Sand art created near Padstow to mark Remembrance

Post published:November 11, 2025
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Rocks UpIt took five hours to crate the artworkA huge piece of sand art has been created on a beach to mark Remembrance.The design featured a life-size scale drawing of a Vulcan aircraft which was used for a series of long-range raids during the Falkland's war in 1982.Harry Maddox and Steve Rolfe made the piece over about five hours on Saturday, at Tregirls beach near Padstow in Cornwall.Mr Maddox said: "It was big...the Falkland conflict was in my…

Scientists find evolutionary explanation for “irrational” Dread Risk behaviour

Post published:November 11, 2025
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The evolution of the so-called Dread Risk response has been explained by new scientific research. People often respond to low-probability, high-consequence events like terror attacks or nuclear accidents with a Dread Risk response. This intense fear of the perceived sources of dread leads to extreme avoidance behaviour, which often means that people expose themselves to higher risk of dying in more common incidents like traffic accidents. Scientists at the Universities of Exeter and Bristol have used a mathematical…

Appeal after serious sexual assault in Sidmouth park

Post published:November 11, 2025
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Police are investigating a report of a serious sexual assault on a woman in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police said the woman was assaulted by a man in The Byes, Sidmouth. The victim is being supported by specially trained officers and witnesses have been asked to come forward.Police said the incident happened at about 23:30 GMT on Sunday. Officers are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time or anyone with information to assist the…

Somerset veterans find healing in community orchard project

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Charlie Taylor,Somerset and Christopher Mace,West of EnglandBBCDan Stone was diagnosed with PTSD and values the group's camaraderieMilitary veterans transforming overgrown woodland into a community orchard say the project has helped them confront and heal from their past experiences.Located just outside Dunster Castle near Minehead, Somerset, Project Orchard is run by the NHS Somerset Armed Forces Team and the National Trust, and brings veterans together to provide mutual support and create something lasting for the local community.Ian Edmonds, who…

Plan for three mobile saunas at Blackpool Sands rejected

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A plan to put mobile saunas on a Devon beach has been rejected.South Hams District Council's Development Control Committee heard it would be a "dereliction of duty" to allow the saunas at Blackpool Sands.Sea Kayak Devon and the Blackpool Start Partnership already have one sauna on the sands and had applied to replace it with three new pods - which would have been visible from the road and coast path.Planning officers believed the benefits of the saunas would…

Cottage approved after unlawful demolition

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Miles DavisDevon political reporterBBCSome of the work that was carried out at Singleton Gardens in April exceeded the planning consentA stop notice was issued by Torbay Council after demolition work was carried out at the siteTorbay Council's planning committee heard this was the latest in a series of applications made for the site on Meadfoot Sea Road in the Wellswood area of Torquay.Mike Cowdery from the Torquay Neighbourhood Forum said the latest planning application did "nothing but sow…

‘I’ve given seven babies to other families and do not regret it’

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Jen SmithSouth West health correspondentEmma PilarzEmma Pilarz has had nine children - seven of them for other peopleEmma Pilarz is a mother-of-two from Barnstaple in Devon. But she has given birth nine times – seven of the babies were for other people. She is one of a handful of surrogates across the south-west of England who have been telling the BBC why they chose to become a surrogate as the practice comes under increasing scrutiny."I'd had my two…

Remembrance service to honour ‘forgotten’ Cornish soldier

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Barry WestThe Remembrance Day service will take place from 12:30 GMT at Sapper William Hart's headstoneA headstone will be the focus of a Remembrance Day service for a former Cornish blacksmith mistakenly called a deserter by the Army.Sapper William Hart joined the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in the Canadian Railway Troops and was sent to help maintain the railways in France in 1918.He died at the age of 36 from tuberculosis while on leave in St Ives a…

‘Rust bucket’ planters split opinion in Penzance

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David DixonCornwall, CornwallBBCMetal planters installed in Penzance has been called a "ridiculous waste of time and money"A mayor has robustly defended the installation of metal planters in a town's high street as part of traffic layout changes.The work to transform Market Jew Street in Penzance started in July with the aim of making the area more pedestrian-friendly, but the multi-million pound project has been controversial.Steel planters added to the area have faced criticism with one trader calling them…

Cornish cinema offers smart glasses for hard-of-hearing film fans

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BBCJane Ninnis from Hearing Loss Cornwall said the glasses were simple to useA cinema in the South West has introduced glasses which aim to help customers with hearing problems.White River Cinema in St Austell said the "WatchWord" technology would allow visitors to view subtitles through a pair of smart glasses.The subtitles appear through the glasses as captions with a handheld controller allowing the viewer to change the size, position, colour, focal-length and brightness of the text.Staff at the…

Shoplifters targeted as business forced to shut in Southampton

Post published:November 11, 2025
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Sabah Choudhry,Southampton and Curtis Lancaster,South of EnglandBBCSam Kerr, runs the Southampton branch of the fancy dress store"Shoplifting has played a big part," says the manager of a fancy dress shop which is having to close its doors after more than 50 years of trading.Sam Kerr, runs the Hollywood Just for Fun store in Southampton and says: "Because nothing gets done they feel they have the right to take your stock."The branch will shut on 15 November but the…

Oxford archives show how Englishmen uncovered Tutankhamun

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Ethan GudgeSouth of EnglandGriffith Institute/Harry BurtonTutankhamun's tomb was discovered almost wholly intact in 1922A century ago, the mummified body of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was unwrapped for the first time - having been entombed thousands of years before.To mark the hundred-year anniversary, a new database containing thousands of personal records and documents from the time has been opened at the University of Oxford - making them fully accessible for the first time.The tomb of the former boy-king…