Yearly Archives: 2025

Weston-super-Mare AFC Optima stadium upgrade plan given go-ahead

Weston-super-Mare AFC Optima stadium upgrade plan given go-ahead

A football club has been given the go-ahead to redevelop its stadium into a League two standard ground.Development on Weston-super-Mare FC's Optima Stadium, will begin in early 2027 and will include new hospitality facilities, a brand new restaurant and bar.Director at CMS Group, which is leading the project, Paul Rogers, said it marks a "major milestone" towards delivering improved facilities for supporters, players, staff, and the community.Oli Bliss, Weston-super-Mare AFC chairman, said getting to this point took "many…

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WFP warns of deepening hunger crisis amid funding shortfall | Hunger News

UN agency said an estimated 318 million people will face acute food insecurity in 2026.Published On 18 Nov 202518 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe World Food Programme (WFP) has said that funding cuts will worsen a deepening hunger crisis around the world, warning that more than 300 million people will face acute food insecurity next year.“Food insecurity is expected to remain at alarming levels,” the organisation said in its 2026 Global Outlook report released on…

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Met Office warns of snow and ice for Devon and Cornwall

Met Office warns of snow and ice for Devon and Cornwall

People in the South West have been told to prepare for disruption as the region faces a wave of snow and ice.The Met Office issued the yellow weather warning and said most of Cornwall and parts of north and west Devon should expect wintry showers, and temperatures as low as freezing (0C, 32F) from midday on Wednesday until midnight on Thursday.Drivers are being advised to "amend travel plans if necessary" as ice frozen overnight could make for dangerous…

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AVTT/PTTN: AVTT/PTTN – Album Review

AVTT/PTTN: AVTT/PTTN – Album Review

AVTT/PTTN: AVTT/PTTN Thirty Tigers/Ipecac/Ramseur Records All Formats Out Now An unlikely symbiosis that has reaped a handsome reward, two disparate musical giants join forces to make one handsome super giant. A stretched metaphor but an excellent result, MK Bennett remains calm. Frank Zappa had a hell of a time being taken seriously, despite his obvious and apparent brilliance. While this was sometimes due to the actual music, it was equally as often seemingly due to a degree of…

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Ross Vintcent: Exeter Chiefs’ Italy forward out with dislocated shoulder

Ross Vintcent: Exeter Chiefs’ Italy forward out with dislocated shoulder

Exeter are waiting to find out the full extent of the dislocated shoulder suffered by their Italy forward Ross Vintcent.The 23-year-old was hurt while playing for the Azzurri in last Saturday's 32-14 loss to South Africa.Vintcent has scored three tries in three Prem appearances for the Chiefs this season and was part of Italy side that beat Australia earlier this month. "We'll probably get some further scans done and we'll start the process of whether it's an operative…

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As Send system faces ‘collapse’

As Send system faces ‘collapse’

As council leaders warn the special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system for children in England faces "total collapse" - what does Send mean?The County Councils Network, which represents some of England's largest local authorities, said councils had deficits which will reach £4.4bn a year by the end of this parliament in 2029 and said the government must not "keep ducking" reforms.Reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Send) system in England have been delayed by the…

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Frank Warren: Brad Pauls and Shakiel Thompson winner to get ‘big title shot’

Frank Warren: Brad Pauls and Shakiel Thompson winner to get ‘big title shot’

Pauls, 32, has fought once since losing his British middleweight title to Denzel Bentley last December, beating Panamanian journeyman Omir Rodriguez in Torquay in May.He will hope to recreate the form that saw him beat Nathan Heaney to win his Lonsdale belt in July 2024, having drawn with the Stoke fighter four months earlier. "I have my own ambition, I'd love to get my British title back and winning a fight like this opens all sorts of doors,"…

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Dawlish left ‘heartbroken’ after bird flu confirmed in aviary

Dawlish left ‘heartbroken’ after bird flu confirmed in aviary

GoogleThe town mayor says the black swans and aviary birds were a "cherished symbol of Dawlish"Birds living in a Devon town aviary are set to be humanely culled after testing positive for bird flu, a council has confirmed.Dawlish Town Council said it had been officially notified by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) that several birds in the Dawlish Waterfowl Aviary had tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1.The council said it was "heartbroken"…

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Onboard video captures crash of plane carrying DR Congo minister  | Aviation

NewsFeedDramatic video filmed on a plane carrying DR Congo’s mining minister captured the moment it crashed on landing at an airport in Kolwezi in the southeast. No casualties have been reported. The minister was travelling to the site of a recent mining disaster.Published On 18 Nov 202518 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link

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‘Cold weather preparations’ and ‘police award’

‘Cold weather preparations’ and ‘police award’

Wiltshire PoliceLuke Newton, who works with Wiltshire Police, was shortlisted for a national awardHere is our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media.Our pick of local website storiesThe Severe Weather Emergency Protocol has been activated in Swindon as temperatures are set to drop below freezing on Wednesday. It means rough sleepers will be offered accommodation, according to the Swindon Advertiser.The Weston Mercury reports that North Somerset…

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Man dies after altercation in pub courtyard in Ottery St Mary

Man dies after altercation in pub courtyard in Ottery St Mary

Five men have been arrested in connection to the death of a man who died in hospital two weeks after being injured in an altercation outside a pub.Devon and Cornwall Police said it was called to the Kings Arms in Ottery St Mary at about 22:15 GMT on 2 November to reports of an altercation involving a group of people in the courtyard.A local man, 67, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and died on 17 November…

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