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Exeter homeless death rate highest among English cities featured in annual Museum of Homelessness campaign charity report

Exeter homeless death rate highest among English cities featured in annual Museum of Homelessness campaign charity report

Exeter’s homeless death rate in 2024 was the highest among all the English cities featured in this year’s Museum of Homelessness Dying Homeless Project report after rising nearly threefold since the previous year.The campaigning charity, which publishes its research into the deaths of people experiencing homelessness across the UK each October, found that 21 people died while homeless in Exeter in 2024. It recorded eight such deaths in the city in 2023 and 2022.Exeter’s 2024 homeless death rate,…

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Weight-loss drug makers announce pricing agreement with Trump | Health News

United States President Donald Trump, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk have unveiled a deal to slash the prices of popular GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs for the government’s Medicare and Medicaid programme, as well as for cash payers.The deal, announced on Thursday, is aimed at increasing access to treatments through US Medicare for people aged 65 and above and the Medicaid programme for low-income people, which together provide healthcare coverage for nearly half of all Americans.Recommended Stories list of 4…

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Global Pasty Championships launched with 250-year-old recipe

Global Pasty Championships launched with 250-year-old recipe

An international pasty competition has been launched with the help of a 250-year-old recipe.The Global Pasty Championships, which is due to take place in February next year, was announced at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall.Chief executive David Harland said the first recorded written recipe of a pasty was by John Tremayne, from the Heligan estate, in 1746.The recipe, which has ingredients including mutton, lard and port, was sampled by people at the launch.Mr Harland, one of…

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Man rowed with carer before fatal Tenerife balcony fall

Man rowed with carer before fatal Tenerife balcony fall

Matthew Hill Health CorrespondentBBCJamie told a care manager to tell his mother he loved her before fatal fallThe mother of a 25-year-old man with autism has accused his carer of unprofessional conduct before he fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Tenerife, an inquest heard.Jamie Cole from Bristol was accompanied on holiday by a carer who he left after reportedly becoming upset about the cost of a restaurant bill on 14 January 2025. He was found…

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Newquay pupils help recycle dumped polystyrene bodyboards

Newquay pupils help recycle dumped polystyrene bodyboards

Heidi Davey,Cornwall and Zhara Simpson,South WestBBCKarl Fice-Thomson, who explores rockpools, said he was finding little polystyrene balls "absolutely everywhere"School pupils have helped deconstruct dozens of the discarded and broken polystyrene bodyboards for them to be safely recycled. More than 40 children at Newquay Junior Academy and volunteers took part in the workshop called Bodyboard Breakdown.Karl Fice-Thomson, who runs rockpool tours, said about 17,000 bodyboards had been collected from beaches in Newquay in 2024."When I'm shining my UV torch…

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Two more charged after Watchet drugs seizure

Two more charged after Watchet drugs seizure

Two more men have been charged in relation to a drugs seizure in a coastal town.About 322 kilos (710 lbs) of cocaine, worth an estimated £26.5m, were found by National Crime Agency officers in the early hours of the 31 July in Watchet, Somerset.Colin Benson, 59, and Joshua Rose, 38 - both from Longton in Preston - were arrested on Tuesday by National Crime Agency officers.They appeared at Taunton Magistrates Court earlier charged with importing class A drugs,…

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Plans for new Aldi in Ivybridge refused by councillors

Plans for new Aldi in Ivybridge refused by councillors

Plans to build an Aldi store have been refused by councillors due to concerns over its impact on neighbouring properties.More than 1,200 people supported the application for the site in Ivybridge, Devon, which the supermarket's real estate director Elliot Saunders said was the highest level of support for one of its UK stores, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.South Hams councillors backed planning officers who said the store off Rutt Lane, near the railway station, would be "overbearing"…

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Arrests made in Bournemouth in people-smuggling investigation

Arrests made in Bournemouth in people-smuggling investigation

Two men have been arrested in Bournemouth as part of a joint investigation into people smuggling with police in Belgium.The South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) said a 33-year-old from Southampton and a 55-year-old from Bournemouth were arrested near Southbourne Grove on Wednesday on suspicion of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration.At the same time, a man in Belgium was arrested and five men, believed to be intending to travel to the UK by lorry, were stopped.The suspect…

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The law turns a “blind eye” to the severe financial consequences of being in an abusive relationship, study warns.

The law is failing victims and survivors because it is turning a “blind eye” to the long-lasting and severe financial consequences of being in an abusive relationship, a new study warns. The law should be reformed to make domestic abuse and its impacts on the victim-survivor a specific consideration when dividing financial assets, enabling awards to be enhanced. This is only currently taken into account in rare and extreme cases in family law when assets are redistributed. The…

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Clean up of flaming Tar Barrels under way in Ottery St Mary

Clean up of flaming Tar Barrels under way in Ottery St Mary

Caroline RobinsonSouth WestBBCA total of 27 flaming barrels were carried throughout the eveningA clean up was under way on Thursday, the morning after this year's edition of an event where people run through the streets carrying flaming barrels of tar.The Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels attracted 20,000 people, more than doubling the size of the rural Devon town, on Wednesday evening.The festivities did not finish until just after midnight, with roads reopened at 01:00 GMT on Thursday.The clean…

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Devon tree surgeons join clean-up in devastated Jamaica

Devon tree surgeons join clean-up in devastated Jamaica

DART International UKThe team from DART International UK at work clearing fallen treesA team of tree surgeons has gone to hurricane-ravaged Jamaica to clear fallen trees to ensure vital supplies get to those in need.They are part of Exeter-based DART International UK, a volunteer humanitarian response team which helping to clean up the Caribbean country after Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a category five storm last month.Winds reaching up to 185mph (297km/h) caused widespread devastation across the island…

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MAMDANI’S WIN: WHAT ARE HIS CRITICS SAYING? | Donald Trump News

Zohran Mamdani’s landmark win in the NYC mayoral race marks a shift – and ignites false claims on communism, election fraud & city funding.Zohran Mamdani’s historic win as New York City’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor is being hailed as a turning point for progressives. But it’s also sparked false claims about communism, ballot rigging, and federal funding cuts. Jillian Wolf checks the facts.Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook:…

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