Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,355 | Russia-Ukraine war News

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Here are the key events from day 1,355 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 10 Nov 202510 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is how things stand on Monday, November 10:Fighting The Russian Ministry of Defence said its forces captured the Ukrainian settlement of Rybne in the southeastern Zaporizhia region. Fighting also continues in and around the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. The rate of Russian advances in the strategic city “remains temporarily decreased” as…

Two arrests after suspicious item found in bag

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Chloe HarcombeWest of EnglandGoogleA cordon was set up on West Street in Weston-super-Mare as a precaution, police saidTwo men have been arrested after a rucksack containing a suspicious item was left on a street.Avon and Somerset Police found the bag on West Street in Weston-super-Mare at about 15:30 GMT. A 39-year-old man of no fixed abode and a man in his 50s from West Street were in police custody in connection with the incident, officers said.A cordon was…

WW1 letter at Dorset museum reveals courage of fallen tank gunner

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Marcus WhiteSouth of EnglandThe Tank MuseumThe Mark IV tank, the first to be mass produced, entered service in 1917A newly-unearthed letter has revealed the courage of a World War One tank gunner during the final days of his life.L/Cpl G S Hopkins was in two tanks which were badly damaged by shells over the space of a few days, later dying from his injuries.His commanding officer wrote to a grieving relative that the gunner "was as badly smashed…

Why does the UK want to copy Denmark’s stringent immigration policies? | Explainer News

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The United Kingdom’s government is considering an amendment to immigration rules modelled on Denmark’s controversial policy amid pressure from the far-right groups, who have attacked the Labour government over the rising number of refugees and migrants crossing into the country.Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood last month dispatched officials to study the workings of the Danish immigration and asylum system, widely considered the toughest in Europe. The officials are reportedly looking to review the British immigration rules on family reunion and…

Ceremonies on Remembrance Sunday in the south of England

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Services and parades have been marking the closest Sunday to Armistice Day across the country.Across the south of England, residents who had gathered in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight fell silent to remember those who died while serving in the armed forces.Richard Creech, who served in the Royal Navy for 33 years, was among hundreds of people who attended a service at Southampton's cenotaph."It makes you feel very proud and it's very humbling to…

‘Thoughts are always with those still serving’

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Pippa RifkaBBC News, SomersetBlind Veterans UKJohn Hardy served in the Gulf War with the Royal Army Medical CorpsA blind veteran says he was "filled with pride" to lead a contingent for a Remembrance Sunday parade.John Hardy, from Bridgwater in Somerset, was asked to lead the Blind Veterans UK contingent at the Remembrance parade in London. The 69-year-old, who served in the Gulf War with the Royal Army Medical Corps, also laid a wreath at the Cenotaph for his…

West of England falls silent to pay respects

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Chloe Harcombe,West of England and Ross Pollard,in BathBBCCapt John Ledgister is the parade commander and director in Bath, SomersetThousands of people across the west of England gathered to pay their respects and mark Remembrance Sunday.Parades, remembrance services and wreath-laying ceremonies were held in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire this morning. The region fell silent at 11:00 GMT in honour of those that lost their lives in war.Capt John Ledgister, parade commander and director in Bath, said: "We're trying…

Cornwall mums no longer feel ‘invisible’ after joining bands

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Penny BulkeleyHelen Davies (left) said she felt "like a teenager again""I feel like I have some purpose again. I'm Helen - I'm not just someone's mum or a housewife."Helen Davies, 54, from Mevagissey, Cornwall, said rediscovering music after a 28-year break had been "life-changing".The mother-of-three, who is part of a band called Hell Up, said music had given her something she felt "was missing" after she gave it up after a bike crash.Another mother and a member of…

Pair in three-wheeled car reach Africa in world record attempt

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Seth ScottThe Reliant Robin has endured "bumps and bruises" on the 10,000-mile journey Two men who are driving to Cape Town in a three-wheeled vehicle have reached Africa.Oliver Jenks, from Newton Abbot, Devon, and Seth Scott, from Canada, set off from London on 24 October in their Reliant Robin, called "Sheila the three-wheeler", in their attempt to break a world record.Speaking from Senegal, Mr Oliver said they had faced some bumps along the way which had taken a…

Somerset church tomb collapse exposes 1700s stone crypt

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Bea SwallowWest of EnglandHandoutThe collapsed box tomb sat upon a large underground crypt, thought to have been constructed in the 1700sAn ancient box tomb thought to be built in the 1700s has collapsed in a church cemetery, exposing a large underground crypt.The 12ft (3.6m) hole opened up at All Saints Church in Martock, Somerset, on Saturday afternoon, the day before Remembrance Sunday services were held inside.Rev Paul Fillery said the incident was likely caused by rain gradually eroding…

Devon Remembrance Sunday services honour armed forces

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Johnny Rutherford/BBCA service was held at the at the war memorial in Northernhay Gardens in ExeterServices are taking place across the region to mark Remembrance Sunday.The Bishop of Plymouth, the Rt Revd James Grier, led this year's service on Plymouth Hoe, which began with a two-minute silence at the Royal Naval Memorial at 11:00 GMT."War and conflict today weighs heavy and looms close, especially for those who offer our lives in our armed services," he told the service.…

Cascade of knitted poppies draped from Cornish church

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Thousands of knitted poppies have been draped from the bell tower of a church to commemorate Remembrance Sunday.The display at Holy Trinity Church in Tresillian, Cornwall, was carefully attached to the building by firefighters earlier this week.It is the culmination of a year-long effort by sisters Kirsten Lean and Jacqueline Goodway who drew inspiration from a similar cascade of poppies at a church in Holt, Wiltshire.Mrs Lean said of Remembrance Sunday: "It means a big deal to both…