Yearly Archives: 2025

Campaigners fight plans to reopen Devon ball clay pit

Campaigners fight plans to reopen Devon ball clay pit

BBCOne of the six lakes proposed to be removed under plans to reopen a quarryCampaigners have warned against plans to cut down a woodland as part of a move to reopen a ball clay pit. Clay pit operators Sibelco want to expand the Zitherixon quarry, located between Kingsteignton and Newton Abbot in Devon, to extract five million tonnes of ball clay over the next 50 years.The firm stopped extracting from it in 1995, but it said reserves of…

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Portland’s unique phone connection – BBC Sounds

Portland’s unique phone connection – BBC Sounds

Available for over a yearA group of artists and volunteers on Portland are using an disconnected phone to help people cope with the loss of their loved ones. Leading artist, Antje Rook, spoke to Radio Solent's Steve Harris about the project. Image credit: Portland Wind Phone.Programme WebsiteShow less Source link

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Harvey Skinner: Exeter fly-half determined to prove doubters wrong

Harvey Skinner: Exeter fly-half determined to prove doubters wrong

Skinner is part of an exciting back-line at Exeter under the guidance of relatively new attack coach Dave Walder.Australia centre Len Ikitau is set to come into a side that includes England's Henry Slade and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and powerful winger Paul Brown-Bampoe. "We've got boys that can just produce magic from nothing, so it's making sure we're all on the same page," he said."We want to make make our brand of rugby a lot more exciting and we've…

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New £7.7m Chard primary school and nursery to open by 2028

New £7.7m Chard primary school and nursery to open by 2028

A new primary school and nursery will be built in the grounds of a secondary school, in a growing Somerset town.Somerset Council has confirmed it is going ahead with a £7.75m project to build a 210-place primary school and 40-place nursery at Holyrood Academy in Chard.The council said hundreds of new homes being built in the south Somerset town meant an extra 300 primary places would be needed in the next 10 years, more than the town's current…

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Carmen – Exeter Observer

Carmen – Exeter Observer

Exeter Opera Group is performing Bizet’s Carmen on Saturday 8 November at Exeter Castle and Saturday 22 November at Mary Harris Memorial Chapel of the Holy Trinity.First staged in 1875, Carmen is one of the most frequently performed operas in the classical canon. Set in southern Spain, it recounts the downfall of Don José, a soldier seduced by the fiery Carmen.In the Exeter Opera Group production, which is performed in French with narration in English, Carmen will be…

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FPL gameweek seven tips: Eberechi Eze, Enzo Fernandez & Jarrod Bowen make team of week

FPL gameweek seven tips: Eberechi Eze, Enzo Fernandez & Jarrod Bowen make team of week

Eberechi Eze, Arsenal, £7.6m - Fulham (a)With Martin Odegaard set for a spell on the sidelines, Eze looks set for an extended run in the Arsenal side and that makes him a very intriguing FPL option.He tops most underlying statistics for Arsenal midfielders. His 17 shots translates to an average of 3.85 shots per 90 minutes - Bukayo Saka is next best at 2.33 - and 11 of those have been in the box.Bear in mind he is…

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Swanage’s Mowlem Theatre reaches £10k goal to fix leaking roof

Swanage’s Mowlem Theatre reaches £10k goal to fix leaking roof

A seafront theatre and cinema has managed to raise the £10,000 needed to put towards repairs to its roof riddled with leaks.The Mowlem Theatre on Shore Road in Swanage, Dorset, started a six week appeal to raise the money to add a waterproof layer onto the existing flat roof on 3 October.After many temporary fixes, the theatre found the roof was getting worse and needed urgent extensive repairs to avoid further damage over the winter and the possibility…

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Road noise can actually make squirrels feel safer, new study finds

Human disturbance has a significant impact on the behaviour and habitat use of urban wildlife, however, in some situations urban grey squirrels may actually feel safer from predators where our activity is high. A new study from the University of Exeter, published in Oikos, reveals the paradoxical ways grey squirrels balance risk and foraging in urban environments. Researchers measured how much food squirrels left behind in standardised food patches in different places, which reflects how dangerous they perceived…

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,330 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here are the key events from day 1,330 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 16 Oct 202516 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is how things stand on Thursday, October 16, 2025:Fighting The Russian Ministry of Defence has announced that its troops had pushed Ukrainian forces out of two settlements of Oleksiivka in Dnipropetrovsk region and Novopavlivka in Donetsk region. The Ukrainian energy ministry has said the country’s power infrastructure has been hit with drones, knocking…

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Jhoots ‘owes thousands’ to Bridgwater community centre

Jhoots ‘owes thousands’ to Bridgwater community centre

BBCThe pharmacy building has sat empty ever since Jhoots' evictionA community centre says it can no longer afford to run an apprenticeship scheme for residents as it is owed thousands of pounds by pharmacy chain Jhoots. Victoria Park Community Centre in Bridgwater, Somerset, rented one of its buildings to Jhoots last year, but evicted the company after it failed to pay several months' rent.It comes with Jhoots already facing allegations of not paying staff at some pharmacies and…

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