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Devon monastery offered for sale to community for £1

Devon monastery offered for sale to community for £1

Guy HendersonLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceGuy Henderson/LDRSThe former monastery is proposed to be turned into a community centreCampaigners who were looking to turn a former monastery into a community centre have been offered the chance to buy the building for £1.Torbay Council announced a proposal to support the campaign by offering the building on Paignton's Berry Drive to the campaign for the negligible sum. The Marist Order paid £6,000 for the building when it was new in 1881, the…

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Inside South West schools where phones are locked away

Inside South West schools where phones are locked away

Walk into Brannel School in the morning and you will see teenagers locking away their phones - each device slips into a special pouch that locks until the end of the day.The phones stay with the pupils, but they are out of reach.Brannel, near St Austell, Cornwall, is among a number of schools in the South West that are clamping down on phones due to the distractions they create.Head teacher Tristan Muller-Forster said the system tackled what he…

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Fatboy Slim and Friends in Dorset Camp Bestival takeover

Fatboy Slim and Friends in Dorset Camp Bestival takeover

Fatboy Slim is to headline Camp Bestival next summer in an all-day takeover of the festival's Castle Stage.The DJ, whose real name is Norman Cook, will host Fatboy Slim and Friends - a day of non-stop music featuring special guests on the final day of the four-day family festival in Dorset.The 2026 event, which runs from 30 July to 2 August at Lulworth Castle, will have a seaside theme, with attendees encouraged to dress up.Cook said: "I'll be…

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LOUDER THAN WAR TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2025

LOUDER THAN WAR TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2025

Another year (almost) gone and another year of fantastic releases. As always, here at Louder Than War, we have put our hive mind together to come up with a rundown of our top 100 albums of the year. From fantastic debuts to continued resurgences of the old guard, 2025 has given us so many to choose from. There were acts that pushed the musical boundaries, clashed the modern with the traditional, left no socio-political stone unturned, or simply…

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Frome flats evacuated after blaze rips through building

Frome flats evacuated after blaze rips through building

A block of flats has been evacuated after a blaze ripped through the building, a fire service has said.Firefighters attended the incident at a property on Marigold Road in Frome, Somerset, at 18:51 GMT on Wednesday. During the blaze, the building's roof partially collapsed, but no one was seriously injured. Dozens of people have been moved into temporary accommodation following extensive fire, smoke and water damage to the building.The fire was extinguished by 02:26 GMT and Avon and…

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Survivors recall terror of landslides from North Sumatra cyclone | Weather News

Published On 4 Dec 20254 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareNorth Tapanuli, North Sumatra – Sri Yuni Pardede, 20, was with her family at home when a thunderous crash jolted them awake at 2:30am (09:30 GMT). “My mother-in-law said it was just thunder. I said, ‘No, the house is shaking.’ Not long after, boulders came crashing down,” she recalled.“My younger sibling was staying over. When the landslide happened, I kicked him to wake him up. If…

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Sherborne Almshouse’s triptych sold at auction for £5.6m

Sherborne Almshouse’s triptych sold at auction for £5.6m

A rare 15th Century painting depicting five miracles of Christ has been sold for more than £5.6m at auction.The triptych has survived through religious purges and political upheaval for more than 500 years in the Almshouse chapel in Sherborne, Dorset.The sale on Wednesday evening exceeded initial valuations by Sotheby's who estimated it could fetch £3.5m.Dorset Museum had hoped it could appeal to the Arts Council for a temporary export deferral to allow it more time to raise the…

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Cornwall care home put in special measures after inspection

Cornwall care home put in special measures after inspection

GoogleTwo people were living at Clubworthy House at the time of the inspectionA care home for people with learning disabilities has been placed in special measures following an inspection by a watchdog.Investigators at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found the care offered at Clubworthy House, Cornwall, was inadequate after the inspection in October.In a report investigators found leaders at the home had "allowed a closed culture to develop where people weren't treated with dignity and respect", and investigators…

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Torbay school set to refocus on children with autism

Torbay school set to refocus on children with autism

John AyresBBC Devon, TorquayBBCCombe Pafford School in Torquay currently supports children with moderate learning difficultiesA special school which supports children with moderate learning difficulties (MLD) and autism is set to switch its focus entirely to autism.It follows an Ofsted area inspection which highlighted Torbay was not meeting the needs of children with Special Educational Needs (Send).If plans are approved by the Department for Education, all pupils in the September 2026 intake at Combe Pafford School, Torquay, will need…

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Tax rises for Poole, Bournemouth and Broadstone councils revealed

Tax rises for Poole, Bournemouth and Broadstone councils revealed

Arrangements for three new town councils set to be launched from April in Dorset have been set out.Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council said the authorities will be able to maintain amenities like parks, playgrounds and community centres, as well as improve services like street cleaning.The council said Broadstone Town Council would cost residents living in a Band D property an estimated £60.41 a year, while Poole's town council would cost £32.59 a year. Band D Bournemouth residents…

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