Royal Navy The boats were travelling across the Gulf of Oman A Plymouth-based ship has intercepted three small boats travelling across the Gulf of Oman carrying £35m worth of illegal narcotics, the Royal Navy has said. Commando snipers from Bickleigh…
Forestry England has unveiled plans for two new woodlands in Devon and Somerset, adding more than 247 acres (100 hectares) of forest to the counties. Okement Wood, covering 205 acres (83 hectares), will be located between Abbeyford Wood and Berrydown…
Beijing says it will not back down in the face of threats, urging the US to resolve differences through negotiations. Published On 12 Oct 202512 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share China has called United…
Watch: How the Tamar Bridge gets painted “You’re kind of just swinging there, like a conker in the wind.” That is how “daredevil decorator” Tom Harold described what it is like to be suspended in the air – sometimes at…
Erling Haaland’s Norway close in on World Cup qualification in a match where a pro-Palestine demonstration was held. Published On 12 Oct 202512 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick to…
Clashes come as tensions escalate over an air strike on Kabul that the Taliban blames on Islamabad. Taliban and Pakistani forces have exchanged fire across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, prompting calls for restraint from Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as tensions…
Portugal maintain winning record in qualifying despite Cristiano Ronaldo’s second-half penalty miss against Ireland. Published On 11 Oct 202511 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Portugal’s Ruben Neves scored a stoppage-time goal to snatch a…
Activists campaign to suspend Israel from European football, calling for accountability for genocide. Calls for Israel’s suspension from European football have been renewed a day after the ceasefire in Gaza came into effect and as the Israeli team has resumed…
Bristol: Elizalde, Carrington, Bates, van Rensburg, Ravouvou, Jordan, Marmion; Genge, Oghre, Kloska, Rubiolo, Batley, Grondona, Harding (c), Mata. Replacements: Thacker, Woolmore, Chawatama, Dun, Owen, Lennon, Worsley, Pepper. Red card: Jordan (32). Sin-bin: Pepper (60). Exeter: John, Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Hammersley, Brown-Bampoe,…
A couple from Germany are looking for a child in Devon who wrote a message in a bottle, which they found washed up on a beach in Denmark. Barnstaple Town Council said the bottle had been found in Fjaltring, Denmark,…