Ben Woolvin Home Affairs Correspondent BBC John Martin says volunteer community first responders were now able to provide at least as much if not more cover than fire co-responders The chief executive of South Western Ambulance Service has defended the decision to end the use of medically-trained firefighters to respond to emergency calls. John Martin...
The second phase of urgent repair work to Exmouth’s sea wall has been completed, a council has said. East Devon District Council (EDDC) said the “critical phase” of the project involved installing 150m (490ft) of steel sheet piling, extending the defences from the phase one works at the Sideshore Development to the old lifeboat slipway....
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service Plymouth City Council Councillor Mark Lowry said the project was moving “at pace” The first phase of a £30m regeneration project in Plymouth will open next month. Plans to redevelop Armada Way sparked controversy in March 2023 when the then Conservative-run council ordered more than 100 trees to be...
Ben Woolvin BBC South West home affairs correspondent PA Media The Fire and Rescue Services Association said the viability of some fire stations depended on the payments A union has warned some rural fire stations are at risk of closure due to a decision to phase out a role which sees firefighters be first responders...
Former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha was complimentary of the new format and believes it has been a success. “I’ve enjoyed it,” Onuoha told BBC Sport. “There were lots of good games in the group stage and lots of big moments, and not just when the big teams have played each other either. “The biggest...
Barbara Plett Usher BBC News Reuters Port Sudan, which was once considered a relatively safe city, has been hit by a series of drone attacks targeting key infrastructure Paramilitary fighters appear to have opened a new phase in Sudan’s civil war after being driven from the capital, in a move which some experts have described...
Lisa Young BBC News, South West Jeremy Chadburn The first reroofing works of King Arthur’s Great Halls in more than 90 years have been completed A Grade II* listed building steeped in Arthurian legend in Cornwall has been reroofed. It is the first major repair works in 90 years for the King Arthur’s Great Halls,...