Boy, 17, arrested following death of elderly woman in Poole

Post published:December 17, 2025
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A teenage boy has become the sixth person to be arrested on suspicion of the murder of an elderly woman who died after a suspected burglary.Police officers were called to an address in Higher Blandford Road in Poole, Dorset, on 1 December after being alerted to the "sudden death" of a woman in her 80s.Five people have already been arrested in connection with the incident and released on bail.Now Dorset Police has confirmed a 17-year-old boy from Wimborne…

Bude Town FC ‘devastated’ at tractor theft

Post published:December 17, 2025
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Available for over a yearA New Holland compact tractor, worth around £16,000, has been stolen from Bude Town Football Club. The Club's First team manager Steve Hackett has been talking to BBC Radio Cornwall's Matt Pengelly about the theft. Photo credit: Bude Town Football Club.Programme WebsiteShow less Source link

Survey on how Devon & Cornwall Police should be ‘held to account’

Post published:December 17, 2025
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Anna VarleHome and social affairs correspondentBBCThe police and crime commissioner for Devon and Cornwall is asking for views on the police forcePolice and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Alison Hernandez is asking residents across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly how they want their police force to be led and held to account in the future.It follows the announcement that police and crime commissioners (PCC) are to be scrapped in England and Wales to save £100m over this parliament's…

Teenager charged with murder of girl, 9, in Weston-super-Mare

Post published:December 17, 2025
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Sarah TurnnidgeWest of England PAA post-mortem found the preliminary cause of Aria's death was a single stab woundA 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe.Aria was found dead at a house in Lime Close, Weston-super-Mare, shortly after 18:00 GMT on Monday. A post-mortem examination found the preliminary cause of her death was a single stab wound, Avon and Somerset Police said.The teenage suspect, who cannot be named due to his age, remains in…

Arrest over suspected theft of cocker spaniel Gerry in Dorset

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A man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a red cocker spaniel that disappeared from a kennel outside a village home in Dorset.Gerry went missing from Hilfield, between Dorchester and Sherborne, on 8 December between 11:30 and 12:30 GMT sparking a police and social media appeal.He was found safe and well two days later near Cerne Abbas about 5km (3 miles) away and was returned home.Dorset Police said a 34-year-old man from Poole was arrested…

Police are urging sports clubs to be vigilant following break-ins

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Sports clubs are being urged to be vigilant following recent break-ins which involved high-value machinery being stolen.An orange 2024 Kubota ride-on lawn mower and trailer worth £30,000, was taken from Ogwell Football Club after a storage area was broken into overnight on 12 December.Hours later on 13 December, burglars broke into a lock-up at Bude Town Football Club and stole a new Holland Boomer 25 Compact tractor, valued at £16,500.PC Neil Sommerfeld said: "These burglaries are the latest…

Trump orders ‘total’ blockade of sanctioned Venezuela oil tankers | Donald Trump News

Post published:December 17, 2025
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The order comes a week after the US military seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast.Published On 17 Dec 202517 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareUnited States President Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all US-sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America,” Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.Recommended Stories list of…

Israel denies entry to Canadian MPs trying to reach occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Post published:December 16, 2025
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Advocacy group urges sanctions on Israel after Canadian delegation, including six lawmakers, turned back to Jordan.Israel has denied entry to a group of Canadian lawmakers who were seeking to reach the occupied West Bank to hold talks with Palestinian officials and human rights advocates, Canadian civil society groups say.Six members of Canada’s Parliament were trying to reach the West Bank from neighbouring Jordan when the Israeli authorities turned them back, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said…

Probe as drone footage appears to show illegal fox hunt

Post published:December 16, 2025
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Paul BarltropWest of England political editorSomerset Hunt Saboteurs released drone footage showing hounds repeatedly pursuing a foxPolice have launched an investigation after footage appears to show a fox being illegally hunted. Somerset Hunt Saboteurs released drone footage appearing to show hounds repeatedly pursuing a fox, with members of the Vale of Taunton and Banwell Harriers Hunt nearby.Avon and Somerset Police is investigating the video and has also hosted a meeting with several local hunts to remind them of…

People smuggler pleads guilty after Albanians stopped in Belgium

Post published:December 16, 2025
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A man has admitted trying to help smuggle five Albanians into the UK in a lorry.Ibrahim Sollaku, 33, of Wilton Avenue, Southampton, was arrested in Bournemouth on 5 November. At the same time, officers in Belgium arrested another suspect and stopped five Albanian men who were intending to travel.Appearing at Winchester Crown Court on Monday, Sollaku pleaded guilty to conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration, and possession with intent to supply class A drugs.He will be sentenced on 15…

Russian court designates punk band Pussy Riot as ‘extremist’ group | Vladimir Putin News

Post published:December 16, 2025
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Exiled punk band says its members are proud to be branded ‘extremists’ and hits back at Putin as an ‘aging sociopath’.A Moscow district court has designated Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot as an extremist organisation, according to the state TASS news agency.The exiled group’s lawyer, Leonid Solovyov, told TASS that Monday’s court ruling was made in response to claims brought by the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office and that the band plans to appeal. According to TASS, the…

How will US respond to the killing of three of its soldiers in Syria? | Syria’s War

Post published:December 15, 2025
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Washington has blamed ISIL (ISIS) for the attack and promised retaliation.Three US soldiers have been killed in an attack in Syria’s central city of Palmyra.It is the first known deadly attack on US forces since former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was deposed last year. Washington has accused the ISIL (ISIS) group of carrying out the assault.The government in Damascus has expanded its ties with Washington and joined a coalition to fight the ISIL group.But how much of a…