Police lock down Exeter streets after serious assault

Police have sealed off parts of Exeter after a person was found with a serious injury in Cowick Street.Officers were sent to the area at around 16:30 GMT following reports of an assault, said Devon and Cornwall Police. Cordons are in place around Cowick Street, Prospect Place and Cowick Park and Police say units will stay in the area throughout the evening and overnight.A spokesperson said: "If anyone sees anyone acting suspiciously, we are advising members of the…

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Syrian authorities impose curfew in Latakia as violence surges | Syria’s War News

Cars and shops were vandalised during attacks on Alawite neighbourhoods in the western city in recent days.Published On 30 Dec 202530 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareSyrian authorities imposed an overnight curfew in the coastal city of Latakia following deadly attacks on predominantly Alawite neighbourhoods as security tensions rise in the country’s western coastal region.Authorities in Latakia arrested 21 people allegedly linked to ousted leader Bashar al-Assad’s rule, state media reported on Tuesday.Recommended Stories list of…

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European Sun: School Report – single review and Interview

Single Review / Interview European Sun  School Report (Skep Wax)    DL / CD released 30 December 2025 School Report, by European Sun is a 17-minute pop song in which a diary of an anxiety-ridden day is punctuated with readings from the singer’s school report: the acid, dismissive remarks made by uncaring teachers years ago echoing cruelly down the years. An epic, free-wheeling, Sister Ray length song that encapsulates “what it’s like to live in my head for…

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Bath man ordered to pay back £4.1m made from stolen cash

A man has been ordered to pay more than £4m after portraying himself as an experienced trader and using cash stolen from friends and family.Jeff Arundell from Sion Hill in Lansdown, Somerset, was jailed for six and a half years in 2023 for offences he carried out in 2016 and 2017, including fraud and money laundering.A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing On 19 December 2025 found the total amount Arundell, 75, had illegally benefitted from was £4.8m and…

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A decimated Gaza marks the end of another year of Israeli bombs | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Over the past year, Gaza’s infrastructure has been subjected to a devastating reality.What once functioned under strain has been pushed beyond the point of collapse. Electricity networks, water systems, hospitals, roads and municipal services have been systematically destroyed or severely damaged, leaving daily life defined by survival.It is not unusual for families to plan their days around the sound of generators, if fuel is available at all. Parents and children queue for hours for a few litres of…

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The 12 most important shipwrecks of the South West

Rebecca RicksBBC South West InvestigationsPA MediaThe MSC Napoli grounded about a mile off Sidmouth, Devon, in 2007For mariners the waters of the South West have long been a challenging, and historically deadly, coastline. In the days before GPS it was the home of tragedies, disasters and misfortunes with thousands of wrecks now laying undiscovered, plundered or broken at the bottom of the sea. With the knowledge of experts, we examine some of the most notable shipwrecks to come…

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,405 | Russia-Ukraine war News

These are the key developments from day 1,405 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 30 Dec 202530 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is where things stand on Tuesday, December 30:Alleged attack on Putin’s residence Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said that an attack took place on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence in northwestern Russia’s Novgorod on Sunday, “practically immediately after” talks in Florida between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The strike…

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Deadly protests and clashes in Syria – what happened and what’s next? | Protests News

Protests have erupted across Syria’s coastal regions, marking a new wave of sectarian upheaval since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime a year ago.During the protests on Sunday, gunfire was directed at Syrian security forces at the al-Azhari roundabout in Latakia while unknown assailants threw a hand grenade at the al-Anaza police station in the district of Banias in the Tartous governorate.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe Alawite minority, which al-Assad is a member of, held…

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Twenty five years of BBC South online services

Stephen StaffordSouth of EnglandBBCThe first BBC regional website in the south of England launched in December 2000It was December 2000 - the world had survived the Millennium Bug and the Information Superhighway was heading at dial-up speed into the future.The BBC had launched its online service on bbc.co.uk three years earlier and the south of England was now among the first regions to launch a local presence on the world wide web.BBC Southampton Online began as a city-focussed…

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UN renews Sudan ceasefire appeal over ‘unimaginable suffering’ of civilians | Sudan war News

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appeals for immediate truce as fighting intensifies in Darfur and Kordofan regions.United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan’s brutal civil war, which the UN says has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.Guterres’s appeal, made late on Friday, follows a peace initiative presented by Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris to the UN Security Council on Monday, which called for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to disarm.Recommended Stories list…

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Gaza, carry out raids across West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Palestinian death toll since the start of the truce in Gaza rises to 411 amid near daily Israeli violations.Published On 26 Dec 202526 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareIsraeli forces have fatally shot a Palestinian man east of Gaza City as they continue their ceasefire violations and carry out sweeping raids across the occupied West Bank.The Palestinian news service Wafa reported on Friday that Israeli forces opened fire on Uday al-Maqadma while he was sitting near…

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Tajikistan-Taliban border clashes: What’s behind them, why it affects China | Explainer News

Tensions are flaring along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border in Central Asia with the Tajik government reporting multiple armed incursions this month, straining its fragile relationship with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders.More than a dozen people have been killed in attacks by men whom Tajik authorities call “terrorists” and the resulting clashes with Tajik forces, officials in Dushanbe and Beijing said. Victims include Chinese nationals working in remote areas of the mountainous former Soviet republic.In the latest fighting this week, at least…

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