Yearly Archives: 2025

Zookeepers have said they are sad after a "beloved and cherished" red panda died.Suri, who was more than 10 years old, had been at Paradise Park in Hayle, Cornwall, since 2016, where she had taken part in visitor handling sessions, the keepers said.They said the wildlife sanctuary had given more than £20,000 the Red Panda Network, a conservation and research group, from donations from the sessions.Keeper Becky Waite said Suri had been very popular with visitors as she…

A horse trainer responsible for a 100-1 winner at the Grand National has marked 30 years in the sport. Venetia Williams, who trained outsider Mon Mome when he won the Aintree-based race in 2009, said she was looking forward to "hopefully many more years still to come". The Herefordshire-based trainer said it was one of her most memorable wins. "It's the race people know the world over really. It's probably the only jump race that a lot of…

Kirk EnglandSouth West environment and tourism correspondentBBCFormer restaurant owner Kelly Broderick said hospitality businesses are "falling like dominoes" due to increases in costsKelly Broderick wipes away tears as she cleans her restaurant ahead of handing the keys back to the landlord. After eight years, the woman from Newquay says "insurmountable" increases in costs - from wages to the price of cooking oil - have led to her to make the "heartbreaking" decision. It comes as Cornwall Chamber of…