Death toll from devastating Mexico flooding rises | Floods News

Post published:October 14, 2025

Published On 14 Oct 202514 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareTorrential rain battered several Mexican states over several days last week, turning streets into rivers, sweeping away roads and bridges and triggering landslides.Rescuers scrambled on Monday to reach people cut off by the devastating flooding, with 64 people killed in central and eastern Mexico and another 65 reported missing.Dozens of small communities remained inaccessible days after the deluge, with residents working tirelessly to clear paths for the delivery of food and other supplies.Mexico has deployed some 10,000 troops alongside civilian rescue teams to try to deal with the emergency. Helicopters have ferried food and water to 200 or so communities still cut off by road, and have evacuated the sick and injured.“There are sufficient resources; this won’t be skimped on… because we’re still in the emergency period,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily news briefing on Monday.Parts of Veracruz state received 62.7cm (24.7in) of rain from October 6 to 9.Sheinbaum acknowledged it could still be days before access is established to some places.“A lot of flights are required to take sufficient food and water to those places,” she said.Mexico’s Civil Protection agency said the heavy rain had killed…

Dorset Council extends consultations after reports of IT problems

Post published:October 14, 2025

A council has extended the deadlines for two consultations after residents reported problems giving their views online.The consultations for Dorset Council's Local Transport Plan and Local Plan will now close on 20 October and 31 October respectively.The authority said it had received "high levels of public engagement", but there had been complaints its online surveys were very slow to load.The council apologised and said it had extended the deadline "to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to take part".Jan Britton, the council's executive director responsible for planning and transport, said the level of interest in both consultations "shows how much people care about the future of Dorset"."We're sorry that some residents have experienced issues accessing the online platform, and we want to make sure no one is prevented from having their say," she said.She added that alternative formats were available, such as sending comments by email and using the Easy Read versions of both plans. Source link

‘Being prescribed time at the coast helped me back into work’

Post published:October 14, 2025

BBCKelly Pardy's eight-week nature prescription included snorkelling and rock-poolingKelly Pardy was born with juvenile macular degeneration - a visual impairment that affects her central vision.The impact of the condition became particularly challenging when she became unemployed for a period of time. However, a referral to a "blue" social prescribing scheme in 2023 run by the Ocean Conservation Trust helped her through this difficult time.The eight-week nature prescription included snorkelling, rock-pooling and spending time at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.She said: "I ended up getting quite down because of the difficulties I was encountering, and then I didn't work for a little while; but I'm delighted to say that I am now working again."It gives you some time where your brain can calm and then you can just be able to relax, then it almost clears your mind - a bit like exercise, releasing the endorphins"Kelly went on to volunteer for the Ocean Conservation Trust and has credited the whole experience with helping her get back into her profession as a chef with a new employer.In the NHS, these schemes are known formally as "green social prescriptions". GPs and health practitioners refer patients to organisations that offer nature-based activities such as…

South Miss GB hopefuls pick causes close to their hearts

Post published:October 14, 2025

Linzi Kinghorn andSophie CridlandSouth of England(L-R) Krystel Vida, Alice Cutler and Charlie Cobb are competing in the 2025 Miss, Ms and Mrs Great Britain categoriesThree finalists competing for a national beauty queen title are hoping to highlight causes close to their hearts.When Miss Great Britain began in 1945 it was only about judging the physical beauty of contestants.But 80 years on its organisers are also keen to shine a spotlight on the personal campaigns and good causes they are supporting. Alice Cutler, from Southampton, Krystel Vida, from Bournemouth, and Charlie Cobb, from Catherington, are competing in the 2025 Miss, Ms and Mrs Great Britain categories.Twenty-eight-year-old Miss Cutler is representing her own campaign, called Time to Grieve. She is petitioning for a legal right for employees to be paid bereavement leave in the UK."At the age of 18 I actually lost mum in a car accident on my way back from my aunt's funeral," she said."And at that point I had already lost my dad to cancer when I was nine.""As a solicitor I was pretty shocked to find out that there is currently no legal entitlement to time off work when a loved one died."Alice and Krystel are finalists in this…

Diver thought to have identified wreck of steamship lost in 1869

Post published:October 14, 2025

DeepWreckDiver/YoutubeDominic Robinson explored the wreck last SeptemberA deep-sea diver believes he has solved the mystery of a cargo vessel which disappeared more than 150 years ago.Dominic Robinson, from Plymouth, said he discovered crockery on board the wreck sitting 100m (330ft) below the surface of the Celtic Sea, halfway between Cornwall and Ireland.He said the vessel was thought to have belonged to the Anglo-Greek Steam Navigation and Trading Company, which is the name embossed on plates that were found, and that he also found it had been carrying bricks.He said that "within all grounds of reasonable possibility", and with contributions of evidence from people who had been following his progress, the vessel was thought to be the SS The Greek.Dominic RobinsonDominic Robinson believes he has solved the mystery of a cargo vessel which disappearedMr Robinson, who explored the wreck last September, said a breakthrough came when one of his social media followers found reference to a ship in newspaper archives which had "disappeared" laden with the same cargo.He said: "He tracked down the newspaper articles that showed that a ship called the Greek left Clyde in Glasgow in 1869 for Rotterdam, and clearly that route would take it over where the wreck…

