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Exeter Is For Everyone Event Counters Anti-Migrant City Centre March – Exeter Observer

Exeter Is For Everyone Event Counters Anti-Migrant City Centre March – Exeter Observer
Exeter Is For Everyone Event Counters Anti-Migrant City Centre March – Exeter Observer

An Exeter is for Everyone rally and march took place in Exeter city centre on Saturday, countering a simultaneous anti-migrant march organised by British Unity nationalists which took place nearby. Exeter is for Everyone organisers estimated that between 1,200 and 1,500 people had participated in the event on Saturday, corresponding with an independent count conducted

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Bournemouth Christmas attractions fully reopen after flooding

Bournemouth Christmas attractions fully reopen after flooding

A Christmas attraction that was hit by flooding is now fully reopen, organisers have said.Heavy rain caused flooding in Bournemouth's Lower Gardens at the weekend, forcing the closure of a Christmas train, festive golf and a Santa's workshop, and leaving some illuminations in darkness.Events staff worked with the council and contractors, after the water subsided on Sunday, to repair the affected installations.Organiser Bournemouth Christmas Events said the remaining illuminations were switched back on on Monday.The flooding happened on…

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Billy Rowley: Yeovil Town appoint Walton & Hersham boss as new manager

Billy Rowley: Yeovil Town appoint Walton & Hersham boss as new manager

"It's a massive community club. The history of this club is incredible, I know a few boys who have played for this team and they can't speak highly enough of it," Rowley told Yeovil's website., external"I'm just looking forward to getting on the grass with the lads. When a club like Yeovil call you up, it is incredibly hard to turn that down."Walton & Hersham say they received an approach for Rowley during their Southern League Premier South…

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Biker in hospital with life-changing injuries after Devon crash

Biker in hospital with life-changing injuries after Devon crash

A biker has suffered life-changing injuries after a serious crash in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police said it was called to Post Hill, Tiverton at about 00:10 GMT on Sunday after a KTM 125CC black and orange motorcycle hit a telegraph pole. The force said the rider, a man in his 20s, suffered serious injuries and was taken to Derriford Hospital. His next of kin are aware. Police said local road closures were put in place and officers…

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Golf ‘still an option’ at Solent Meads course, council says

Golf ‘still an option’ at Solent Meads course, council says

Solent MeadsBCP Council said the end of the lease at the golf course created a natural chance for it to rethink the use of the landA council says it is still considering keeping golf at a course where more than 8,000 people have signed a petition against any possible plans to change its use.The lease for Solent Meads in Southbourne, Bournemouth, is due to run out this time next year with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council looking…

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Vitality Blast fixtures: Somerset start title defence with rematch of 2025 final against Hampshire

Vitality Blast fixtures: Somerset start title defence with rematch of 2025 final against Hampshire

Men's Vitality T20 BlastNorth Group: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Durham, Yorkshire, LeicestershireCentral Group: Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire Bears, Somerset, Glamorgan, WorcestershireSouth Group: Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Middlesex, Essex, HampshireVitality Blast Women's Competition (Tier 1): Warwickshire Bears, Durham, Essex, Hampshire Hawks, Lancashire Thunder, Somerset, Surrey, The Blaze, Yorkshire.Vitality Blast Women's League 2 (Tier 2): Derbyshire Falcons, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Kent, Leicestershire Foxes, Middlesex, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Sussex Sharks, Worcestershire Rapids. Source link

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‘Beloved and cherished’ red panda dies at Cornwall wildlife park

‘Beloved and cherished’ red panda dies at Cornwall wildlife park

Zookeepers have said they are sad after a "beloved and cherished" red panda died.Suri, who was more than 10 years old, had been at Paradise Park in Hayle, Cornwall, since 2016, where she had taken part in visitor handling sessions, the keepers said.They said the wildlife sanctuary had given more than £20,000 the Red Panda Network, a conservation and research group, from donations from the sessions.Keeper Becky Waite said Suri had been very popular with visitors as she…

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Mediha: Confronting the horrors of ISIL captivity | Documentary

A Yazidi girl who survived ISIL captivity films herself to process her trauma as rescuers search for her missing family.Mediha, a teenage Yazidi girl from Iraq, shares her story after four years of abduction and enslavement by ISIL (ISIS). Through intimate video diaries, she confronts trauma and seeks justice by initiating legal action against her captors. Meanwhile, rescuers risk their lives to look for her missing mother and younger brother in Syria and Turkiye.As Mediha fights for accountability,…

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Burnham-on-Sea defibrillator paid for by heart attack survivor

Burnham-on-Sea defibrillator paid for by heart attack survivor

A man from Somerset has paid for a defibrillator for his neighbourhood after discovering a lack of them in the area.Dennis Wood, 80, from Burnham-on-Sea, had a heart attack in 2016 and wanted to see where his nearest machine was just in case.He said: "I just thought why not get ahead and purchase a defibrillator? Everyone was so thankful in our street."I have a weaker heart than most so I thought, the more defibs in the area, the…

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Hospitality businesses ‘falling like dominoes’ as costs rises

Hospitality businesses ‘falling like dominoes’ as costs rises

Kirk EnglandSouth West environment and tourism correspondentBBCFormer restaurant owner Kelly Broderick said hospitality businesses are "falling like dominoes" due to increases in costsKelly Broderick wipes away tears as she cleans her restaurant ahead of handing the keys back to the landlord. After eight years, the woman from Newquay says "insurmountable" increases in costs - from wages to the price of cooking oil - have led to her to make the "heartbreaking" decision. It comes as Cornwall Chamber of…

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Devon project using online games to help stroke recovery

Devon project using online games to help stroke recovery

Andrea OrmsbyandBriohny Williams,South WestBBCBernie Kielty said the project "showed me I could live again"A stroke survivor says he has gained more strength and independence with help from a research project at the University of Exeter.Bernie Kielty, 74, from Whimple, Devon, has worked with academics for over a year using a bespoke online game to improve his mobility after a stroke six years ago left him unable to "use anything on my left-hand side". The university research is exploring…

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