Bournemouth students feature in Strictly Come Dancing finale

Post published:December 22, 2025
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A university has hosted a film crew from Strictly Come Dancing, enabling students to get a first-hand look at TV production.Saturday's final featured contributions from Bournemouth University students Eve Kimberley and Liv Teague, as part of a sequence of interviews with Strictly fans.The pair, dressed in university cheerleader team outfits, voiced support for former Love Island star Amber Davies, who was a runner-up in the dancing show after being beaten to the title by former former England footballer…

Lotus Esprit left in barn for 30 years up for auction

Post published:December 22, 2025
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Dave GilyeatSouth of EnglandCharterhouseThe Lotus Esprit had been stored in a Dutch barn since 1995A moss-covered 1982 Lotus Esprit Turbo left in a barn for 30 years is to go under the hammer.The iconic sports car has been entered into an auction of classic and vintage cars at Haynes Motor Museum, organised by the Sherborne auctioneers Charterhouse.The vehicle, which is red with a magnolia leather interior, has been valued at £10,000.Director Richard Bromell said: "Some talk about patina…

Plymouth man jailed for crashing stolen van into church barriers

Post published:December 22, 2025
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BBCHe drove on the wrong side of roads and mounted pavementsA man has been jailed and banned from driving after he crashed a stolen delivery van into barriers around a historic church.Reece Rowe, 29, of Lisson Grove, Plymouth admitted aggravated vehicle taking and driving while disqualified and having no insurance on 16 October. Plymouth Crown Court heard Rowe got into the van which had the keys inside and drove at speeds of 61mph on 30mph roads.Rowe struck other…

At least three killed in Israeli attack on southern Lebanon’s Sidon | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Post published:December 22, 2025
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Deadly Israeli air strike is latest in Israel’s near-daily violations of 2024 ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah.At least three people have been killed in an Israeli attack near the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, the country’s National News Agency (NNA) is reporting, in the latest Israeli breach of a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah.Lebanon’s Ministry of Health said on Monday that the three people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a vehicle on Quneitra Road in the southern…

Watchet Harbour drug smuggler is jailed for more than 10 years

Post published:December 22, 2025
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A man who was part of a gang that tried to smuggle £26.5m worth of cocaine into the UK through a Somerset harbour has been jailed for 10 years and seven months.Melios Delvina, 38, was involved in bringing 300kg of the drug to Watchet Harbour, using a cover story that they were in the area to fish. Delvina, along with Craig Nuttall, 51, his brother Raymond Nuttall, 47, from Preston and Anestis Tsepa, 24, were arrested by officers…

Pedestrian dies after crash on A303 near South Petherton

Post published:December 22, 2025
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Police have said they want to speak to a "key witness" after a pedestrian died when they were struck by a car.Avon and Somerset Police said officers were called to the incident on the A303 eastbound between South Petherton and Cartgate Services in Somerset at about 21:40 GMT on Sunday.Officers said the incident involved the pedestrian, who died at the scene, and a Seat Leon just before the A356 junction for Crewkerne.The force is keen to speak to…

Female pedestrian dies in hospital after Colyford crash

Post published:December 22, 2025
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A woman has died in hospital after a serious crash in Devon, police have confirmed.The female pedestrian, who was in her 70s, was hit by a car on Swan Hill in Colyford at about 08:00 GMT on Monday 15 December, Devon and Cornwall Police said.She was airlifted from the scene to Southmead Hospital in Bristol but she has since died, police said.Anyone with any relevant dashcam footage is asked to contact Devon and Cornwall Police. Source link

Bodmin Keep ownership change hailed as ‘important milestone’

Post published:December 22, 2025
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The ownership of Cornwall's army museum is to change hands.Helen Bishop-Stephens, the director of Bodmin Keep, said "a really important milestone" had been reached as the Ministry of Defence had agreed to transfer the building to the museum trust.The 165-year-old keep, which holds records of 300 years of Cornish military history, has been closed since August 2024 after a structural survey showed it needed significant repairs.Since then the museum trust has been unable to carry out the necessary…

Rider of e-bike seriously injured in crash with car in Newquay

Post published:December 22, 2025
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A man riding an electric bike has been seriously injured in a collision with a car, police have said.Devon and Cornwall Police said a white Volkswagen Golf and an e-bike collided at the junction between Porth Way and Well Way in Newquay at about 18:30 GMT on Friday.They said the bike rider, a man in his 20s from the Newquay area, had sustained serious injuries and had been taken to hospital.The police asked anyone with information or dashcam…

Key road on Dartmoor to be closed for 18 weeks

Post published:December 22, 2025
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Miles DavisDevon political reporterGoogleOne lane of the road has been closed since 2022 following a landslipA busy road on Dartmoor will be closed for 18 weeks to save a route which "could be lost completely", highways bosses say.The B3212, which goes from Exeter to Moretonhampstead, will be closed between Dunsford and Doccombe from 5 January with a diversion in place via Bovey Tracey and the A382.Devon County Council said one lane of the road had been closed since…

Lush co-founder takes pride in being a ‘woke nerd’

Post published:December 22, 2025
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Pritti MistryBusiness reporterLushMost companies and bosses would squirm at the idea of being called "woke" and may even regard it as an insult. But not Mark Constantine. Lush's outspoken co-founder and chief executive wears it like a badge of honour and is not ashamed of turning it into a business philosophy.The firm is renowned for putting activism at the heart of its bright bath bombs business, tackling a range of issues from trans rights to police accountability.The 73-year-old…

Denmark to summon US ambassador following Greenland envoy appointment | Donald Trump News

Post published:December 22, 2025
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Copenhagen slams Jeff Landry’s statement regarding annexation of the territory as ‘totally unacceptable’.Published On 22 Dec 202522 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareDenmark has summoned the United States ambassador after President Donald Trump’s appointment of a special envoy to Greenland.Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Monday that he was “deeply angered” by the appointment of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as envoy to the autonomous Danish territory, which Trump has several times threatened to annex.Recommended…