Peter Harris BBC Look North BBC Bruce Springsteen said he had been following news coverage about the strike Rock legend Bruce Springsteen has spoken for the first time about his decision to donate thousands of dollars to the families of striking miners. The singer invited women from support groups backstage at a concert at St...
North Korea has arrested a fourth official over the failed launch of a new warship that has enraged the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un. Ri Hyong-son, deputy director of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Munitions Industry Department, was “largely responsible for the serious accident” last week, state-run news agency KCNA said on Monday. The 5,000-ton destroyer...
North Korea has detained three shipyard officials over an accident during the launch of a new warship on Wednesday, state media has reported. Parts of the 5,000-ton destroyer’s bottom were crushed during the launch ceremony, tipping the vessel off balance. An investigation into the incident, which North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un described as a...
A Royal Bengal tiger was killed and dismembered by a mob in India’s north eastern state of Assam, a forest official has said. Angry residents from a village in the Golaghat district reportedly took the step because the tiger had killed livestock in the area and posed a threat to their lives. The state’s forest...
A campaign to reduce the number of “nuisance incidents” involving dogs has been extended. Torridge District Council has voted to renew the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) for another three years. Under the updated rules, dogs will be banned in some control zones, while in others they must be kept on a lead. PSPOs were...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died in a car crash in North Devon. The collision between a VW Golf and a white VW Crafter van happened on the A361 North Devon Link Road near the Landkey Junction at about 11:40 BST on 19 May. Devon and Cornwall Police said the driver of...
All three public hospitals in north Gaza have been put “out of service”, the Hamas-run health ministry has said, as Israel continues its offensive to seize areas of the territory. The ministry said on Sunday Israeli forces had besieged the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahia, “with heavy fire… preventing the arrival of patients, medical staff,...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service North Devon Council The site is located at Bynsworthy, off the A39 An application for 450 homes near Barnstaple has been submitted to North Devon Council. Developer Wessex Strategic Ltd has made plans to build the new properties in Bynsworthy, off the A39. It comes after a previous application...
Douglas Fraser Business and economy editor, Scotland Getty Images There is concern over the pace of transition for oil and gas workers into the renewables sector The Great Energy Transition is under way, and may come to define this era, but it’s not going smoothly. For the oil and gas sector, a further sign of...
“I’m glad the will of the voters was finally heard,” incumbent state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs said. A conservative state judge in North Carolina who attempted to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters in order to win a state Supreme Court race against a liberal incumbent has finally conceded the election, more than six...
A Devon village that has hoped for a new community building for more than 20 years has secured planning permission. The Landkey Mazzard Hall, proposed for the top of the Millennium Green off Harford Way, Landkey, is expected to meet the demands of the growing community of 2,300 people. Planning officers approved the application that...
Location : The A36 southbound between the junctions with the A366 and the A361 North. Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 17:15 and 17:30 on 2 May 2025. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Read full article at...
Christopher Blanchett Senior Weather Presenter Julie-Anne Barnes BBC Scotland News BBC Dr Georgia Kirby leads the citizen science project, gathering public information and setting traps to monitor specific locations A Scottish summer is synonymous with the humble yet pesky midge. But Glasgow University scientists have confirmed the continued rise of its distant cousin – the...
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North Korea has said the development of its first road bridge to Russia is a “significant” milestone in relations between the two countries, according to the country’s state media KCNA. Construction of the bridge – set to span the Tumen river in the country’s northeast – began on Wednesday. It will be situated near the...