US mass killings drop to 20-year low in 2025: Database | Gun Violence News

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Experts say dip likely a return to more typical levels after unusual spike in preceding years, warn gun violence remains a major issue.Published On 2 Dec 20252 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe United States has witnessed the lowest number of mass killings in 2025 in two decades, according to a database tracking such incidents.A recent shooting at a family gathering in Stockton, California, that left four people dead, was the 17th mass killing this year,…

Prison staff ‘begging for help’ as mental health sick days rise

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Eve Webster,BBC News,Jonathan Fagg,BBC England Data UnitandEma Sabljak,BBC England Data UnitGetty ImagesThe total number of staff taking at least one day off for mental health reasons across England's prisons rose from 3,535 in 2019 to 5,478 in 2024Prison staff in England are increasingly missing work due to poor mental health, exclusive data shows. Officers say a lack of support, regular traumatic incidents and violence are factors behind the rise."In my final weeks, it was very common to come…

Devon charity Headway uses cooking to aid brain injury recovery

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Claire Manningin PlymouthBBCHeadway Plymouth has teamed up with not-for-profit community interest company Food is FunA Devon charity that supports people with acquired brain injuries is using cooking as a way to help clients with their recovery.Headway Plymouth has teamed up with not-for-profit community interest company Food is Fun to teach cooking skills.The charity said there were about 80,000 brain injury survivors living in Devon.Headway Plymouth's chief executive Craig Butler said food was important for brain growth and development.'We're…

Litter pickers find needles and knives while collecting rubbish

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Clean Our Patch CICSome of the needles a litter picking group found in Victoria Park in PlymouthLitter picking volunteers said this year they have found items such as hunting knives and more than 5,000 used needles and syringes from different areas of Plymouth.Clean Our Patch CIC runs 43 litter picking groups in the city and has two trained volunteers who have specialist equipment to remove needles.Teams recently cleared 56 needles and a hunting knife from the edge of…

Teachers cycle to support community after Somerset bus crash

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Cathy AlexanderWest of EnglandMoorland FederationThe head teachers said the air ambulance is a vital resource for their rural communityThe community left reeling in the aftermath of a school coach crash is coming together to raise funds for the air ambulance that played a key role in the emergency response.Three Moorland Federation headteachers will be cycling between its eight schools in Exmoor, Somerset, joined by the father of 10-year-old Oliver Price.Oliver died of a head injury when a coach…

Birdgirl marks decade of helping minority children access nature

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Oliver Edwards PhotographyDr Mya-Rose Craig says Black2Nature has helped hundreds of children over the past decadeAn environmental campaigner who founded a charity to help children from ethnic minorities access nature says the cultural landscape has "shifted" since she began her work a decade ago.Dr Mya-Rose Craig, 23, nicknamed 'Birdgirl', set up Black2Nature at the age of 13 to connect more children from Visible Minority Ethnic (VME) communities with the outdoors.Reflecting on the charity's 10th anniversary, she said the…

Catherine asks singers for shanty in carol service

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A Cornish shanty group has been asked to perform at Catherine, Princess of Wales' annual Christmas carol concert in Westminster Abbey.Catherine has invited Fisherman's Friends from Port Isaac to sing a sea shanty in the Together at Christmas service in Westminster Abbey on Friday.Jon Cleave from the group said they had been asked to sing "a specific song", which he thought they would "make a good fist" of.He said receiving the royal invitation had been "the icing on…

Erhmann hopes to make inroads into UK dairy market

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Christine ButlerCornwall, TrewithenBBCStaff package tubs of clotted cream for distribution to supermarketsThe new German owners of a dairy in Cornwall say "the future's really bright" for the business after substantial investment in new products.The Ehrmann group bought Trewithen Dairy in June 2024 and is spending more than £20m on a new state-of-the-art chilled dessert facility, due to be completed next year.The investment has secured more than 200 jobs, with the hope more staff could be taken on when…

Meningitis B vaccinations calls after Pontypool student, 18, dies

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Family handoutMeg Draper joined the swimming and netball teams and was a popular figure in the student community A popular and sporty teenager who made a "big impression" at her new university died within weeks of starting, after contracting meningitis.Meg Draper was 18 and had joined swimming and netball teams, but died in October from meningococcal type B meningitis (MenB) while studying physiotherapy in Bournemouth.Her parents, from Pontypool, Torfaen, and the National Union of Students UK are now…

Art students design murals for new Bournemouth hospital building

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A group of art students have seen their work unveiled at a hospital that is undergoing a major transformation.Two 9m (30ft) murals have been installed at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital's new BEACH building.University Hospitals Dorset NHS Trust collaborated with Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) on the project as part of the trust's £500m transformation programme.The artworks - Emerging Kingfisher and Dorset Diorama - were created by interior architecture and design students Emily Bishop, Yulia Klajnscek, Rhea Hackwell and Olivia…

What scrapping the two-child benefit cap means for families

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The two-child benefit cap is being scrapped - but how will that impact families in the south?Politics South reporter Emily Hudson has been looking at the move, which is estimated to cost £3bn a year by 2029-30.It was announced in the Autumn Budget by Chancellor Rachel Reeves who said the cap "pushes kids into poverty more than any other".Introduced under the Conservatives in 2017 it meant parents could only claim universal credit or tax credits for their first…

‘I decided I’d die’: Indonesia’s flood victims recount stories of survival | Floods News

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Medan, Indonesia – As floodwaters burst into Nurdin and his wife’s home in Indonesia’s Aceh Province last week, the elderly couple crawled onto their bed.Nurdin, who uses a wheelchair following a stroke, resigned himself to his fate.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“I was just waiting to die. I didn’t want to leave my home,” Nurdin, who lives in the city of Langsa, told Al Jazeera.“I decided I would just die there, but my wife insisted we…