Villagers rally to save shop and chapel in Cheriton Fitzpaine

Post published:December 8, 2025
Post category:Devon News
Post comments:0 Comments

BBCResident Michael Skinner said the village would be "totally lost" without the shopA small village in mid Devon is celebrating after raising more than £100,000 to save its local shop and preserve a Methodist chapel. The lease on the community shop in Cheriton Fitzpaine is set to expire in 2027 and there is no right to renew it.When the chapel next door to it went up for sale, the village rallied around to buy it.Within eight months, 220…

Dorset County Hospital raise funds for children’s library

Post published:December 8, 2025
Post category:BBC Dorset
Post comments:0 Comments

Galya DimitrovaSouth of EnglandGalya Dimitrova and Patrick HughesBBC News, South of England, DorchesterBBCStaff and volunteers from different organisations came together to raise funds and awareness about the library A hospital has launched a fundraising initiative to provide books to children and young people during their hospital stay.Kate Parish, youth worker at Dorset Youth who is due to start working at the hospital soon, said she believed the dedicated children's library within the hospital would be the first of…

St Ives pottery museum restoration project begins

Post published:December 8, 2025
Post category:BBC Cornwall
Post comments:0 Comments

Work has started to restore a pottery museum and enable visitors to see "important pieces of pottery from across the world".The one-year project was designed to enhance the experience for visitors to the Leach Pottery museum in St Ives which was established by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada in 1920.A new gallery will be created in which pieces from other collections such as the Tate, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Centre of Ceramic Art in York…

Cornwall man pursues MMA passion after life-changing transplant

Post published:December 8, 2025
Post category:BBC Cornwall
Post comments:0 Comments

Meltdown Fighting ChampionshipsCharlie Dugdale won his fight at the Meltdown Fighting Championships in Bristol in SeptemberThree years ago Charlie Dugdale was fighting for his life as he battled a rare blood disorder. After receiving a life-changing bone marrow transplant, he has turned his fighting spirit to the boxing ring.Dugdale, 20, from Liskeard, Cornwall, has aplastic anaemia - a condition where the bone marrow and stem cells do not produce enough blood cells.In the race to find a bone…

Concern about lack of retained fire crew availability

Post published:December 8, 2025
Post category:BBC Dorset
Post comments:0 Comments

Hampshire FireRetained fire crews were among those responding to a flat fire in Petersfield in JulyA rural fire station in Hampshire was unavailable to attend callouts 93% of the time over a one-year period (2022), new figures have revealed.A BBC freedom of information request also showed one-in-five retained fire stations were unavailable for more than half of the year in 2024.Regional Secretary of the Southern branch of the FBU, Mark Chapman, said "the public would be surprised and…

Children in Weston retell nativity as a breaking news story

Post published:December 8, 2025
Post category:BBC Somerset
Post comments:0 Comments

A group of children have recreated the nativity as a breaking news story set where they live.The production by the youth group from Haywood village church in Weston-super-Mare had reporters and presenters as well as the traditional roles of Mary and Joseph. The Reverend Fiona Mayne said she wanted to make the Christmas story more relatable.The nativity was filmed by former students at Weston College and University of the West of England (UWE) and will be shown to…

‘I was spiked and I want venues to do more’

Post published:December 8, 2025
Post category:BBC Somerset
Post comments:0 Comments

Dawn Limbu,BristolandJohn Darvall,BBC Radio BristolChloe DockerChloe Docker says she was spiked at an event in AugustA woman who believes she was spiked is calling for all venues to install lower bar areas to help more people safely order and monitor their own drinks.Chloe Docker, who lives with muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair, believes her drink was spiked while she attended a private event in August.She said the usual advice to prevent drink spiking, such as always buying…

Nigeria secures release of 100 kidnapped children, reports say | Child Rights News

Post published:December 8, 2025
Post category:Al Jazeera
Post comments:0 Comments

At least 153 students and 12 teachers taken from a Catholic school last month remain in captivity.Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 children who were among hundreds kidnapped from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria last month, officials and local media have reported.The 100 children arrived in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and are set to be handed over to local government officials in Niger State on Monday, an unnamed United Nations source told the AFP news agency.Recommended…

Celta Vigo earn shock 2-0 win at the Bernabeu as Real Madrid implode | Football News

Post published:December 7, 2025
Post category:Al Jazeera
Post comments:0 Comments

Substitute Williot Swedberg scores brace to defeat Real Madrid, who ended game with nine players after two red cards.Real Madrid suffered a shock 2-0 loss and finished with nine men against Celta Vigo in their La Liga clash after Williot Swedberg scored an audacious goal with his heel and a second in stoppage time to leave the hosts four points off leaders Barcelona.Swedish substitute Swedberg cleverly diverted a cross from Bryan Zaragoza past Thibaut Courtois in the 53rd…

Thousands of Santas hit the West Country streets for charity

Post published:December 7, 2025
Post category:BBC Somerset
Post comments:0 Comments

Del HickeyThousands of Santas were spotted over the weekendSarah Turnnidge,West of England ,Rhiannon Ynell,SaltfordandRakhee Gogna,CirencesterThousands of Santas have taken over the West Country this weekend to raise money for local charities. From hundreds of bikers dressed in the classic red and white suit motoring through Bristol to fun runs in Saltford, Cirencester and Stroud, the Christmas spirit has been on display. The events have become a fixture of the festive calendar across the region, raising thousands of pounds…

Gritty Palestine enter Arab Cup quarters as favourites Qatar crash out | Football News

Post published:December 7, 2025
Post category:Al Jazeera
Post comments:0 Comments

Tunisia beat Asian champions Qatar 3-0, while Palestine draw with Syria to enter the quarterfinals for the first time.Asian champions Qatar have been knocked out of the FIFA Arab Cup 2025 after a shocking 3-0 loss to Tunisia, with Palestine advancing to the quarterfinals for the first time with a 0-0 draw against Syria.Home favourites Qatar needed a big win over Tunisia to have any chances of progressing from Group A, where Palestine and Syria were in the…

Santa swim sewage protest at Gyllyngvase Beach cancelled

Post published:December 7, 2025
Post category:BBC Cornwall
Post comments:0 Comments

Kirk England,Environment and tourism correspondent, Gyllyngvase BeachandLisa Young,CornwallBBCSurfers Against Sewage asked people to protest on the beach about water quality instead of swimmingA Santas Against Sewage swimming event had to be called off due to sewage in the water prompting an onshore protest over pollution instead.Surfers Against Sewage Cornwall had planned the festive event at Gyllyngvase Beach, Falmouth for Sunday to raise awareness of water quality.On Friday the campaign group said South West Water had released storm discharge…