A 57-year-old Australian police officer has been shot dead on a rural property in Tasmania while serving a warrant to repossess a home, say police. The officer had arrived at a house in North Motton, near the town of Ulverstone, on Monday morning when he was fired at by “a member of the public”, Tasmania...
Three electric bikes collectively worth nearly £20,000 have been stolen from a garage in west Devon, police have said. The burglary took place place at a rural property in Venton near Drewsteignton between 01:00 and 02:00 BST on Wednesday, Devon and Cornwall Police said. They said thieves had taken a midnight green Santa Cruz Vala...
Clara Bullock & Matt Faulkner BBC News, Somerset The Exmoor Oral History Archive is available to listen to on the South West Heritage Trust’s website Interview recordings that capture personal stories and pivotal moments in Exmoor’s history have been published for the first time. The audio was recorded between 2000 and 2002 by archivist Birdie...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West BBC PC Lucy Wyatt said the training was “invaluable” Police officers have been learning how to handle donkeys in a bid to tackle equine crime and welfare. Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police’s rural affairs team received training at the Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary on Wednesday as part of national...
Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital and Clinics in southeastern Iowa is small. The 14-bed hospital, in Sigourney, doesn’t do surgeries or deliver babies. The small 24-hour emergency room is overseen by two full-time doctors. CEO Matt Ives wants to hire a third doctor, but he said finding physicians for a rural area...
Originally published by Capital B. A promise made by former President Joe Biden to connect millions of Americans to reliable and affordable high-speed internet service may become another casualty of President Donald Trump’s campaign to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across the nation. A top outgoing official at the U.S. Department of Commerce warned...
A council has said it is investigating after an old hovercraft was found dumped on a byway in Devon. It was spotted by a horse rider early on Tuesday along the old A30 between Bridestowe and Sourton Down, near the hamlet of Forda. Liz Parks, who uses the lane to avoid traffic, said: “My horse...
Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service BBC Engineers from Gridless create makeshift computer labs to maintain their bitcoin mines The roar of the Zambezi is deafening as millions of gallons of water crash over rocks and tumble down rapids. But there’s another sound cutting through the trees of the Zambian bush – the unmistakable...