A wildlife park in Devon was evacuated, trained firearms staff deployed and police called after two bears escaped from their enclosure, it said. Wildwood Devon, a conservation charity near Exeter, said European brown bears Mish and Lucy headed straight for the food store after breaking free – before consuming a “week’s worth of honey”. The...
Sheharyar Shahnawaz Haleema Zahid was an “amazing lady”, said her former colleague Sheharyar Shahnawaz (right) Two sisters who died at a beauty spot in a national park both drowned, an inquest has heard. Hajra Zahid, 29, and Haleema Zahid, 25, were pulled from the water at the Watkin Pools at Eryri in the Nant Gwynant...
Tributes have been paid to two women who died after being pulled from the water at one of Wales’ national parks. Hajra Zahid, 29, and Haleema Zahid, 25, were found in pools on the Watkin Path – which leads to the summit of Yr Wyddfa – also known as Snowdon – on 11 June. University...
A man has been discharged from hospital after a vehicle fell from a multi-storey car park at London Luton Airport. Emergency services were called to Car Park One shortly before 11:00 BST on Sunday and one person was taken to hospital. The vehicle involved was believed to have fallen from the third storey. A spokesperson...
Jonathan Vernon-Smith BBC Three Counties Radio Yaditi Kava Yaditi Kava had been shopping and went for dinner at Queensmere when she was accidentally overcharged for parking A mum was left “in shock” after being accidentally charged £4,586 for a two-hour session at a multi-storey car park. Yaditi Kava, 39, said she had typed in her...
A person has suffered serious injuries after an “incident” involving a vehicle at a multi-storey car park at London Luton Airport, police said. The BBC understands the car involved had fallen from a higher level of the car park. Emergency services were called to the car park on the airport complex shortly before 11:00 BST....
A temporary car park with more than 200 spaces is set to be opened in a Devon town centre. Torbay Council said the surface level car park at Paignton’s Victoria Centre would be open 24 hours a day with 12 spaces dedicated for blue badge holders along with areas for motorcycles and permit holders. The...
Charlotte Cox BBC News, South West Google A 45-year-old man was found unconscious in a Tavistock car park Detectives are carrying out house-to-house inquires after a man was found unconscious in a Devon car park with a serious head injury, police have said. Officers appealed for witnesses after they were called at 04:00 BST to...
PA Media Joanna Page has presented TV shows and podcasts since Gavin & Stacey As she turns the next page of her career, Joanna Page felt the time was right for her autobiography. The only problem was finding the right time and place to actually write it. The answer would prove to be a disused...
Outraged Oasis fans who have spent hundreds of pounds for the band’s homecoming gig in Manchester are complaining that they have to enter a ballot to get close to the stage at Heaton Park. An email to gig goers from Ticketmaster said the safety adviser for the shows has divided the concert area into two...
Play park flooring has been damaged by vandals in a Devon town for the second time this year, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said newly laid and repaired flooring in the trampoline area of the Clifford Park play area in Kingsteignton had been damaged on either 19 or 20 May. The force said...
A fundraising event to renovate a skatepark in Devon has raised more than £1,000, organisers have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said Okehampton Police had been working with the community in a bid to rejuvenate the town’s skatepark in a bid to prevent anti-social behaviour. The force said a skate jam event was held at...
An 82-year-old man has died after he was hit by a vehicle in a hospital car park. The man was walking in the car park at Torbay Hospital when he was hit by a car, driven by a 72-year-old woman, at about 14:15 BST on 14 May, said Devon and Cornwall Police. “Sadly, the male...
A cherry tree at the entrance of a popular park is in poor health and will unfortunately have to be removed. The cherry tree which stands just outside the gates of King George V Playing Fields in Topsham Road, has been identified as high risk to people and properties. Tree experts have identified significant crown...
Lynette Horsburgh BBC News Family photograph Everton FC toffee lady Mary Morgan with Blues player Tommy Eglington Saying goodbye to Goodison Park is “going to be like losing a little bit of my mum”, the daughter of Everton’s first official toffee lady has said. The tradition of handing toffees out at Everton’s stadium dates back...