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Women fear for safety running after dark
Millie OwenFemale runners across the South West and Channel Islands said being in a group made them feel saferFemale runners across the South West and the Channel Islands have been speaking about issues they've experienced while running in the dark and how they keep safe. Women said campaigns such as This Girl Can's Let's Lift the Curfew events was helping to raise awareness about women's safety and their concerns around getting active outdoors in the darker months.In 2023,…
Milton Keynes exhibition features men speaking up about misogyny
Nicola Haselerin Milton KeynesNicola Haseler/BBCJason Selormey says he is worried about a rise in toxic masculinity online and wants to "push back" against itA new exhibition features portraits of men committed to speaking up against gender-based violence.The 16 men photographed by Claudia Janke - an artist who documents women's equality movements - are from different backgrounds and were nominated by colleagues, friends and family.The portraits were unveiled at centre:mk shopping centre in Milton Keynes as part of White…
Motorcyclist, 17, dies in Poole roundabout lorry crash
A 17-year-old motorcyclist has died after a collision with a lorry.Dorset Police said the crash, involving the motorbike and a DAF truck, happened shortly before 17:00 GMT at the Safety Drive roundabout in Poole.The boy, from north Dorset, died at the scene. The truck driver was uninjured.Road closures were put in place to allow investigation work to continue. Police have appealed for any witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward. Source link
Exeter shop shut down for selling illegal tobacco after warnings
Devon County CouncilHeart of the South West Trading Standards Service said the proprietor of The Mini Market in Exeter, Devon, ignored repeated warningsA judge has granted a three-month closure order on a business accused of selling illegal tobacco.Trading Standards said the proprietor of the Mini Market on Cowick Street, Exeter, Devon, ignored repeated warnings and continued to sell illegal tobacco worth more than £11,000 seized over the course of five raids. The closure order was issued on Wednesday…
Woman in her 80s dies after car and tractor crash near Newquay
A woman has died following a crash involving a car and tractor in Cornwall, police have said.Emergency services were called to the A392 at White Acres near Newquay at about 09:50 GMT on Wednesday to reports of a Ford Fiesta and JCB tractor colliding.Devon and Cornwall Police said a local woman aged in her 80s who was taken by air ambulance to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital with serious injuries died on Thursday.The force has appealed for witnesses and asked…
Second Step staff to take strike action across the West
Staff at a mental health charity in the West have voted to strike in a dispute over pay.Second Step delivers council and NHS-funded mental health services across Bristol, Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire.More than 100 people at the charity have voted to strike following concerns about wages, according to Unison.A spokesperson from Second Step said a plan is in place to avoid potential strike disruption, adding: "Our priority is to maintain safe, continuous support…
Weston-super-Mare street art graffitied with red crosses
BBCA number of works of art have been defaced with the cross A number of colourful murals on the same street have had red crosses painted over them. North Somerset Council said the damage to street art on Old Post Office Lane in Weston-super-Mare had been raised with police so "appropriate action" could be taken.Liberal Democrat council leader, Mike Bell, said he was "fed up" with "mindless" vandalism "masquerading as patriotism" in some cases."These vandals are damaging property,…
‘I want the truth to come out’
Samuel SpencerBBC News, CornwallBBC/Keo Films & Button Down/Mei WilliamsSt Minver resident Carole Wyatt believes there has been a miscarriage of justice following the accidental poisoning of her water supplyThirty seven years after the biggest mass poisoning in British history, a new documentary follows victims in Cornwall still looking for justice.On July 6 1988, 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate was accidentally dumped into the incorrect tank at the Lowermoor Water Treatment Work in north Cornwall.Advice at the time was…
New car park in 2026, says Bournemouth hospital after feedback
BBCDrivers have complained of traffic queues at Royal Bournemouth Hospital car parkA hospital criticised for its parking provision during a major building project says its new car park is hoped to be ready by summer 2026.Visitors and outpatients to Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) have complained of traffic queues, a lack of parking spaces and poor lighting.There are currently 412 public parking places at the hospital. The new car park would provide an additional 150.University Hospitals Dorset said it…
Message in a bottle with ashes of couple found on Devon beach
Mike NichollsMike Nicholls found the bottle on Woolacombe BeachA message in a bottle, said to contain the ashes of a couple on "one last adventure", has washed up on a beach.The bottle was found by Mike Nicholls, on Woolacombe Beach, in Devon, on 9 November.The message asks finders to put the bottle back in the sea and use hashtags to tell the family where it was found.Mr Nicholls said he had tried to contact the family, but had…
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