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Somerset sport – Lando Norris: The Making of a World Champion

Somerset sport – Lando Norris: The Making of a World Champion

Available for 28 daysWe chart the career of Lando Norris from karting in the West Country to lifting the F1 Championship. Featuring archive audio of Lando as a young boy to those who taught him in the classroom and on the karting track. Plus insight from the world of F1, including former drivers Jenson Button and Paul di Resta, alongside the BBC's Jennie Gow and former McLaren crew. Presenter and Producer: Jack Killah.Programme WebsiteShow less Source link

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Santa swim sewage protest at Gyllyngvase Beach cancelled

Santa swim sewage protest at Gyllyngvase Beach cancelled

Kirk England,Environment and tourism correspondent, Gyllyngvase BeachandLisa Young,CornwallBBCSurfers Against Sewage asked people to protest on the beach about water quality instead of swimmingA Santas Against Sewage swimming event had to be called off due to sewage in the water prompting an onshore protest over pollution instead.Surfers Against Sewage Cornwall had planned the festive event at Gyllyngvase Beach, Falmouth for Sunday to raise awareness of water quality.On Friday the campaign group said South West Water had released storm discharge…

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Child mortality rates affected by “cuts to aid budgets” | Al Jazeera

Bill Gates tells Al Jazeera about setbacks slowing efforts to reduce the global child mortality rate, as child deaths are projected to rise for the first time this century.Published On 7 Dec 20257 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link

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Cornwall concert to raise money for hurricane-hit Jamaica

Cornwall concert to raise money for hurricane-hit Jamaica

A fundraising concert is being held to support a charity helping those affected by Hurricane Melissa.Kat Carr, the lead singer of Latin and Caribbean band Kizamba, said the concert on Wednesday in Penzance, Cornwall, would support Truro-based charity Shelterbox.Ms Carr said she was 11 when she witnessed Hurricane Gilbert, which hit the Caribbean in September 1988, and she and her family were in Jamaica when Hurricane Melissa struck in October.She said: "Jamaicans are made of the very strongest…

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Penryn Town Council delays decision about using toxic weedkiller

Penryn Town Council delays decision about using toxic weedkiller

PA MediaPenryn Town Council has voted to postpone selecting a contractor for weed-killingA town council has voted to postpone choosing a contractor to kill weeds after it received complaints from members of the public.Penryn Town Council said weeds had been sprayed with glyphosate over the past few years, a herbicide which has been linked to cancer and a decline in bee populations.Councillor Mael Garrec said 80 residents had asked the council to delay the vote and added using…

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£4.2m food waste collection scheme to be rolled out in Plymouth

£4.2m food waste collection scheme to be rolled out in Plymouth

Archie Farmer,DevonandAlison Stephenson,Local Democracy Reporting ServicePA MediaPlymouth City Council said the service would eventually serve every household in PlymouthFood waste collections are to be rolled out in the Plymouth area from March next year.It means that instead of putting food items in their brown bins, residents will be provided with a separate food waste caddy.The service, costing £4.2m to implement over the next few years, is expected to create an uplift in the city's under performing recycling rate…

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Resurgent neo-Nazis march against multiculturalism in Sweden’s capital | Al Jazeera

NewsFeedA neo-Nazi march has been held in Sweden’s capital for the first time in 15 years, bringing together far-right white supremacist groups. Police gave permission for the rally to go ahead, to commemorate the killing of a 17-year-old with extremist ties, that used to be held annually in the early 2000s. Al Jazeera’s Nils Adler was there.Published On 7 Dec 20257 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link

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‘Santa O’Clock’ and ‘first padel championships’

‘Santa O’Clock’ and ‘first padel championships’

Rise ProductionsChristmas celebrations have been taking place across the West Country as we officially enter December.Festive events have been staged across the county, with people of all ages enjoying seasonal fun. But it is not all about Christmas - the area also played host to the inaugural padel championships.Here is a selection of pictures from the region in our weekly round-up.BristolRise ProductionsHo Ho Ho: Santa O'Clock is the first grotto the Cabot Circus shopping centre is hosting since…

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Christmas message from Cornwall air ambulance charity

Christmas message from Cornwall air ambulance charity

Cornwall Air Ambulance has launched a Christmas campaign to help keep families safe during the festive period. The charity has released a film to outline how the service can save people's lives, especially during Christmas. It shows a grandmother making a festive dinner with her family whilst she has flashbacks of her husband having a cardiac arrest on the coast path before he is helped by air ambulance crews. The new campaign is called The Empty Chair, and…

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At least 23 people killed in nightclub fire in India’s Goa | News

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Several tourists, kitchen workers killed in fire at nightclub in North Goa’s Arpora village.Published On 6 Dec 20256 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareAt least 23 people have been killed in the Indian state of Goa when a gas cylinder exploded at a popular nightclub, according to officials and media reports.The fire broke out at about midnight on Sunday in the village of Arpora in the district of North Goa, the Press Trust…

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