Yearly Archives: 2025

Edel McMahon: Exeter Chiefs’ Ireland skipper to miss season with knee injury

Edel McMahon: Exeter Chiefs’ Ireland skipper to miss season with knee injury

"We do not like to see any of our players out of action for a prolonged period of time, but I know she will work her hardest to get back in the best shape she can be," Exeter head coach Steve Salvin told the club website, external.McMahon added: "It's obviously devastating to miss the season ahead. "A break for my body was something that's been lingering on for a while so I'm very grateful for to get the…

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Trump targeting drug boats has no “impact on flow of drugs” | Al Jazeera

Michael Vigil says US President Donald Trump’s targeting of drug boats isn’t having an effect on high-level traffickers.Former DEA agent Michael Vigil says US President Donald Trump’s targeting of drug boats in the Caribbean does nothing to disrupt high-level traffickers.Published On 30 Oct 202530 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link

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Angus Mawson: Cornish Pirates sign Australian back after trial

Angus Mawson: Cornish Pirates sign Australian back after trial

Cornish Pirates have signed Australian back Angus Mawson after a successful trial.The 22-year-old, who can play at fly-half or full-back, joins the club having played in Australia's Shute Shield with the Warringah Rats. Joint-head coach Gavin Cattle told the club website, external: "He's a bright young prospect. He came here off his own back in the summer and is English Qualified and we've been impressed with his skillset and attitude."Mawson could make his debut on Saturday when the…

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Glen Matlock talks teenage Sex Pistol with John Robb

Glen Matlock talks teenage Sex Pistol with John Robb

    Glen Matlock tells John Robb what it was like to be a teenage Sex Pistol. On November 8th Sky Channel will be showing ‘I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol’. The film is based on the novel written by Glen Matlock and follows his journey as a founding member of the influential punk band the Sex Pistols. Having co-written ten of twelve songs on their only studio album, NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, Matlock’s contribution was essential to…

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Land carbon sinks cannot keep up, while rising temperatures spread disease and threaten incomes – report warns

The planet’s natural carbon sinks are reaching critical limits, absorbing fewer emissions than expected as decades of climate change has weakened their capacity, a new report warns. Nature-based carbon removal projects are also at risk; climate change is further undermining their long-term reliability and storage capacity, and though large-scale deployment of removals is necessary, it could threaten food security and biodiversity. The report warns that global climate targets may now face major setbacks. Launched today ahead of COP30…

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Shapes Like People: Supergirl – Single Review

Shapes Like People: Supergirl – Single Review

Shapes Like People: Supergirl (Jangleshop Records) DL/Streaming Available 31st October Wiltshire based duo Shapes Like People return with Supergirl, their firt new material since their debut album Ticking Haze. 2025 began with Shapes Like People, The Shop Window’s lead vocalist/guitarist Carl Mann and his Kiwi wife Kat, coming together musically for their collection Ticking Haze. As the year draws to a close, they realease the first single to be taken from their next album, Under the Rainbow, which…

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Washington’s ‘Blob’ is helping whitewash Sudan’s war crimes | Human Rights

Ben Rhodes, a former United States deputy national security adviser under President Barack Obama, famously called Washington’s foreign policy establishment “the Blob” to describe its entrenched ecosystem of think tanks, former officials, journalists and funders that perpetuate a narrow vision of power, global order and legitimate actors. This apparatus not only sustains conservative inertia but also defines the limits of what is considered possible in policy. In Sudan’s two-and-a-half-year conflict, these self-imposed boundaries are proving fatal.A particularly insidious…

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Arrest after knifepoint street robbery in Plymouth

Arrest after knifepoint street robbery in Plymouth

A man has been arrested after a knifepoint robbery in Plymouth, police have said.It happened on Kit Hill Crescent in the Barne Barton area at about 03:45 GMT on Wednesday, Devon and Cornwall Police said.The force said a man is believed to have approached another man in a car and "made threats to harm" him before stealing the vehicle's keys.A man in his 40s from Plymouth has been arrested on suspicion of robbery, attempted robbery and threatening a…

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England’s horror film settings that ‘make the flesh creep’

England’s horror film settings that ‘make the flesh creep’

AJ Pics/AlamyThe ordinarily "clean and tidy" Cotterstock Hall was transformed to provide a spooky setting for The Woman in BlackIf you are lining up a few classic horror films this Halloween, you might recognise some familiar locations.Forget the actors, directors and the crew - Historic England has been taking a look at some of the 400,000 listed sites in the country that have made it on to the big screen. "Familiar places can be turned into something uncanny,…

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£2m plan to convert Ilfracombe delivery office to homes

£2m plan to convert Ilfracombe delivery office to homes

Alison StephensonLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceGoogle Street ViewNorth Devon Council wants to convert the former Royal Mail delivery office in Ilfracombe to homesA council has planned to invest £2m into a former Royal Mail building to provide homes, retail and exhibition space.North Devon Council said it was in the process of purchasing the property in Ilfracombe High Street using part of its allocation of nearly £3m from the Devon and Torbay devolution deal. The council applied for consent from…

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Devon couple in 18-year dispute with freeholder over damp

Devon couple in 18-year dispute with freeholder over damp

BBCThe homeowners say they have been living with damp for 18 yearsA couple have said they are "living in squalor" due to an 18-year-long dispute with their freeholder.Amanda Hoyles, 58, and her partner Chris Davis, 51, allege poor upkeep and substandard insulation at their leasehold ground floor flat had caused damp and mould and they made their first complaint in 2007 "within months" of moving in.North Devon Homes said there was "significant investment" ready for the work, but…

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