Year: 2025

Al Jazeera

Croatia reintroduces mandatory military conscription after 17 years | Russia-Ukraine war News

Defence Minister Ivan Anusic cites rise in ‘various types of threats’ amid regional security concerns and Russia-Ukraine war. Published On 24 Oct 202524 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Croatian lawmakers have voted to reintroduce…

BBC DEVON

Fresh row over work on 1,200-home Wolborough site in Newton Abbot

Miles DavisDevon political reporter, Newton Abbot BBC Peter Sadler from Vistry Homes says everything it is doing is within planning rules A developer has denied claims it may be in breach of planning controls by starting infrastructure work on a…

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Torbay farm attraction to close after charity liquidation

Google Occombe Farm is set to close after the charity which runs it announced it was going into liquidation A conservation charity has announced it is entering liquidation due to financial challenges. Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust (TCCT) looks after…

BBC DEVON

Sixty tonne ‘bargain boat’ sunk by coastguard following rescue

Rebecca RicksSouth West Investigations skyflicksmedia.com The Faithful, pictured after a refit several years ago, is now a wreck off the Devon coast after being sold for £1 when it became ‘abandoned’ in 2024 A £1 dream of a life on…

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‘Occupation, expulsion and colonisation’: Israeli protesters block Gaza aid | Israel-Palestine conflict

NewsFeed Footage shows Israeli protesters blocking aid trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing. They say Hamas broke ceasefire terms. WHO warns deliveries remain only a “fraction of what’s needed” and estimates $7 billion to rebuild Gaza’s shattered health system. Published…

BBC DEVON

Nursing fund set up in memory of murdered lecturer Claire Chick

A university lecturer who was murdered has been awarded a posthumous PhD and had a nursing fund set up in her name. Claire Chick was stabbed to death​ in January by her estranged husband, who was jailed for 27 years….

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US allies seek to keep Trump “invested” in Asia trip talks

Analyst Patricia M Kim says some Asian countries hope to show Trump they are valuable partners to the US. Source link

Exeter Uni News

Crime thriller lands Faber book deal for University author and academic

A novelist and scholar at the University of Exeter has secured the biggest publishing deal of her career. Dr Emily Bernhard Jackson has signed a three-book deal with Faber, which will include her forthcoming crime-thriller Missing and the next two,…

BBC DEVON

Tom Cleverley: Plymouth Argyle boss to target defence after Devon derby defeat

Argyle’s attacking threat has not been helped by injuries to high-profile summer signings Xavier Amaechi and Caleb Watts. While striker Lorent Tolaj has impressed in recent weeks, he was limited to few chances at St James Park as Exeter impressively…

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Trump says US will expand strikes on ‘narco-terrorists’ to land | Newsfeed

NewsFeed ‘We are just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country.’ President Donald Trump said attacks on alleged ‘narco-terrorists’ do not need a declaration of war, or Congress approval, adding that the US would…