More than 600 people supported by wellbeing hub in first year

Post published:October 30, 2025
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Katie Waple and Harry Kille-Smith,South of EnglandBBCThe Access Wellbeing hub in Boscombe marked its first anniversaryA wellbeing hub has celebrated helping more than 600 people during its first year of being open.Access Wellbeing, in Boscombe, Dorset, provides free mental health and wellbeing support to anyone aged 18 and over, with no appointment needed. The charity said it offers medical help, assistance with practical things like paperwork, or just a listening ear and a cup of tea.Joshua Hevicon, service…

Israeli military kills two in new Gaza attack despite ‘resuming’ ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Post published:October 29, 2025
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Israel’s military has carried out another deadly attack in northern Gaza despite claiming to resume the fragile ceasefire, which was already teetering from a wave of deadly bombardment it waged the night before.Israel’s latest aerial attack on Wednesday evening occurred in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya area, killing at least two people, according to al-Shifa Hospital. Israel claimed it had targeted a site storing weapons that posed “an immediate threat” to its troops.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe…

Sudanese activist sees his executed uncles in RSF videos from el-Fasher | Sudan war News

Post published:October 29, 2025
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Mohammed Zakaria had not slept in two days when the news came that el-Fasher, his hometown, had fallen to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.The Sudanese video journalist and human rights activist had been monitoring the deteriorating situation from Kampala, Uganda, watching as the paramilitary seized the North Darfur governor’s office in the city on Friday, edging closer to taking control of all of it.He feared the worst.For Zakaria, the “nightmare” scenario is intensely personal. Searching through social media…

Lisa O’Neill: The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right

Post published:October 29, 2025
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New release Lisa O’Neill ‘The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right’ (Rough Trade Records) DL only out now LTW reviewed O’Neill’s last album, All Of This Is Chance in Feb 2023, here. She provided music for Peaky Blinders, but Ged Babey has only now discovered her thanks to a friends recommendation. This is the most beautiful song you will hear today… and tomorrow, and the day after. It’s the voice, the words, the arrangement…. everything. It’s a song…

University of Exeter to launch cutting-edge forensic ecology consultancy

Post published:October 29, 2025
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A new forensic ecology consultancy that will work with police and other agencies in the investigation of crimes and major incidents is being launched by the University of Exeter. ApEx Forensics will draw upon academic expertise across a broad range of fields to provide one of the first commercial services of its kind to be established in UK Higher Education. Led by Professor Karl Harrison, the former National Forensic Specialist Adviser and one of the most experienced Forensic…

Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after hit and run

Post published:October 29, 2025
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of attempted murder following a reported hit and run, police have said.Officers were called at 10:25 GMT on Tuesday to Fore Street, Callington, Cornwall, where two men had serious injuries and were taken to hospital. Police said officers carried out inquiries in the area and found the car that had left the scene.A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of two counts of attempted murder, failing to stop…

Lunamotos: ¡Whooow! – Album Review

Post published:October 29, 2025
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Lunamotos: ¡Whooow! (Action Weekend / Sunnyboy 66 / Wild Cave) LP | DL Out 3rd November 2025 Spanish pure garage rock revivalists Lunamotos return with ¡Whooow!, an album that will satiate all those who march to the fuzz. I said it seven years ago, but I will never stop hammering home that Spain is one of the best meccas to flock to for fantastic garage rock n roll. Douse yourself in a litre of calimocho and rip up the…

Devon and Cornwall Police told to improve vetting of officers

Post published:October 29, 2025
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BBCDevon and Cornwall Police was rated "requires improvement" in three areasA police force needs to improve how it reviews vetting decisions, manages complaints and monitors the use of its IT systems, inspectors have said.His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) assessed the effectiveness of Devon and Cornwall Police in three areas.It was graded "requires improvement" in its vetting of police officers and staff, professional standards and counter-corruption arrangements.Superintendent Alex Doughty, head of professional standards…

The teen who grew up in crisis but turned her life around

Post published:October 29, 2025
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Nikki MitchellSouth of England home affairs correspondentBBCChanyta Buckley asked social cervices to put her in foster care when she was 14"My mum was a drug addict for as long as I can remember," said Chanyta Buckley, "so I thought I'd end up choosing drugs over a future." Despite growing up in crisis, the Bournemouth teenager is striving to prove to other vulnerable girls and women that they too can turn their lives around. Chanyta, 19, has volunteered to…

Cornish man who sexually abused children over four decades jailed

Post published:October 28, 2025
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A man has been jailed for 18 years after he admitted sexually abusing children over four decades.Robert Squires, from Bossiney near Tintagel, Cornwall, pleaded guilty to 23 recent and non-recent child sexual offences including two rapes of a child, attempted rape and multiple indecent assaults.The 80-year-old targeted his victims from a young age and committed the abuse in and out of the county, said Devon and Cornwall Police.Police said he admitted most of the abuse after handing himself…

Palestinian grandparents care for 36 children orphaned by Israel in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Post published:October 28, 2025
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More than 39,000 children in Gaza have lost one or both of their parents since Israel’s war on Gaza began two years ago.Published On 28 Oct 202528 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareIn Gaza, entire generations have been wiped out by Israel since it launched its genocidal war in Gaza two years ago, compounding the acute trauma of the already long-suffering Palestinian civilian population in the enclave.More than 39,000 children in Gaza have lost one or…

Bournemouth e-bike rider killed by motorist in feud, jury hears

Post published:October 28, 2025
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Marcus WhiteSouth of EnglandDorset PoliceE-bike rider Joey Johnstone died in Bournemouth in AprilA man who was riding an electrical bike died after being hunted and mown down as part of a feud, court has heard.Joey Johnstone, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene in Moore Avenue, Bournemouth, in the early hours of 9 April.Zoe Treadwell, 36 and Taylor Warwick, 18 - both from Bournemouth - and a 17-year-old boy who cannot be named, are charged with murder and…