An outdoor pool is set to reopen this weekend after bosses were forced to shut the attraction because high tides failed to refill it. Shoalstone Pool in Brixham, south Devon, relies on the tide for its water. But this week’s calm sea conditions meant the water did not travel high enough. David Thomas, operations manager,...
Youngsters are set to splash into summer, with Exeter’s popular water play facilities preparing to reopen. The much-loved paddling pools at Heavitree Pleasure Ground and the fun-filled St Thomas Splash Pad are set to open up again on Friday 23 May. It means that with warm weather arriving early, families across the city will soon...
The White House reportedly negotiated with Hamas without Israel’s participation for the captive release. Hamas released an Israeli American soldier from captivity in Gaza on Monday, seeking to reopen ceasefire negotiations as a gesture of goodwill to President Donald Trump as he visits the Middle East this week. The 21-year-old Israeli military soldier, Edan Alexander,...
Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Lily Jamali BBC News, Alcatraz Island Daniel A. Edwards Hopkins has moved back to his home state of Florida since he was released in 1963 When Charlie Hopkins thinks back to the three years he spent in one of America’s most famous prisons, he remembers the “deathly quiet” the...
Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, White House Getty Images The price to keep prisoners at Alcatraz was significantly higher than elsewhere in the federal prison system. US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his proposal to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the once-notorious prison island in the icy waters of San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz- popularly...
Alcatraz stopped being a prison in 1963, before I was born. I did take a tour of it on a trip to San Francisco decades ago and I remember it seemed small and pretty run down even then. But mostly in my lifetime what I remember is the movies about it. There was The Rock...
Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West BBC South West Water said its bottled water stations in Devon have now been demobilised Schools have reopened after teams worked “very hard” to restore water supplies following a burst main on Sunday, South West Water (SWW) has said. The water company said on Thursday its network was back...
South Hams Council Proposals include increasing the size of the pool and heating it A village swimming pool could reopen as part of £88,000 plans to transform a leisure site. South Hams District Council’s executive committee will on Thursday review proposals for the Meadowbrook Park pool in Dartington, which has been closed since 2022 and...
A South African court is due to re-examine the circumstances around the death of one of the most renowned campaigners against the racist system of apartheid, which had initially been described as accidental. A 1967 inquest ruled that Chief Albert Luthuli was walking on a railway line when he was struck by a train and...
The National Trust has plans to reopen one of its attractions in Devon after it was closed due to a mudslide caused by flash flooding. Simon Thompson, visitor operations and experience manager at Lydford Gorge, near Okehampton, said the plan was to open the Devil’s Cauldron walkway on Monday – following its closure in late...
The Custom House Visitor Centre on Exeter’s quayside is set to reopen on Saturday 22 March following key work to the building. The landmark building has been closed for a while to allow for essential maintenance, building and restoration work. The work has taken a little longer than expected. The ongoing work sees the relocation...