Yearly Archives: 2025

Two sets of roadworks causing ‘absolute nightmare’

Two sets of roadworks causing ‘absolute nightmare’

BBCResidents say HGVs have been performing U-turns down narrow roads after following diversion signsResidents have spoken out after two sets of roadworks along the same route have been causing an "absolute nightmare".Furnham Road, the main road into Chard, has two sets of works as gas repairs and water upgrade works take place.Steve Gibbs, who lives near the diversion, said the roadworks have been an "absolute nightmare", with HGVs performing U-turns down narrow roads.Leaders at Somerset Council said they…

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Devon group calls for more tests to screen for prostate cancer

Devon group calls for more tests to screen for prostate cancer

Getty ImagesTorbay Prostate Support Association is providing prostate antigen testsA charity providing free prostate cancer tests has called for more NHS screening to reduce the number of men who go undiagnosed. The Torbay Prostate Support Association (TPSA) said men who had the cancer often showed no symptoms so it had offered Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) tests to men over 50.It said the test was not 100% accurate in detecting cancer but the group argued some indication was better…

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Pedestrian dies after motorbike collision

Pedestrian dies after motorbike collision

A man in his 60s who was taken to the hospital after a crash with a motorcycle has died 16 days later.The collision, involving a blue Yamaha motorcycle and a pedestrian, took place on the A36 Rossiter Road in Bath at about 19:40 BST on 11 October.Avon and Somerset Police confirmed the man died in hospital on Monday. His family are receiving support from a specially trained officer.The motorcyclist was also taken to hospital but has since been…

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Dorset Council proposes emergency repairs to harbour wall

Dorset Council proposes emergency repairs to harbour wall

Trevor BevinsLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceBBCDorset Council has requested the repairs to the Grade I-listed structureA council has applied to repair holes in a historic harbour wall that could be at risk of collapse.The Cobb at Lyme Regis is a sea defence thought to have been built in the 13th Century.Dorset Council has requested the repairs to the Grade I listed structure, which could cost about £350,000 and would see Cobb Roadway closed to allow deliveries for the repairs.Due…

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Sudanese activist sees his executed uncles in RSF videos from el-Fasher | Sudan war News

Mohammed Zakaria had not slept in two days when the news came that el-Fasher, his hometown, had fallen to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.The Sudanese video journalist and human rights activist had been monitoring the deteriorating situation from Kampala, Uganda, watching as the paramilitary seized the North Darfur governor’s office in the city on Friday, edging closer to taking control of all of it.He feared the worst.For Zakaria, the “nightmare” scenario is intensely personal. Searching through social media…

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Tom Cleverley: Plymouth head coach ‘right person’ for job – Argyle chief

Tom Cleverley: Plymouth head coach ‘right person’ for job – Argyle chief

Tom Cleverley is the "right person" to lead Plymouth Argyle, says the club's chief executive Paul Berne. The Pilgrims dropped into the League One relegation zone on Tuesday after a 2-0 defeat to Mansfield, their third consecutive loss. The former Manchester United and Everton midfielder was appointed in June on a three-year deal after the team were relegated from the Championship to the third tier."We are a quarter of the way into Tom's first season with us. Whilst…

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England v Australia: Why Guy Pepper has been on Steve Borthwick’s radar since 2022

England v Australia: Why Guy Pepper has been on Steve Borthwick’s radar since 2022

When Steve Borthwick was named England head coach in December 2022 - nine months before the World Cup - he had a lengthy to-do list.On it was having a look at a promising flanker in Newcastle who had been recommended to him by a World Cup-winning former team-mate."As soon as I took this job, Richard Hill spoke to me about Guy Pepper," Borthwick told BBC Sport."I went up to Newcastle to meet him in 2023 and watched him…

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Zombina And The Skeletones: In Sinistereo

Zombina And The Skeletones: In Sinistereo

Zombina And; The Skeletones: In Sinistereo (Nine x Nine Records) Ltd LP | CD | DL Rel Date: 31st October 2025 4.0 out of 5.0 stars4.0 31st October – It’s All Hallows Eve, the start of Allhallowtide, a religious period dedicated to remembering the dead, including lost saints and martyrs… but more importantly, its release day for In Sinistereo – a collection of tracks from Liverpool’s horror fiends, Zombina And The Skeletones. The sixteen ghoul-laden tracks were initially…

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Torbay Council’s ‘hands tied’ on land access after charity liquidation

Torbay Council’s ‘hands tied’ on land access after charity liquidation

A council leader has said his "hands are completely tied" after a conservation charity which leased and maintained coastal areas went into liquidation.Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust chairwoman Barbara King said last week financial pressures had proven "too great" despite the team's best efforts.The trust had looked after nearly 80% of Torbay's landscapes and more than 40 miles (64km) of coast paths and bridleways.Torbay Council leader David Thomas said the council had "difficulty from a legal perspective" with…

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Lisa O’Neill: The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right

Lisa O’Neill: The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right

New release Lisa O’Neill ‘The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right’  (Rough Trade Records) DL only out now LTW reviewed O’Neill’s last album, All Of This Is Chance in Feb 2023, here.  She provided music for Peaky Blinders, but Ged Babey has only now discovered her thanks to a friends recommendation.  This is the most beautiful song you will hear today… and tomorrow, and the day after. It’s the voice, the words, the arrangement…. everything. It’s a song…

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