Devon mum wraps 50 gifts a day for mental health charity

Post published:December 23, 2025
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A Devon mum has extended her love for wrapping to strangers to help raise money for a mental health charity.Kirsty said had been wrapping on average 50 presents a day since the beginning of December in the lead up to Christmas, with the help of her eight-year-old daughter, Harper.The mum-of-two, from Plymouth, said she was raising money for Mind after the charity supported her through her postnatal depression.Kirsty said she posted on social media asking people to help…

Cornwall libraries remove Humphrey books over phishing web links

Post published:December 23, 2025
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Cornwall's librarians have removed a range of children's book from shelves after a website link printed inside them was found to lead to malicious websites.Book publisher Faber said the funwithhumphrey website link printed in editions of the Humphrey book series pointed to a range of phishing websites which changed each time the link was refreshed.A Cornwall Council spokesperson said the books had been temporarily withdrawn from libraries so the back page could be removed or covered.A Faber spokesperson…

New Downderry community hub is the ‘heart of the village’

Post published:December 23, 2025
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A community hub has opened in the centre of the seaside village of Downderry in Cornwall which had been feeling the loss of its original shop almost three years ago. The new shop includes a cafe and a visiting post office twice a week and it is hoped to provide a meeting place for groups.Local people have designed, built and created a website all free of charge with the inclusion of local schoolchildren who had a lot to…

A closer look at Christmas travel in the South

Post published:December 23, 2025
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Chiltern RailwaysTrain services will finish earlier than usual on Christmas EveTimetable changes will affect travel across the south during the festive period, with most services on land and sea reduced on and around Christmas Day.South Western RailwayTrain services across the network will end earlier than usual on Christmas Eve, and will not run on Christmas Day or Boxing Day.Major engineering work to tracks, switches and crossings, signalling systems, and electrical supplies, will take place between London Waterloo and…

Feral AI gossip with the potential to spread damage and shame will become more frequent, researchers warn

Post published:December 23, 2025
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“Feral” gossip spread via AI bots is likely to become more frequent and pervasive, causing reputational damage and shame, humiliation, anxiety, and distress, researchers have warned. Chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini don’t just make things up—they generate and spread gossip, complete with negative evaluations and juicy rumours that can cause real-world harm, according to new analysis by philosophers Joel Krueger and Lucy Osler from the University of Exeter. The harm caused by AI gossip isn’t a hypothetical…

Trump unveils ‘Trump-class’ battleships for US Navy’s ‘Golden Fleet’ | Donald Trump News

Post published:December 23, 2025
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The US president says the new vessels will ensure naval dominance and include AI and laser technology.United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to build a new “Trump-class” of battleships that he said would be larger, faster and 100 times more powerful than the biggest of any previous American-built warships.Speaking at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, Trump said the battleships would be part of a larger vision to create what he called a “Golden Fleet”…

Menopause hormone therapy does not appear to impact dementia risk

Post published:December 22, 2025
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A major review of prior research has found no evidence that menopause hormone therapy either increases or decreases dementia risk in post-menopausal women, in a new study led by University College London researchers and supported by the University of Exeter. The findings, commissioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, add much-needed clarity to a hotly debated topic, and reinforce current clinical guidance that menopause hormone therapy, also called hormone replacement therapy…

Israel kills two Palestinians in Gaza City as ceasefire violations mount | Gaza News

Post published:December 22, 2025
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Deadly attack comes as Gaza government media office says Israel violated ceasefire 875 times since it began in October.Israeli forces have killed at least two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as Israel continues to violate a ceasefire agreement and block desperately needed humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged coastal enclave.The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on Monday that two people were killed after Israeli troops opened fire in the Shujayea neighbourhood of eastern Gaza City.Recommended Stories list of 3…

Police investigate Weymouth rabbit rescue centre burglary

Post published:December 22, 2025
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Police are investigating a reported burglary at a newly-opened rabbit rescue centre.A set of tools were stolen from a garage on Thursday, according to Radipole Rabbit Rescue in Weymouth.The centre said police had declined to investigate as the location was an outbuilding and not attached to a home.However, Dorset Police said it was "continuing to explore available lines of inquiry".Kate Moore from the centre said the Ryobi tools that were stolen had been accumulated over the last decade.She…

Cowboy builder Mark Killick is jailed for 14 years

Post published:December 22, 2025
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Martin Jones,West Investigations andCarys Nally,BristolAvon & Somerset PoliceMark Killick's five-month trial at Bristol Crown Court heard he had three previous convictions for fraudA prolific cowboy builder who defrauded 37 customers out of more than £1.25m has been jailed for 14 years.Mark Killick, from Paulton in North East Somerset, also used the names Marc Cole and Mark Jenkins when he agreed to take on building work.Between 2019 and 2021, while trading as TD Cole, he failed to complete work…

Liverpool man denies racially abusing Antoine Semenyo

Post published:December 22, 2025
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A Liverpool man has denied racially abusing footballer Antoine Semenyo during a match at Anfield.The incident is alleged to have happened at the Liverpool vs Bournemouth Premier League fixture on 15 August, Merseyside Police previously said.Semenyo reported being racially abused by a spectator during the first Premier League game of the season in which he scored two goals. Match referee Anthony Taylor stopped play in the 29th minute and a man was ejected from the Anfield stadium.Mark Mogan…

Plymouth council confirms elections to go ahead but Exeter unsure

Post published:December 22, 2025
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Miles DavisDevon political reporterBBCThe elections will see a third of the seats on Plymouth City Council up for grabsCity council elections will go ahead in Plymouth in May, the acting leader of the authority has confirmed, but a similar poll could still be cancelled in Exeter.The government announced on Thursday that councils were invited to apply to postpone May elections due to the pressures of local government reorganisation.Jemima Laing, acting leader of Labour-led Plymouth City Council, said the…