GWR railway work to affect Bath Spa, Bristol Temple Meads and Chippenham

Post published:October 14, 2025

Joe SkirkowskiWest of EnglandBBCRail replacement buses will run between Bristol and Bath SpaRail passengers are being urged to plan ahead due to potential disruption caused by maintenance work during the October half term.Network Rail is replacing tracks between Bristol Temple Meads and Keynsham along with other works at the end of October."This work forms part of a wider, ongoing, rail improvement programme to ensure the continued reliability of this important section of the railway," said GWR's Oana Apetroaie.What work is happening?Network Rail says it is replacing some of the track between Bristol Temple Meads and Keynsham.That will be in St Anne's tunnel where they will also use more than 5,000 tonnes of stone to help renew the railway there.Great Western Railway said there will also be other essential maintenance on other parts of the track.When is the work taking place?It will take place from Monday 27 to Thursday 30 October - for most of us, that's half term week.Which stations are affected?In a nutshell: Services between London Paddington and Bath Spa will be reduced and a separate service will go between Paddington and Temple Meads via an alternative route not stopping at Chippenham or Bath Spa.In more detail that means:Replacement buses…

‘My leg helped rebuild my tongue after mouth cancer diagnosis’

Post published:October 14, 2025

Jen SmithSouth West health correspondentBBCCandi Hulley had to learn how to speak and eat again during her recovery for mouth cancerA woman whose tongue had to be reconstructed with a piece of her leg because of mouth cancer is urging people to check for the warning signs.Candi Hulley, 52, from Bude, Cornwall, said a chance check-up at her dentist had led to her diagnosis.The Mouth Cancer Foundation charity said more than 3,000 people died of mouth cancer last year nationally – a 20% rise over the past five years.It said it wanted the public to know it was not just dentists who could check for mouth cancer and "if you're unsure, go and see your doctor, or a pharmacist".Veins and an artery from her leg were used to reconstruct nearly half of her tongue"My children call this my shark bite," Ms Hulley said as she displayed the back of her calf where surgeons removed veins and an artery to reconstruct nearly half of her tongue.It took a team more than 12 hours to remove the tumour from her mouth to ensure she would be able to eat, speak and swallow again.She said: "The plastic surgeon described it as like magic... I've…

‘Being prescribed time at the coast helped me back into work’

Post published:October 14, 2025

BBCKelly Pardy's eight-week nature prescription included snorkelling and rock-poolingKelly Pardy was born with juvenile macular degeneration - a visual impairment that affects her central vision.The impact of the condition became particularly challenging when she became unemployed for a period of time. However, a referral to a "blue" social prescribing scheme in 2023 run by the Ocean Conservation Trust helped her through this difficult time.The eight-week nature prescription included snorkelling, rock-pooling and spending time at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.She said: "I ended up getting quite down because of the difficulties I was encountering, and then I didn't work for a little while; but I'm delighted to say that I am now working again."It gives you some time where your brain can calm and then you can just be able to relax, then it almost clears your mind - a bit like exercise, releasing the endorphins"Kelly went on to volunteer for the Ocean Conservation Trust and has credited the whole experience with helping her get back into her profession as a chef with a new employer.In the NHS, these schemes are known formally as "green social prescriptions". GPs and health practitioners refer patients to organisations that offer nature-based activities such as…

“Cocktails” of common pharmaceuticals in our waterways may promote antibiotic resistance

Post published:October 14, 2025

New research has shown, for the first time, how mixtures of commonly used medications which end up in our waterways and natural environments might increase the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria. When humans or animals take medications, as much as 90 per cent can pass through the body and into natural environments, via waste water, or run-off from fields, ending up in the ocean. In the environment, this build-up of antibiotic medicines can accumulate to a strength sufficient to kill the bacteria that live there.This can result in bacteria evolving defenses that help them to survive these concentrations, which can mean they are also resistant to antibiotics used to treat them if they later infect humans. However, less is known about how build-up of other medicines also affects bacteria, and until now, scientists have largely investigated the effect of these medications on triggering this antibiotic resistance one-at-a-time. Now, new research led by the University of Exeter and published in the journal ISME Communications, has revealed that regular drugs used for pain relief, diabetes medication, and hormone replacement can increase the tendency for bacteria to develop the genes needed to resist antibiotic treatments, when combined with a common antibiotic as happens in…

LIVE: Trump signs Gaza ceasefire deal with leaders of Qatar, Egypt, Turkiye | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Post published:October 14, 2025

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Signing comes as families in Israel and Palestine reunite with their loved ones released from captivity in Gaza and Israeli jails.Published On 14 Oct 202514 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link

Calls grow for release of Gaza’s Dr Hussam Abu Safia after ceasefire deal | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Post published:October 13, 2025

There have been conflicting reports on whether Israel would free the prominent Gaza medic as part of the truce agreement.Published On 13 Oct 202513 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareAs Israeli and Palestinian captives return to their families as part of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, the status of many prominent Palestinian detainees remains uncertain.Among them is Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safia, a hospital director in Gaza who was abducted by Israeli forces in December 2024 and has stayed in detention despite growing calls for his release and reports by his lawyer that he has been tortured in Israeli prison.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listMany Palestinian rights supporters see Abu Safia as the embodiment of the resilience of Palestinian medics, as Israel systemically targeted Gaza’s health sector for more than two years.It is unclear whether Abu Safia will be released as part of the ceasefire deal, which includes both Israelis held captive by Hamas in Gaza and Palestinians swept up in Gaza and imprisoned en masse by Israel, most without charge or trial.But as of the end of Monday, the doctor has not been freed.CNN reported over the weekend that Israel would not release Abu…

FA Cup first round draw: Robbie Savage’s Forest Green face Jack Wilshere’s Luton

Post published:October 13, 2025

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