fight at the Meltdown Fighting Championships in Bristol in SeptemberThree years ago Charlie Dugdale was fighting for his life as he battled a rare blood disorder. After receiving a life-changing bone marrow transplant, he has turned his fighting spirit to the boxing ring.Dugdale, 20, from Liskeard, Cornwall, has aplastic anaemia - a condition where the bone marrow and stem cells do not produce enough blood cells.In the race to find a bone…

Concern about lack of retained fire crew availability

Post published:December 8, 2025
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Hampshire FireRetained fire crews were among those responding to a flat fire in Petersfield in JulyA rural fire station in Hampshire was unavailable to attend callouts 93% of the time over a one-year period (2022), new figures have revealed.A BBC freedom of information request also showed one-in-five retained fire stations were unavailable for more than half of the year in 2024.Regional Secretary of the Southern branch of the FBU, Mark Chapman, said "the public would be surprised and…

Children in Weston retell nativity as a breaking news story

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A group of children have recreated the nativity as a breaking news story set where they live.The production by the youth group from Haywood village church in Weston-super-Mare had reporters and presenters as well as the traditional roles of Mary and Joseph. The Reverend Fiona Mayne said she wanted to make the Christmas story more relatable.The nativity was filmed by former students at Weston College and University of the West of England (UWE) and will be shown to…

‘I was spiked and I want venues to do more’

Post published:December 8, 2025
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Dawn Limbu,BristolandJohn Darvall,BBC Radio BristolChloe DockerChloe Docker says she was spiked at an event in AugustA woman who believes she was spiked is calling for all venues to install lower bar areas to help more people safely order and monitor their own drinks.Chloe Docker, who lives with muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair, believes her drink was spiked while she attended a private event in August.She said the usual advice to prevent drink spiking, such as always buying…

Nigeria secures release of 100 kidnapped children, reports say | Child Rights News

Post published:December 8, 2025
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At least 153 students and 12 teachers taken from a Catholic school last month remain in captivity.Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 children who were among hundreds kidnapped from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria last month, officials and local media have reported.The 100 children arrived in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and are set to be handed over to local government officials in Niger State on Monday, an unnamed United Nations source told the AFP news agency.Recommended…

Celta Vigo earn shock 2-0 win at the Bernabeu as Real Madrid implode | Football News

Post published:December 7, 2025
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Substitute Williot Swedberg scores brace to defeat Real Madrid, who ended game with nine players after two red cards.Real Madrid suffered a shock 2-0 loss and finished with nine men against Celta Vigo in their La Liga clash after Williot Swedberg scored an audacious goal with his heel and a second in stoppage time to leave the hosts four points off leaders Barcelona.Swedish substitute Swedberg cleverly diverted a cross from Bryan Zaragoza past Thibaut Courtois in the 53rd…