Sonny Cox: Gary Caldwell challenges Exeter striker to score more

Post published:December 12, 2025
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Exeter City striker Sonny Cox has been challenged to score more goals after his return from injury.The 21-year-old has missed almost three months with a groin problem, but came on as a substitute in the 1-0 win over AFC Wimbledon on Tuesday night.The homegrown forward has scored just twice since the start of last season, but manager Gary Caldwell feels he has the ability to make a difference up front. "I want to see a hunger and a…

About £2.2m to improve north Devon Tarka Trail

Post published:December 12, 2025
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BBCGovernment funding and local money will be used for the projectAbout £2.2m will be used to improve existing sections of a popular walking and cycling trail.The changes to the Tarka Trail in north Devon have been split into three projects, with Spreacombe Junction to North Buckland Hill being one, both North Buckland Hill to Cottages and Cottages to Nethercott Road being another, with the third on Deans Copse, Nethercott Road to Knowle.Councillor Jacqi Hodgson, Devon County Council cabinet…

Good News Rooms in schools a ‘brilliant legacy’

Post published:December 12, 2025
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James DiamondWest of EnglandBBCChildren across the UK are being taught how to be journalists in Jill Dando's nameA project inspired by murdered TV journalist Jill Dando which aims to inspire a million children to become "positive reporters" by 2030 has been described by her brother as "a brilliant legacy".The Good News Rooms project, which aims to teach children to focus on uplifting news stories, has this week been expanded to Heron's Moor School in the BBC Crimewatch presenter's…

Behind the Cerne Abbas Giant's 'behind'

Post published:December 12, 2025
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The chalk hill figure of the Cerne Abbas Giant is a proud figure of the Dorset landscape. Source link

Cornwall Council seeks views on ageing

Post published:December 12, 2025
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People are being asked about the challenges of growing older in Cornwall. Source link

Wildfires push Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service over budget

Post published:December 12, 2025
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The cost of tackling two major wildfires in summer has pushed a fire service over budget.A meeting of Dorset and Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service's (DWFRS) Finance & Audit Committee – on which councillors from Swindon, Wiltshire, Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole scrutinise spending – heard that the service's projected overspend was £620,000.The costs racked up as a result of two major blazes – at Holt Heath and another in Newton Heath – both in Dorset.Firefighters from across…

Council reviews projects after Glastonbury Life Factory ‘mistakes’

Post published:December 12, 2025
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A council said it was reviewing all projects where it looked after money on behalf of organisations after "mistakes" were made over a £2.9m government-funded factory regeneration.Somerset Council's chief executive Duncan Sharkey told an audit committee the authority "got it wrong" with its financial oversight of the stalled Life Factory project in Glastonbury."The processes weren't strong enough," he said. "What we need to do is have less chance of getting things wrong again in the future and give…

Cornwall Council removes licences from taxi drivers after arrests

Post published:December 12, 2025
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A council has taken licences away from two taxi drivers after they had been arrested.Cornwall Council minutes show two taxi drivers had their licences revoked after both had driven into stationary cars and been arrested for driving while unfit through drink or drugs and for having drugs in their cabs, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.The council refused to renew the licence of another taxi driver who had received nine points for speeding within a month. The…

Charity says food poverty is rising across Devon and Cornwall

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A food sharing charity said it had provided more than 500,000 meals to those in need across Devon and Cornwall this year and was ramping up its operation in the run up to Christmas.Charity FareShare South West (FSSW), which works with local supermarkets and farmers, said this year more than 800 tonnes of produce had passed through its warehouse in Estover, Plymouth.From there it is distributed to those on low incomes or struggling to afford food.UK food prices…

Cornish villagers fear loss of protection in new planning laws

Post published:December 12, 2025
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Seb NobleCornwall political reporter, in IlloganBBCAbout 80 homes could be built on farmland in IlloganVillagers in Cornwall have raised concerns about their ability to challenge plans for housing developments once new planning laws come into effect.Proposals have been drawn-up for 80 homes on land in Illogan - on the same site where a previous planning approval was overturned last year over environmental concerns. Some residents said the government's changes to the planning system would reduce the ability to…

Flu jabs urged as south of England surge ‘is behind rest of UK’

Post published:December 12, 2025
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Marcus WhiteSouth of EnglandPA MediaFlu jab appointments in the south of England are scarce, the BBC foundThe flu surge in the south of England is behind the rest of the country, leaving time for people to get vaccinated, a senior doctor has said.The first week of December saw an average of 100 patients a day in hospital with flu across the whole of Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Oxfordshire, according to NHS data - fewer…

Bodycam captures Somerset drug-driver struggling to speak

Post published:December 11, 2025
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A driver who had taken so many drugs he struggled to answer basic questions during his arrest has been sentenced.Officers called to a car being driven erratically in Somerset on 22 August found Jack Brownless stopped at a nearby crossroads, unable to tell them when he had last had anything to eat or drink.The 39-year-old had swerved across the A39 near Wells and hit a wall before concerned members of the public called police.Brownless was handed a 26-week…