New guidance for doctors treating people at risk of certain cancers

Post published:November 10, 2025
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An international team of experts, including researchers from the University of Exeter, has developed new guidance to help doctors care for people who carry inherited genetic changes that increase their risk of developing certain cancers. The guidance, published by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) in Genetics in Medicine, focuses on three genes — RAD51C, RAD51D and BRIP1 — which are linked to higher risks of ovarian cancer. These genetic changes are being found more often as multi-gene panel testing becomes…

Closure of main road in Exeter extended for third time

Post published:November 10, 2025
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The reopening of the main road out of Exeter has been delayed for a third time due to works being carried out by Wales and West Utilities.The firm, which is upgrading gas pipes, had first promised Heavitree Road would reopen on 7 October.That date was then revised to 13 October, then 10 November but the road alongside the Waitrose store and the St Luke's campus of the University of Exeter will now not reopen until 21 November, utility…

Otter found injured by Taunton road recovering at rescue centre

Post published:November 10, 2025
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RSPCA West HatchIris the otter was found injured by a main road near Taunton in SomersetA tiny otter cub found alone by a main road "has captured the hearts" of her carers.The animal was hypothermic and lethargic when she was discovered near Taunton, Somerset in October, the RSPCA said.The cub was taken to Shepton Vets before being transferred to the RSPCA West Hatch Wildlife Centre where staff named the otter Iris because of an eye injury.Iris is now…

Scheme teaching Devon children road safety extended until 2028

Post published:November 10, 2025
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BBCA pilot scheme teaching children road safety has been extended until 2028A police training scheme in Devon which teaches children road safety has been extended due to a £100,000 investment.The Walkability scheme teaches children essential road safety through theory and practical sessions - including understanding road signs and how to cross the road safely.Devon County Council (DCC) said about 4,070 pupils from 48 schools had already taken part in the pilot scheme - which would continue until 2028.It…

Migael Pretorius: South African all-rounder re-joins Somerset for 2026

Post published:November 10, 2025
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Somerset have re-signed all-rounder Migael Pretorius for the 2026 season on a multi-format contract.This will be the South African's third spell at the County Ground having first joined in 2024. The 30-year-old has scored 550 runs in 16 matches across all formats for the club and also taken 52 wickets.He claimed three for 27 in the T20 Blast semi-final, as Somerset overcame Lancashire on Finals Day before going on to clinch their third title.Somerset director of cricket Andy…

Man caught dealing drugs at Boardmasters Festival jailed

Post published:November 10, 2025
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A man who was caught dealing drugs at a music festival in Cornwall has been jailed.Liam Edmonds, from Plymouth, was already on bail for dealing cocaine, crack cocaine and ketamine when he was caught again at this year's Boardmasters Festival, which took place between 6-10 August, near Newquay.Edmonds, 30, admitted possessing class A drugs with intent to supply.At Plymouth Crown Court, Edmonds, of no fixed abode, was jailed for four years and told that he had "let down…

Cornwall park boss ‘pretty certain’ missing flamingo is in France

Post published:November 10, 2025
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The owner of a Cornish wildlife sanctuary from which a young flamingo escaped has said he is "pretty certain" that photographs taken in northern France show the same bird.Two photographs shared on social media show a young flamingo on a beach in Treflez, Finistere, on Sunday morning.Frankie escaped from a walled garden at Paradise Park in Hayle the Sunday before, despite having clipped feathers.Paradise Park director Nick Reynolds said there was a colony of greater flamingos in southern…

Motorbike engine time capsule found under Devon floorboards

Post published:November 10, 2025
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Mark ChardA time capsule has been found under the floorboards of a home in KingskerswellA man from Kingskerswell is searching for the previous owners of his house after finding a time capsule under the floorboards.Mark Chard said a "gleaming" motorbike engine and letter were placed there in 1999 by the previous owner.He said the letter described how much fun the previous owner had had on the motorbike and the work done to the house since they moved in.The…

James Overy: Australia call up Man Utd’s 18-year-old full-back

Post published:November 10, 2025
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He has yet to play any senior football. only joined Manchester United last summer and last year was playing in the 10th tier of English football.But 18-year-old right-back James Overy, who played for United's Under-18s against Leeds on Saturday, could be heading to next summer's World Cup finals after being called up to the Australia squad for friendlies against Venezuela and Colombia in the United States.Former Perth Glory teenager Overy moved to Devon from Australia in 2023, playing…

Production worry for Devon farmer amid ‘chicken lockdown’

Post published:November 10, 2025
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A Devon poultry farmer said new rules and regulations to prevent spreading a bird flu virus was essentially a "lockdown for chickens".The new national mandatory housing order by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) was brought into force in England on 6 November with the aim to bring avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 infection rates down. Sam Ursell from Windout Farm, in Exeter, Devon, said the farm operated an organic breeding flock of about 3,500 hens and cockerels…

Cornish businesses urged to consider paying ‘real living wage’

Post published:November 10, 2025
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Seb NobleCornwall political reporterBBCPatrick Langmaid viewed paying the real living wage as an investment in his businessMore employers in Cornwall have been urged to pay their staff the real living wage to help reduce in-work poverty.The Living Wage Foundation said about 300 businesses - employing about 15,000 people - currently paid the real living wage in Cornwall.Truro Foodbank said it had seen a drop in the number of people accessing it for support over the past two years…

‘Incredibly proud’ Bletchley veteran from Ferndown turns 100

Post published:November 10, 2025
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Marcus White & Patrick HughesSouth of EnglandBBCPat Shepherd kept her work secret from her family until she was in her 50sA veteran of Bletchley Park, where German, Italian and Japanese codes were broken during World War Two, is celebrating her 100th birthday.Pat Shepherd, from Ferndown, Dorset, helped to run the Bombes - code-breaking machines - at the secret Buckinghamshire base.She said she was "incredibly proud" of her work but did not tell her family about it until later…