Thee Headcoatees: Man-Trap – album review

Album Review Thee Headcoatees Man-Trap Damaged Goods LP / CD / DL Released 14 November 2025 (5/5) First new release since 1999’s Here Comes Cessation, a mere 26 years ago, from the Sisters of Suave. Thee Headcoatees; Ludella Black, Kyra LaRubia, Bongo Debbie & Holly Golightly – with Billy Childish needless to say at the helm. This is a most welcome return from the Medways Shangri-La’s (kinda speaking) says Ged Babey, babbling excitedly, like a fool.  It’s a…

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Man, 24, charged after woman raped in Bournemouth

A man has been charged in connection with a reported rape in Bournemouth.Dorset Police said the attack, in a wooded area off Maxwell Road, was reported on 5 November at about 21:20 GMT.The force said specialist officers were supporting the woman, in her 30s, and had updated her on the latest development.Mohammed Fathi Eltbie from Bournemouth has been charged with rape. The 24-year-old is due to appear before Poole magistrates on Friday. Source link

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Hunt for Holt Heath fly-tippers using nature reserve as a dump

A multi-agency effort has been launched to catch fly-tippers who have been using a nature reserve as a rubbish dump.At least 20 tonnes of waste was illegally dumped on National Trust land at Holt Heath, Dorset, over a matter of days in October.Forestry England land has also been affected, with piles of rubbish left in White Sheet car park and nearby gateways.Dorset Council Waste Services appealed for information to trace those responsible but said it had already found…

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Concern over plan to close Torquay police custody centre

BBCPlans from Devon and Cornwall Police could lead to the closure of the custody centre in TorquayLegal professionals are warning against plans to close a police custody centre due to concerns it could strain resources.Devon and Cornwall Police said the closure of Torquay's custody suite and temporary redeployment of staff was being considered on a pilot basis as part of a review into the force's estate.However, the plan sparked concerns in south Devon with a group of solicitors…

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Israeli settler attack on West Bank mosque draws international condemnation | Israel-Palestine conflict News

An Israeli settler arson attack on a mosque in the occupied West Bank has drawn international condemnation, as a wave of intensified violence against Palestinians continues unabated across the area.Israeli settlers set fire to the Hajja Hamida Mosque in the Palestinian village of Deir Istiya, near Salfit in the north of the West Bank, around dawn on Thursday, local residents told Al Jazeera.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listPhotographs taken at the scene showed racist, anti-Palestinian slogans…

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Trio jailed over £26m cocaine haul found on speedboat in Somerset

Tess de la MareWest of EnglandNational Crime Agency(From left) Anestis Tsepa, Raymond Nuttall and Craig Nuttall collected drugs dropped from a cargo shipThree men who tried to smuggle cocaine worth £26.5m into the UK after it was dropped from a cargo ship off the coast of Somerset have been jailed.Craig Nuttall, 51, his brother Raymond Nuttall, 47, both from Preston, and Greek national Anestis Tsepa, 24, from Thessaloniki, were arrested on the slipway of Watchet Marina in late…

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Masked men rob food delivery driver at knifepoint in Cornwall

Two masked men robbed a food delivery driver at knifepoint, police have said.Devon and Cornwall Police said the robbery happened at about 21:00 GMT on Pocohontas Crescent, in Indian Queens, Cornwall, on Wednesday.The two masked men threatened the driver, demanding his bag which was full of food orders, including pizza, kebab, and a cheeseburger meal. They also stole £6.50 in cash, according to police.Detectives have been carrying out house-to-house inquiries and are checking local CCTV footage to identify…

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Devon and Cornwall PCC ‘shocked’ to hear her role to be abolished

A police and crime commissioner (PCC) has said she was "shocked and surprised" to hear the role is to be abolished in England and Wales.Devon and Cornwall PCC Alison Hernandez was reacting to the announcement in Parliament on Thursday in which the policing minister Sarah Jones said the PCC model had "not delivered what it was set up to achieve".Hernandez said it had been "a sudden announcement without any consultation with the office of the PCC".The Home Office…

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Police patrols at Exeter and Torquay shops with highest crime

Hattie McCann,in Exeter and Alex Green,South WestBBCPolice are working with various partners to target shoplifters in ExeterPolice are carrying out extra patrols of the shops in Devon with the highest rates of crime.As part of Safer Business Action Week, officers from Devon and Cornwall Police have been walking around shops in Exeter to "increase community confidence", as well as offering safety advice to members of staff.There have also been patrols at shops in Torquay by the town's local…

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Man, 24, arrested on suspicion of raping woman in Bournemouth

A man has been arrested in connection with a reported rape in Bournemouth.Dorset Police said a woman, aged in her 30s, reported being attacked by a man in a wooded area off Maxwell Road on 5 November at about 21:20 GMT.The force said the woman had walked to the road, which runs alongside Winton Recreation Ground, with an unknown man who had approached her earlier in Charminster where she had met up with someone she knew.A 24-year-old man…

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US House to vote on full release of Epstein files next week, Johnson says | Donald Trump News

The United States House of Representatives will hold a vote to force the full disclosure of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Speaker Mike Johnson has said.Johnson told reporters on Wednesday that the House would hold a vote next week to require the Department of Justice to release all documents related to the disgraced financier.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemsend of listJohnson added that he wanted to “remind everybody” that the GOP-led Oversight Committee had…

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MANDY, INDIANA sign to Sacred Bones & announce new album

Scheduled for release on February 6th 2025, URGH, the new album from Mandy, Indiana has been shared with lead single Magazine and a tour across Europe next year with UK shows in London, Leeds and Glasgow. Pre-order the album HERE. Following their acclaimed 2023 debut, i’ve seen a way, URGH finds the band expanding their far-reaching sound with each member – vocalist Valentine Caulfield, guitarist and producer Scott Fair, synth player Simon Catling, and drummer Alex Macdougall –…

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