Yearly Archives: 2025

Exeter working to get St James Park ready for Burton game after fire

Exeter working to get St James Park ready for Burton game after fire

Exeter City are working against time to ensure Saturday's League One game against Burton Albion can be played after a fire at their ground.The control room and medical room at St James Park were badly damaged in a fire last week.Cabling from the control room, which is essential to run a game safely, was destroyed and is being replaced on Tuesday. The ground must be approved by the local council's Safety Advisory Group before the game can go…

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Fire at former Exeter police station ‘deliberately lit’

Fire at former Exeter police station ‘deliberately lit’

A blaze which damaged an old police station is thought to have been deliberately lit, according to firefighters.Firefighters said they were called to the blaze at the disused building on Heavitree Road in Exeter, Devon, at about 19:38 GMT on Monday.Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said a quarter of the property, described as being the courthouse wing of the former police station, was damaged by fire."We do believe it was started deliberately," a fire spokesperson said.…

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Overweight racoon found in Cornwall in ‘unusual’ rescue

Overweight racoon found in Cornwall in ‘unusual’ rescue

Caroline RobinsonSouth WestEmma Jacobs/RSPCARSPCA said the racoon was captured at Gwennap, CornwallA overweight racoon has been rescued in Cornwall. The RSPCA said the racoon was captured at Gwennap and was now at its West Hatch Wildlife Centre, where he was getting cared for before going to a permanent home.The charity said it had thanked members of the public for their help and RSCPCA officer Abi Kemp rescued the animal, which weighed about three times the normal weight for…

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Craig & Scott Laird: Father-son duo co-managing non-league Street FC

Craig & Scott Laird: Father-son duo co-managing non-league Street FC

Football is very much in the Laird family.Craig began his career working at Plymouth Argyle and has managed non-league clubs including Weston-super-Mare and Bridgwater Town.Scott, one of four brothers, had a prolific career across the EFL, most notably with Preston, who he won promotion to the Championship with in 2015.His brothers Callum and Jamie have played at non-league level, while another brother, also called Craig, has played at university level in the United States.Craig Sr and Scott are…

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St Ives mayor ‘pleasantly surprised’ as traffic experiment starts

St Ives mayor ‘pleasantly surprised’ as traffic experiment starts

Seb NobleCornwall political reporter, St IvesBBCJohnnie Wells admitted a "drastic" solution was required to tackle congestionThe first day of a trial to reduce congestion on roads in St Ives has been declared a "pleasant surprise" by the town's mayor. Some roads have been made one-way for cars in an attempt to stop jams caused by passing vehicles on narrow roads there.Councillor Johnnie Wells admitted some people's journeys would have been made longer as a result - but thanked…

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Wet Leg: Mountford Hall, Liverpool

Wet Leg: Mountford Hall, Liverpool

Rhian Teasdale, Wet Leg Wet Leg | Faux Real!Mountford Hall, Liverpool Guild of Students.15th November 2025 Fresh from The Royal Albert Hall, Wet Leg hit Liverpool on their Autumn mini tour. The one time indie geeks deliver a towering rock performance. Fronted by an unstoppable raunchy rock star in Rhian Teasdale and imbued with energy, riffs and an arsenal of impressive songs, they’re a band on the road to something much, much bigger.  Support tonight are Faux Real!…

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‘Deliberate’ fire outside Plymouth Argyle’s Home Park stadium

‘Deliberate’ fire outside Plymouth Argyle’s Home Park stadium

A fire which broke out outside Home Park stadium in Plymouth was started deliberately, the fire service believes.Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to the blaze at 21:10 GMT on Monday following a blaze which was confined to two portable toilets in the car park.The fire service said the toilets were "completely destroyed" in the flames, and added "the fire is believed to have been started deliberately".In a post on Facebook, Plymouth Argyle…

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University experts feature on BBC podcast exploring the life and legacy of an ocean giant

University experts feature on BBC podcast exploring the life and legacy of an ocean giant

The story of a giant whale that died after becoming stranded on a Cornish beach, before being ‘inherited’ by the University of Exeter, has been told in a new BBC podcast. The Whale, Secrets of a Stranding, explores how a 60-foot female Fin Whale – the second largest marine animal on Planet Earth – came to rest on the Lizard Peninsula. The 30-minute documentary goes in search of what happened to it and considers its potential legacy by…

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Award-winning producer Gub Neal returns to the University of Exeter

Award-winning producer Gub Neal returns to the University of Exeter

An Emmy-award-winning television producer has paid a special visit to the University of Exeter to meet students seeking to follow in his footsteps into the creative industries. Gub Neal, creator of the acclaimed television drama The Fall, spent time with postgraduates on one of the University’s flagship film degrees, and students who devote their time to supporting the radio and television stations within the Xmedia societies. Gub, whose extensive credits also include iconic series Prime Suspect, Cracker and…

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Once-extinct European wildcats set to make a comeback in England

Once-extinct European wildcats set to make a comeback in England

Jenny Kumah and Malcolm Prior,BBC News rural affairs teamTom MasonThe South West Wildcat Project hopes to bring back 50 European wildcats across the mid-Devon countrysideWildcats – one of the UK's most critically endangered mammals – could make a return from extinction in England, conservationists say.The South West Wildcat Project hopes to bring back 50 European wildcats, from 2028, after a study found a colony could "flourish" in the mid-Devon countryside.Reintroduction plans follow a breeding scheme to boost numbers…

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Jamie Chadwick in top-level Le Mans hypercar reserve role

Jamie Chadwick in top-level Le Mans hypercar reserve role

Chadwick's team-mates from her 2025 season for IDEC were France's Mathys Jaubert and Spain's Daniel Juncadella, and both have been selected to race in next year's hypercar alongside two more experienced drivers, Andre Lotterer and Pipo Derani.Next year Genesis are set to compete with several car manufacturers attracted back to sports cars for its flexible design rules and as a cheaper alternative to Formula 1.Ferrari won this year's championship at the Bahrain 8 Hours this month, in the…

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