Thailand suspends Cambodia peace deal after landmine blast | Border Disputes News

Thailand says ‘hostility … has not decreased’ and deal on hold until Cambodia meets unspecified demands.Published On 10 Nov 202510 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThailand has suspended the implementation of a United States-brokered peace agreement with neighbouring Cambodia after a landmine blast near their border injured two of its soldiers.Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said after Monday’s incident that all action set to be carried out under the truce will be halted until Thailand’s demands,…

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Scheme teaching Devon children road safety extended until 2028

BBCA pilot scheme teaching children road safety has been extended until 2028A police training scheme in Devon which teaches children road safety has been extended due to a £100,000 investment.The Walkability scheme teaches children essential road safety through theory and practical sessions - including understanding road signs and how to cross the road safely.Devon County Council (DCC) said about 4,070 pupils from 48 schools had already taken part in the pilot scheme - which would continue until 2028.It…

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Migael Pretorius: South African all-rounder re-joins Somerset for 2026

Somerset have re-signed all-rounder Migael Pretorius for the 2026 season on a multi-format contract.This will be the South African's third spell at the County Ground having first joined in 2024. The 30-year-old has scored 550 runs in 16 matches across all formats for the club and also taken 52 wickets.He claimed three for 27 in the T20 Blast semi-final, as Somerset overcame Lancashire on Finals Day before going on to clinch their third title.Somerset director of cricket Andy…

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Man caught dealing drugs at Boardmasters Festival jailed

A man who was caught dealing drugs at a music festival in Cornwall has been jailed.Liam Edmonds, from Plymouth, was already on bail for dealing cocaine, crack cocaine and ketamine when he was caught again at this year's Boardmasters Festival, which took place between 6-10 August, near Newquay.Edmonds, 30, admitted possessing class A drugs with intent to supply.At Plymouth Crown Court, Edmonds, of no fixed abode, was jailed for four years and told that he had "let down…

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Cornwall park boss ‘pretty certain’ missing flamingo is in France

The owner of a Cornish wildlife sanctuary from which a young flamingo escaped has said he is "pretty certain" that photographs taken in northern France show the same bird.Two photographs shared on social media show a young flamingo on a beach in Treflez, Finistere, on Sunday morning.Frankie escaped from a walled garden at Paradise Park in Hayle the Sunday before, despite having clipped feathers.Paradise Park director Nick Reynolds said there was a colony of greater flamingos in southern…

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Motorbike engine time capsule found under Devon floorboards

Mark ChardA time capsule has been found under the floorboards of a home in KingskerswellA man from Kingskerswell is searching for the previous owners of his house after finding a time capsule under the floorboards.Mark Chard said a "gleaming" motorbike engine and letter were placed there in 1999 by the previous owner.He said the letter described how much fun the previous owner had had on the motorbike and the work done to the house since they moved in.The…

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Has Frankie the Flamingo flown to France?

Available for over a yearThere have been more potential sightings of Frankie the flamingo who escaped from Paradise Park in Hayle on Sunday 2nd November. Neil Caddy has been talking to Nick Reynolds, a director at the park, about the fugitive who could possibly be across the Channel. Photo credit: Alice Beddows.Programme WebsiteShow less Source link

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How do you get suspension fixed in the desert?

Available for over a yearOli Jenks from Newton Abbot and his pal Seth Scott aredriving from London to South Africa .. in a Reliant Robin called Sheila. They're two weeks in now - and we've already been treated to videos of Seth drying his pants with a hair dryer, them getting a speeding ticket in the Sahara - and they needed the car's springs jacking up in Morocco.Programme WebsiteShow less Source link

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Production worry for Devon farmer amid ‘chicken lockdown’

A Devon poultry farmer said new rules and regulations to prevent spreading a bird flu virus was essentially a "lockdown for chickens".The new national mandatory housing order by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) was brought into force in England on 6 November with the aim to bring avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 infection rates down. Sam Ursell from Windout Farm, in Exeter, Devon, said the farm operated an organic breeding flock of about 3,500 hens and cockerels…

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‘I just want to breathe’: Protests over pollution in New Delhi | Climate Crisis News

Published On 10 Nov 202510 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareA suffocating blanket of smog has engulfed India’s capital, permeating the air with an acrid smell as pollution levels soar, intensifying a public health emergency that has driven residents to demand governmental action.By Monday morning, New Delhi’s air quality index had reached 344, categorised as “severe” and hazardous to breathe according to the World Health Organization’s recommended exposure thresholds.In a compelling demonstration of public concern, dozens…

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Honiton Road in Taunton to close on weekdays for two weeks

GoogleA shuttle will run between Canons Grove and Trull Stores during the Honiton Road closureA road in Somerset will be closed on weekdays for two weeks while it is resurfaced.Work on Honiton Road, in Taunton, is due to start later and finish on 21 November.The road will be closed from 09:30 to 15:30 GMT on weekdays but will be open as usual on weekends.Councillor Richard Wilkins, Somerset Council's lead member for transport, said the team will do their…

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