Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West Moorlands Wildlife Centre Moorlands Wildlife Centre said Grommit and Gizmo took to one another straight away A lonely owlet rescued by a wildlife centre in Devon has finally found a friend. Moorlands Wildlife Centre said the tawny owl, named Gizmo, was found orphaned in Branscombe Woods and taken to...
Florida has begun building a detention centre – dubbed the ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ – to temporarily hold migrants on an air strip in the Everglades. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the facility would be funded “in large part” by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s shelter and services programme, which was previously used to...
Work to improve bus services in Plymouth will begin next month, the council has said. Plymouth City Council (PCC) said the Royal Parade bus improvement scheme aimed to reduce congestion and improve reliability by increasing its number of bus stops on the shop side of the city centre. The local authority said the scheme would...
John Ayres BBC News, South West BBC The Crossways shopping centre before it was demolished in April 2023 An old shopping centre site in Paignton could become social housing to provide extra care apartments. New plans by Torbay Council said 91 apartments at the old Crossways shopping centre and a new Day Centre to replace...
Seven years ago last week Exeter City Council’s executive committee decided to close Clifton Hill sports centre permanently on what it claimed were best value grounds. Heavy snowfall had damaged its roof, apparently beyond repair. The council would sell the whole Clifton Hill site for development. Proceeds from the sale would be used to offset...
A garden which won awards at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show has found a new home in Plymouth. The Pathway Garden was inspired by the theme of homelessness and won the Silver-Gilt Medal and Best Environmental Innovation Award. It has been installed at the Shekinah centre – a charity which supports homeless people in Plymouth....
Watch: Leisure centre set on fire in third night of violence in Northern Ireland A man who was inside a leisure centre in County Antrim as it was attacked on Wednesday night has spoken of the fear felt by customers and staff. Northern Ireland Assembly Member Danny Donnelly said Larne Leisure Centre was being used...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service BBC The system can identify heat spots before fires are noticeable to the human eye Planning consent is being sought for a new fire prevention and suppression system at Plymouth’s largest recycling and waste facility. Biffa Waste Services, which runs the Chelson Meadow facility for Plymouth City Council, said...
Exeter centre Nancy McGillivray has agreed a deal to stay at the Premiership Women’s Rugby side for the 2025-26 season. The 22-year-old, who returned from serious knee injury last season, was a regular in the side that finished fifth in the league. McGillivray, who has scored eight tries in 47 games for Exeter, will balance...
Reuters Several deadly incidents have taken place near aid distribution centres in Gaza (file photo) At least four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire as they were heading to an aid distribution centre, health workers in Gaza have said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said troops had directed warning shots after issuing a verbal...
A suspected World War Two bomb has been found at a Plymouth recycling centre, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police were called to Chelson Meadow Waste Reception Centre at about 14:30 BST on Friday after the item was discovered. Officers said said the Royal Navy ordnance disposal team had been called to assess the...
Opposite him at Welford Road will be a familiar face. He and Joe Woodward were England’s under-20’s centre partnership for a couple of years. “He is a very good distributor, good link player, a ball carrier and he has got that kicking game too – a triple threat really,” Ma’asi-White says of his former team-mate....
Jeremy Bowen International editor Getty Images Witnesses and international medical teams report terrible scenes of killing as Israeli troops opened fire in the hours of Tuesday before dawn on Palestinians who were converging on the new aid distribution site in southern Gaza. It was “total carnage” according to a foreign witness. An official statement from...
An Irish man has died and a child has been injured in a shooting incident at a shopping centre in County Carlow on Sunday. Emergency services are currently at the scene at the Fairgreen Shopping Centre, with an army bomb disposal team also in attendance. Gardaà (Irish police) were alerted to the incident shortly after...
A network of health professionals in south-west England that specialises in brain tumours has been recognised for its high standard of service. The Plymouth and the Peninsula Neuro-Oncology Network, which includes NHS trusts across Devon and Cornwall, is one of 14 new Tessa Jowell Centres of Excellence. Former Labour cabinet member Dame Tessa died in...